Rushes Collection

Rushy Bay, Bryher, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom, Europe

Three Swans
Three swans among the rushes on the banks of a river

Trang Tien (or Truong Tien) bridge from above in Hue, Vietnam

Country landscape with four flying geese
A country landscape with four flying geese and the sun low in the sky

Eleven female cranes standing in dry reed bed, c. 1700-50 (ink and colours on paper)
BL12369 Eleven female cranes standing in dry reed bed, c.1700-50 (ink and colours on paper) by Korin, Ogata (1658-1716); British Museum, London

Grasmere Rush Festival
The Rush Bearing Festival at Grasmere, Lake District, England. Church floors were earthen and rushes were strewn on the floor for warmth. Held on St. Oswalds Day. Date: 1950s

Swan Among Reeds
A lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s

Down Escalator
22nd October 1930: Rush hour at Piccadilly Circus tube station, the down escalator to the Bakerloo line. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Photo shows three Arikara men, members of the medicine fraternity, dancing, painted to represent ducks and holding rushes

Round headed club rush (Scirpus holoschoenus) with Heath fritillary butterfly (Melitaea athalia) and Niobe fritillary butterfly (Argynnis niobe var eris) Stenje region, Galicica National Park

Thatching The Rest a cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset (for a more recent - 1950s! - view, see 10826269). Date: circa 1920s

Cattails decorated with mustard to look like corn dogs
Cattail plants neatly arranged and decorated with yellow mustard to look like corn dogs (hot dogs.) Visual food pun. Though people don t think of it, cattails are an edible plant

Derwent Water, Keswick, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK

UK, Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay, Loch Finlaggan, centre of the Lordship of the Isles and Clan Macdonald

WW2 - Big Bill Gresham The Human Rope
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a military character, Big Bill Gresham, clinging onto a branch overhead, as their raft rushes down the river. Date: circa 1940s

A family of Mallard, two Storks and a family of Tufted Ducks (pair of 77886)
BON77887 A family of Mallard, two Storks and a family of Tufted Ducks (pair of 77886) by Knip, Augustus (1814-58); 38.8x31.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Kutenai Hunter by Curtis, 1910 (photogravure)
2630148 Kutenai Hunter by Curtis, 1910 (photogravure) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Kutenai Duck Hunter by Edward S)

The burning of the Sorceress outside Ely, 1071, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c
STC363628 The burning of the Sorceress outside Ely, 1071, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1920 (litho) by Stewart

The finding of Moses (colour litho)
1219016 The finding of Moses (colour litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chosen People published by The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1929)

Moses discovered on the Nile, 1858 (litho)
5892901 Moses discovered on the Nile, 1858 (litho) by Henriquel-Dupont, Louis Pierre (1797- 1892); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moise expose sur le Nil; After Paul Delaroche); Prismatic Pictures

Launching the Canoe, illustration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) (colour litho)
IL193470 Launching the Canoe, illustration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection

Hush-a-bye (colour litho)
5988562 Hush-a-bye (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hush-a-bye. Illustration for Barbaras Song Book by Cecile Hartog (George Routledge)

With a deep growl she disappeared in the rushes (colour litho)
2813046 With a deep growl she disappeared in the rushes (colour litho) by Noble, John Edwin (1876-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: With a deep growl she disappeared in the rushes)

White heron and rushes, 1830s. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
White heron and rushes, 1830s

Men cutting rushes, 1892. Creator: James Leon Williams
Men cutting rushes, 1892. [Rural scene: men cutting reeds or rushes, possibly for use in thatching]. From " The Home and Haunts of Shakespeare"

Chair, Pine with Rush Seat, c. 1939. Creator: Frank M Keane
Chair, Pine with Rush Seat, c. 1939

A Rushy Shore, 1886. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
A Rushy Shore, 1886. A work made of platinum print, pl. xxxv from the album " life and landscape on the norfolk broads" (1886); edition of 200

Tokusagari (Carrying Rushes), 1801-05 (ink & colour on paper)
1108999 Tokusagari (Carrying Rushes), 1801-05 (ink & colour on paper) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 51x22.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: hanging scroll)

Water babies (chromolitho)
6001809 Water babies (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Water babies. Illustration from The Little Ones Own Coloured Picture Paper (Dean and Son)

The Children of the Bible: The Little Prince (chromolitho)
6001806 The Children of the Bible: The Little Prince (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Children of the Bible: The Little Prince)

The Final Blow to Mahdism, the Battle of Omdurman, Panoramic View of the Main Attack (engraving)
1063686 The Final Blow to Mahdism, the Battle of Omdurman, Panoramic View of the Main Attack (engraving) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Final Blow to Mahdism)

Pan and Syrinx (oil on panel)
2829513 Pan and Syrinx (oil on panel) by Flemish School, (17th century); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Bequest of F. P. M

St Dunstans Church, Postman, Letter Carrier and Knife-Grinder. Clock with figures striking bells at St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street 42

Moses rescued from the Nile, illustration from a catechism L Histoire Sainte
REV326553 Moses rescued from the Nile, illustration from a catechism L Histoire Sainte, published by Charles Delagrave, Paris (colour litho) by French School

Quartering the Marsh Hay, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c. 1886 (photo)
STC119910 Quartering the Marsh Hay, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c.1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall

Ricking the Reed, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c. 1886 (photo)
STC119909 Ricking the Reed, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c.1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall

A Broadmans Cottage, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c. 1886 (photo)
STC119904 A Broadmans Cottage, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, c.1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall

Water-lilies, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886 (photo)
STC119917 Water-lilies, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall, Thomas (1857-1944); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886 (photo)
STC119906 Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall

American Coot, from Birds of America, 1835 (coloured engraving)
BBC195919 American Coot, from Birds of America, 1835 (coloured engraving) by Audubon, John James (1785-1851) (after); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Hare hiding from hunters in a stand of rushes on an island in a pond
6337366 Hare hiding from hunters in a stand of rushes on an island in a pond by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Hare hiding from hunters in a stand of rushes on an island in a pond)

Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge
6340362 Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge by Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807); (add.info.: Chair-mender, News Boy, Flying Pieman and Blackfriars Bridge)

Miyanokoshi, Station 27, from the series, Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido (colour woodblock print)
1766586 Miyanokoshi, Station 27, from the series, Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miyanokoshi)

Discovery of Moses, 1920 (lithograph printed in black and green-yellow)
990496 Discovery of Moses, 1920 (lithograph printed in black and green-yellow) by Muller or Mueller, Otto (1874-1930); 28.5x39.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Mouth of a Brook No. 1, 1859 (etching)
6198453 The Mouth of a Brook No.1, 1859 (etching) by Haden, Francis Seymour (1818-1910); 15.2x22.9 cm; The McManus, Dundee

The finding of Moses (colour litho)
6016292 The finding of Moses (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The finding of Moses)

River life (chromolitho)
6001858 River life (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: River life. Illustration from The Little Ones Own Coloured Picture Paper (Dean and Son)

Poitiers, France - French Family Group Photograph. Date: circa 1909

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"Captivating Rushes: From Tranquil Isles to Vibrant Bridges" Immerse yourself in the enchanting rush of nature's wonders, as we embark on a journey through captivating landscapes and cultural marvels. Our first stop takes us to Rushy Bay, Bryher, nestled within the picturesque Isles of Scilly in the United Kingdom. Here, Europe unveils its breathtaking beauty, where azure waters meet golden sands under an endless sky. Next, we soar above Trang Tien (or Truong Tien) bridge in Hue, Vietnam - a mesmerizing sight that bridges past and present. From this vantage point, one can witness the bustling city below or simply bask in the architectural splendor that spans across time. As our adventure continues, we find ourselves amidst a country landscape adorned with graceful geese taking flight. Their synchronized dance against an idyllic backdrop reminds us of nature's harmonious rhythm and boundless freedom. Intriguingly titled "Three Swans, " an artistic masterpiece from centuries ago captures our attention. Ink and colors delicately blend on paper to immortalize these majestic creatures gracefully gliding through a dry reed bed – a testament to their elegance even amidst arid surroundings. The Grasmere Rush Festival invites us into a celebration of tradition and creativity. Immerse yourself in vibrant displays of woven rushes while experiencing the rich heritage they represent – connecting generations through artistry and craftsmanship. A solitary swan emerges from among reeds; its serene presence evokes tranquility amid life's constant motion. Like this elegant creature navigating its habitat with gracefulness, may we find solace amidst our own daily rush. Descending down an escalator brings forth both anticipation and reflection – capturing moments suspended between destinations. The Down Escalator becomes symbolic for transitions experienced by all; reminding us to cherish every step along life's unpredictable path.