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summer: to do with the season in June, July and August.

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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.

Summer

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-09

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

June

June

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

(page 738)

A man bearded man strewn with garlands and leaves rides a crab. He faces backwards. he carries spear and shield, and on his lap a shovel. He wears sandals and a long robe.

Keywords: summer, people, beards, calendars, months, june

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-09

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

August and Virgo

August and Virgo

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

“AUGUST The eigth wsa August, being rich array’d In garment all of gold downe to the ground: Yet rode he not, but led a lovely mayd Forth by the lily hand, the which was crown’d With eares of corne [w [...]

Keywords: people, weapons, swords, summer, calendars, months, august, virgo, zodiac, astrology, september

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-05-02

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

July

July

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

A naked and barefoot bearded man rides a lion, holding reins. He carries a two-handed scythe strapped to his back, with a sickle at his side, and laughs, with his right arm arm raised. The lion appe [...]

Keywords: people, animals, lions, nudity, bare feet, scythes, summer, calendars, months, july

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-28

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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