
Title
The Vintage, in Medoc, near Bordeaux, 1854. Creator: William Thomas.
Caption
The Vintage, in Medoc, near Bordeaux, 1854. Grape-picking in France. '"There are no idle spectators at a vintage, all the world must work; and so I speedily found myself - after being most cordially welcomed by a fat old gentleman, hoarse with bawling, in a pair of very dirty shirt sleeves and a pouring perspiration - with a huge pair of scissors in my hand, cutting off the branches, in the midst of an uproarious troop of young men, young women, and children - threading the avenues between the plants, stripping with wonderful dexterity the clustered branches - their hands, indeed, gliding, like dirty, yellow serpents, among the broad green leaves; and sometimes shouting out merry badinage, sometimes singing bits of strange rhythmed melody in chorus; and all the time, as far as the feat could be effected, eating the grapes by handfuls. The whole thing was very jolly"'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM22B08_083
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Droits gérés
Available size
26,7Mo (2,0Mo) / 32,4cm x 20,7cm / 3822 x 2440 (300dpi)