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'Raising the May Pole', c1862. Artist: E Goodall.

'Raising the May Pole', c1862. Artist: E Goodall.

2-692-817 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Raising the May Pole', c1862. Men haul the pole into position for May Day, an annual European tradition thought to have originated as a pagan fertility rite. Young women dance and wind ribbons around the phallic pole, erected around 1 May or at Midsummer.

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Creator
  1. E Goodall, attributed to: : Artist
After
  1. Frederick Goodall: British: Artist, painter
Medium
  1. Engraving
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5250x3162
File Size : 16,212kb

Aliases

  1. 1L
  1. 0580033015
  1. 2-692-817
  1. 2692817
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