Brushing Collection

Curling in Scotland 1869
A curling match in Scotland

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Lady in pink underwear by Barribal
Painting of a young woman with dark glossy hair, captured in the middle of getting ready. She sits in pink lingerie and stockings, having just brushed and tied a matching pink ribbon in her hair

Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir? 19th century

Boy Brushing His Teeth
A photograph used for advertisement purposes, portraying a young boy proudly showing his white teeth after having brushed them. Date: circa 1939

Sketch Studies Of Women
A series of sketch studies of young women wearing clothes for different occasions and performing various activities, including bathing, relaxing, going to the seaside

From A Paris Window
A drypoint etching which displays a view looking out from a window of a house in Paris, France, a lady can be seen opposite, brushing her very long hair, over a decorative wrought iron barrier

Damp the pie-dish with white of egg to make the paste stick. Date: 1907

A young boy brushes his shoes. Date: 1910

Comic postcard, Two women chatting in a bedroom Date: 20th century
humorous, fun, funny, comic, card, postcard, british, young, woman, women, home, domestic, bedroom, room, boudoir, brushing, hair, dressing, table, o, kay, okay, lying, bed, mirror, underwear, bra

Fox hunting gentleman riding out with boys on ponies
Fox hunting gentleman Mr. Jug Boyston riding out with boys on ponies, 19th century. The Jug and his juvenile field. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith

Advert, Mulsified Coconut Oil Shampoo -- Your Whole Appearance Depends upon Your Hair. 1926

Shoe black (shoeshine boy) and client, in 18th century style. 18th century

Scottish tartan -- Sinclair Clan, with furze badge, coat of arms, motto (Commit Thy Work to God), and curling scene. Date: circa 1908

Glamorous women
Two glamorous women. One brushing long hair, one holding pink ostrich feathers. Illustration from Ladies Home Journal February 1926. Artist anon. Date: 1926

Royal Vinolia tooth powder advertisement
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia tooth powder with a young woman brushing her teeth. Date: 1912

Boy Brushing Teeth Date: 1938

Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & Co
Selection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887

GIRL BRUSHES TEETH
Few girls are at their best while brushing their teeth, but this young lady is doing very well... Date: circa 1910 ?

(STRUTT) BRUSHING HAIR
A woman brushes her hair Date: 14th century

The doorman at The Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath, Somerset
A quick brush for the doorman at The Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath, Somerset, England. He wears tails and a top hat Date: 1999

Warsaw street sweeper, winter
A woman street sweeper brushes snow in a Warsaw park, Poland Date: 1987

Viyella Nightwear 1890S
Nightgown with a shirt front, bishop sleeves & broderie anglaise, plaid night dress with flounce & striped bed jacket, dressing gown with quilted detail & stand collar

Vain man at a mirror on a comic greetings card, with verse. Date: circa 1850s

Getting ready for school - The Promotion of Health Poster
Idyllic domestic scene inside a family kitchen. Older children are getting ready for school and while one daughter of the house sits and has her hair brushed by mother

Regesan toothpaste advertisement, 1914
Advertisement for Regesan toothpaste, available from Boots in 1914. Illustration shows a pretty young woman daintily holding an oversized toothbrush on which a cherub squeezes out paste. Date: 1914

A maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900
A rather resentful looking maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900 Date: c. 1900

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teeth
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young girl cleans (the exact translation is " rubs" ) her teeth. Date: 1905

Men at work in a stable
Men at work grooming horses in a stable, London horseguards. Date: circa 1960s

Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Sparks the Electricians daughter. 20th century

Cat on a Christmas card, polishing a shoe. Date: circa 1900s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Crackers dog show inventions (with the authors apologies to Heath Robinson). Smoothing the Scotch Collie, Pampering the Pom, and Improving the Kerry Blues Beard

War-Time Economies Doing without Braces, WW1 Heath Robinson
War-Time Economies - A Sensible Way of Doing Without Braces. Another ingenious idea from William Heath Robinson, who suggests a strong magnet as an alternative to braces in order to keep ones

Dutch cub scout polishing shoes, Netherlands, no doubt in order to earn a proficiency badge

Firefighters with sweeping brushes, Southwark HQ
Firefighters with sweeping brushes at Southwark HQ, taking part in an escape competition

The Service Safety Haircutter, WW1 advertisement
Advertisement for the Service Safety Haircutter, allowing users to trim and comb hair daily and to remain presentable in the process, even if away fighting at the front. Date: 1917

Children at County Showground, Cornwall
Two children and a cow at a County Showground, Cornwall

Grooming a mule, WW1
Three soldiers struggling to groom an unruly mule in his stall with one of them grumbling, " Nah tehn, Undred Legs!" Date: 1916

Mothers Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sweeps autumn leaves from the doorway. Date: 1930

Sketch of man with sweeping brush
Sketch of a man with a sweeping brush. Date: 1922

Advertisement for Lifeguard soap -- little girl and adult female models posing (Sandra Palmer and Geraldine Hill). 1959

Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paper
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909

Advice to would-be brides - The housework ahead
Advice to ladies about to be married - To get used to house-work! Try a few weeks Charing. The sender of this card has added the waggish line: " Hope you won t grease the stairs for me

French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard. They all wear loose overalls over their uniforms (even the supervising officers) - dusty work! Date: 1906

Dunderpate in various poses, working at school and at home. Date: 1938

Brushing Hair
This woman seems too happy about brushing her hair. Date: late 1960s

Hair brushing with Edwards Harlene for hair, 1895
A lady brushes her luxuriant locks, admiring her reflection in her dressing table mirror.Edwards Harlene for hair Date: 1895

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping