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>>Something a little different. A 19th century artwork I >>spotted used as a thumbnail on a YouTube video. A >>painting depicting simpler times (1884) when it was >>not considered out of place for a child to be barefoot >>in their daily life and something I though worth >>sharing with the group. > >Thank you. Albert Anker was an artist of Ins (a small >town between the lakes of Biel and Neuchâtel in >canton Bern, Switzerland) living 1831 to 1910, of his >600 oil paintings 250 show children alone or in >groups. Many are barefoot which was certainly a common >practice at least in rural populations in the summer >months, certainly his paintings give an insight into >the era. > >Here are some more: >Grandpa tells a story to his grandchildren >https://flickr.com/photos/eduard_buerge-rafz/4909507158 >8 >School exam >https://flickr.com/photos/eduard_buerge-rafz/4844523722 >1 >School excursion >https://flickr.com/photos/eduard_buerge-rafz/3993417812 >0 >Physical education >https://flickr.com/photos/eduard_buerge-rafz/1961278390 >9 >Boy lying in hay >https://flickr.com/photos/mazanto/53657549378 >Three girls winding wreaths >https://flickr.com/photos/amber-tree/35993886141 >Children feeding chickens >https://flickr.com/photos/amber-tree/15838068972

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