Fairy Tales & Folklore
Lifting: An Easter Custom
A man seated in a chair is held above a lively crowd of women, who raise their hands and look up towards him. He gestures outward with one arm. Hats, faces and closely packed figures fill the framed outdoor scene. The caption calls the scene Lifting and states that it is from an old drawing. The preceding page describes women lifting men on Easter Tuesday, after men had lifted women on Monday. This historical custom is recorded as Sikes describes it, without endorsing the coercion mentioned in his account. The complete frame and caption are retained. The original drawing’s creator is not identified here, so it is kept distinct from the book’s general T. H. Thomas credit.
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Unidentified original artist; reproduced from an old drawing. "Lifting: An Easter Custom" [editorial title]. In British Goblins, Wirt Sikes; illustrations by T. H. Thomas. 1880, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Source scan leaf 286. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-285
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source scan, printed caption and nearby prose actually viewed. Complete image boundary, caption and visible signatures preserved. Crop from checksum-verified private R2 reader derivative; no recolouring or reconstruction.
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Unidentified original artist; reproduced from an old drawing. Lifting: An Easter Custom. British Goblins. Scan leaf 286. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-285