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Old photographs of the countryside from the Quirky Prints Online Art Gallery

In the early 20th century, rural life enjoyed a slower pace that is often perfectly captured in old photographs of the countryside from years gone by.

These old images of tranquil, rural scenes are a joy to look at, but at times they do present an inaccurate perspective of what country life was really like. But despite all that, it is lovely to be able share these old-fashioned views of rural life from years gone by and imagine what it was like without cars, tractors, lorries and busy roads slicing through the heart of country villages.

The Quirky Prints team recognised the appeal of old photographs of the countryside and set themselves the challenge of finding a selection of them for their website of vintage photographs.

Their hunt for old black and white photographs and images took them to hundreds of antique shops, collectors’ fairs, vintage photograph dealers and specialists around the UK.

The resulting collection is thousands of hand-picked vintage photographs, on all manner of topics, including landscapes, people, shops, far-flung civilizations and transport from years ago. And among the many hand coloured, black and white and sepia photographs that were collected, was a selection of beautiful and atmospheric old photographs of the countryside from bygone days.

Within the dedicated RURAL category on their website, Quirky Prints offers a selection of these unique vintage photographs. A woman walks down a wooded pathway in billowing skirts and crisp white bonnet, a family in ‘Sunday Best’ picnic and read by a stream and a gentleman poses outside his chocolate-box thatched cottage, with his pet goat! All are captured in evocative colour or black and white photographic detail.

These old, forgotten, but delightful vintage photographs, make stunning framed pictures. They become unique artworks, which can be hung in our homes, or bought as an original and unique gift idea for friends. No matter that we know nothing of the people or places in these old photographs. They are moments frozen in time. Rare pictures with their own unique story to tell. And they have as much meaning and resonance with us today, as they had for those involved in creating the vintage photograph all those years ago.

Old photographs of the countryside are reproduced on finest grade, heavyweight art paper, to preserve all the fine detail and quality of the image. They are then enlarged and presented in contemporary metal frames, which have been carefully chosen both to enhance the images and to complement any style of home decor. They are an excellent wall decor idea.

For anyone who is completely uninspired and bored with the same prints offered for sale in the high street – those thousands of similar pictures that appear in thousands of homes across the UK - Quirky Prints offers something new, some different. Something Quirky in fact!

Besides old photographs of the countryside, there are many other categories to choose from on the Quirky Prints website - from farming to World War II – with literally thousands of images taken from original vintage photographs. Each of the old black and white photographs has been carefully restored to remove any damage, but preserve the originality of the image. Others have been painstakingly hand coloured or had their original colours restored. Quirky prints are masters at photo restoration in the UK.

The result is a remarkable visual time capsule of years gone by. Within the collection of old photographs of the countryside on the Quirky Prints Art Gallery, we can indulge ourselves with idyllic thoughts of rural life in bygone times!