Sujet

Hunting the Wren at Christmas - Origin of Hunting the Wren - the Bird Awakening the Danes, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Hunting the Wren at Christmas - Origin of Hunting the Wren - the Bird Awakening the Danes, 1850. An annual tradition during the festive season, where a wren was chased and caught, was believed to have been '...connected with the invasion of the Danes...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A36_127

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

66,3Mo (4,9Mo) / 39,6cm x 42,0cm / 4674 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

season people male event man men country entertainment Denmark Danish guy sleep sleeping British traditional tradition annual war location Armed Forces Victorian century Britain waking waking up asleep newspapers press soldiers soldier concept awakening typical B&W Army warfare engraved engraving danes dane wintry 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector cultural event Dark Ages Illustrated London News ILN christmas winter newspaper Unknown wakening 19th-century