Carver Collection

The Gentleman Who Asked the Carver - H. M. Bateman
The Gentleman who asked the carver at Simpson s-in-the-Strand whether the meat was English or foreign. A curious and innocent question from a diner at the famous English restaurant causing more than

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef
Market Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)

Union Workhouse, Wellington, Somerset
The Wellington Union workhouse on North Street, Wellington, Somerset. A group of local children stand outside. The workhouse, designed by County Surveyor, Richard Carver, was erected in 1836-7

Burma Woodcarver
Burma. - A wood-carver

Carver Doone
Image of Carver Doone, a character in Lorna Doone. Date: circa 1908

High Diving Horse
William Doc Carver (1851-1927) had been mounting a diving horse show since 1894. The rider in this picture is probably his daughter Lorena. Date: circa 1925

Lewes Stable and Owner G. Poole
Scenes from Lewes Stable, owned by G. Poole, who is pictured in one of the images. Also shown are champion jockey L. B. Rees and racehorse Ned Carver. Date: circa 1924

Bronze sculpture of a WWI British trooper
Bronze sculpture of a First World War British trooper astride his horse.Born in Paris 26.11.1871, he learned the techniques of Sculpture from his father

Irish gentleman in his cell, Dublin prison, 1821
Irish gentleman in his cell with other inmates, Dublin prison, 1821. Captain Blake introduces a ragged exciseman. Sheriffs Prison - Introducing Swan the Exciseman

Lynne Carver in a golf outfit designed by Dolly Tree in 1940 Date: 1940

Lynn Carver and Reginald Gardiner in Everybody Sing (1938)
Lynn Carver in Everybody Sing (1938) wearing a white evening gown and white fur jacket designed by Dolly Tree, along with Reginald Gardiner Date: 1938

Stonemason at work in a graveyard. circa 1800

Booker T Washington - American educator, author
Booker T (Taliaferro) Washington (1856-1915) - American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States

Stick dresser
Mr Stuart Bodsworth, stick dresser and wood carver at work on the horn handle of a walking stick. Birmingham, England. First published The Independent Date: 1986

Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VI
The arrival of the peacock in a baronial hall in the days of Henry VI, with the customary procession ushering in the feasts centrepiece

Irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair
A study of an irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair. He may have had a little too much to drink. Date: 1894

William Frank Carver, American sharpshooter
William Frank Carver (1851-1927), American sharpshooter. late 19th century

Lady Curzon of Kedleston
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston (n饠 Carver)(1870 1906), British peeress of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston

Ukraine. Yevpatoria. Cathedral
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Yevpatoria. Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker. 19th century. Built by Alexander Bernardazzi. Iconostasis by Vannuki

Bas-relief carvings by Laurent Malcles (dates unknown) - bold carving details featuring fruit and flowers - strong and stylised

Collectors card, stone carver at work. Date: early 20th century

The Wood Carver. This ancient trade is a slow, unhurried craft, and all kinds of traditional, heraldic and modern works are carried out in Fulham, London, England. Date: 1960s

Washington DC - Library of Congress Mural - The Heiroglyphic
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Evolution of the Book by John White Alexander (1856-1915). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. The Heiroglyphic

A relief wood carver and his work
A relief wood carver seated alongside his work and the tools of his trade Date: circa 1920

Scientists at play, 1899
An attendant in the Botany Library, Robert Hugh Bunting captured his colleagues at play in this humorous private photograph of Museum life taken in 1899

The embarkation of the Pilgrims

Indian totem pole carver at work. Date: 1911

Workshop of H. Trauffer - Davos, Switzerland
The carpentry workshop of carpenter H. Trauffer of Davos, Switzerland, pictures carving a fabulous life-size Saint Bernard dog. Date: circa 1920s

Juan De Arfe Y Villafane
JUAN DE ARFE Y VILLAFANE Spanish carver, and presumably writer. Date: 1535 - 1603

Titanic carver chair
A Chippendale style wooden carver chair from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Cocktail Bar 1932
Miss Kathryn Carver seen with Mr Curtis Moffat in the attractive bar of the latters house. Mss Carver, a film actress, is wearing satin pyjamas & a short coattee

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