This is another of Evelyn Hallewell‘s books. It’s a celebration of vernacular art, published in 1945. It was an attempt to rehabilitate a popular culture which was seen to be endangered by classical taste and mechanical reproduction.
Stone carved figure at Kilpeck Church, Herefordshire / Iron hinge from St Albans Cathedral
A sampler / Staffordshire figure of Tom King, highwayman
Carved brick chimneys at Leighs Priory, Essex / Oak panel carved with vine and scroll pattern
Pink lustre beer or cider jug / Figure-head from HMS London
Letters from a glover’s gravestone in Brightwell Baldwin churchyard, Oxon
A Kent or Sussex Farm waggon / A tradesman’s delivery cart
Inn sign in ironwork from the Fox Inn, Huntingdon / Trade card of the seventeenth century
A Valentine / Children’s picture book: History of Simple Simon
Victorian ballad: Jael Denny / A print by Richard Newton
Horses on a merry-go-round / Ship in bottle
Windsor chairs / A countryman’s smock
Gypsy caravan / Canal barge
Lace pillow with bobbins / Copperplate engraving
A group of children’s toys / Punch and Judy show
A group of horse brasses / Cast-iron ornament
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For more in this series see
For Evelyn Hallewell / Portraits Of Christ / British Shells.
Thanks for posting this. It is a very lovely book. I would be very happy to have that cider jug on my table.