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harvest: to do with the bringing in of the ripened crops.

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Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.

The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.

The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.

September

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 1146)A man carries a bushel of wheat over his shoulder, and in his hands a scythe and a scale. A poem follows:September.Next him September marched eke on foot; Yet was he heavy laden with th [...]

Keywords: people, harvest, calendars, months, september

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Added: 2006-01-09

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Autumn

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 1282)A bearded man of middle years, barefoot and wearing only a loin-cloth, carries on his head a basket overflowing with apples and other fruit. Under his right arm he carries vines with bunch [...]

Keywords: people, harvest, calendars

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Summer

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 817)A barefoot, bare-legged and barechested man, clad only in a flowing scarf draped over his left arm and around his loins, holds a bundle of wheat in his outstretched left hand and a sickle in [...]

Keywords: people, bare feet, nudity, sickles, summer, harvest, calendars

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Added: 2006-01-09

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