Hearth Collection (page 2)

Vesta, Apollo and Diana, Roman gods.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Miner washing at a tin bath, South Wales
A South Wales miner washes at a tin bath in front of the fire, while his wife sits mending socks

Chimney Sweep & Brush
A chimney sweep kneels on the hearth and prepares to insert his brush up the chimney

Young woman in evening dress
Young woman in full length evening dress, sitting by the fireside. Date: circa 1970s

Toasting muffins on the fire
Cosy scene of an Edwardian interior with women enjoying tea and toasted muffins or crumpets, toasted with a toasting fork on a roaring fire. Lovely. Date: 1906

Tiled fireplace with wooden surround 1936
Slabbed in three different mottled tiles with kerbed hearth and a high oak wooden surround with ebonized shelf in the middle. Date: 1936

Art Deco fireplace 1936
Dull mottle tiles with plain vertical pattern to the side and a Art Deco centre. Date: 1936

Children by a kitchen hearth
Two children and a dog pictured gazing at the burning embers of a fire in a kitchen inglenook. Other kitchen furniture and equipment include an armchair, bellows and a basket of vegetables

The Elements (Fire), by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- The Thin Khaki Line Keeps the Fate of Belgium from Your Hearth and Home, Get into Khaki Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle

A Grandfather and Grandson - Devon
A Grandfather and Grandson, in a very lavish interior in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Blacksmiths cottage - Coloured slide - interior of cottage - Blacksmith in chair by hearth - children at table. Date: circa 1880s

Advert for Arden Hills & Co new patent gas fires 1888
Patent asbestos gas fires by Arden Hill s, tiled hearth and brass rail, pattern, no sheet-iron parts, large fire front, hook at back, new burner, fall-down trivet

Kans Annas cottage interior - Fryksas, Dalarna, Sweden
Kans Annas cottage interior - Fryksas Village, Dalarna, Sweden. There are two very nice stool examples in this picture. Date: circa 1909

Poorly puppy by the fire - His First Trouble by G E Studdy
His First Trouble by G E Studdy - A poorly puppy, wrapped up warm by the fire staring across to his medicine on the hearth with apprehension. Date: 1912

Stoking the fire before heading to bed on Christmas Eve
A young boy in nightshirt and nightcap stokes the fire with his Mother before heading to bed on Christmas Eve, to dream of the joy, fun and raft of surprises the morrow may bring... Date: 1912

No. 2 Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum
No.2 Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum - a view of a stone hearth with ruler for scale, Aug. 1935. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

No. I Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum
No.I Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum - a view of a stone hearth with ruler for scale, Aug. 1935. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Prehistoric Hearth - Dundrum Sand Hills - a view of stones laid out in the sand to form a hearth. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Blacksmiths Forge. Date: 1907

Interior of the forge. Engraving. 19th century

Frank Dicksee - Studio
FRANK DICKSEE artist, aged 31, in his studio. Note the screen, the parasol in the hearth, the suit of armour... Date: 1853 - 1928

Ruined Hall & Gates
The ruins of a grand house: Deserted is my own good hall Its hearth is desolate Wild weeds are gathering on the wall My dog howls at the gate Date: 19th century

Charles Reade
CHARLES READE Novelist, notably The Cloister and the Hearth Date: 1814 - 1884

Charles Reade - 2
CHARLES READE Novelist, notably The Cloister and the Hearth Date: 1814 - 1884

Charles Reade - 3
CHARLES READE Novelist, notably The Cloister and the Hearth depicted soaring above everyday life ! Date: 1814 - 1884

Fireplace / Scribners
An ornate fireplace. Date: 1879

Advert for Arden Hills & Co gas fires 1884
Asbestos gas fires by Arden Hills with ornamental surround. Date: 1884

Two bedroom fireplace 1936
Two fire places with simple designs, one with two coloured tiles with kerbed hearth and the other with a raised hearth. Date: 1936

A selection of household brushes- from top to bottom: Bass Broom Heads; closet or lavatory brushes; Sweeps brushes; and Hearth brushes. Date: c. 1910

Stonite one-piece fireplace with solid hearth. Catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London. Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Materials. Date: circa 1927

Hungry Peter as a piglet approaches a fireplace
Pleasant Dreams -- Hungry Peter the a piglet finds a cat asleep in the fireplace. Date: 1912

Medieval men smoking and drinking in front of the parlor fire.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnands Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell

Household scene in Milan, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

Lobby of Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA
Lobby of the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA. Date: circa 1915

January. Goddess Vesta
Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and family, symbolized by the sacred fire that burned at her hearth and temples. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

Santa delivering presents
Santa Claus in his red cloak deposit childrens presents around the hearth.Date: circa 1900

The Sphere Christmas 1917 cover
It was like this, Mother The cover of The Spheres Christmas 1917 issue. An illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a young British officer, home on leave for the holiday period

Fire safety -- baby playing near guarded coal fire
Fire safety -- a baby playing near a guarded coal fire

For Hearth and Home - c 1914
For Hearth and Home - c.1914. Graham Wallace

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Tuesday) -- he helps to dry his mistresss shoes in front of the gas fire. Date: 1923

Rags the puppy joins cat and piglet by the fire
A Cosy Corner -- Rags the puppy joins Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

Child sitting by the fire by Muriel Dawson
A child sitting by the fire by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly Flinders
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders. Date: circa 1920s

Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering a letter
Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering good wishes. Traditionally chimney sweeps used to go door to door wishing (and hopefully bringing) folk good luck

Man drinking sake before the hearth. Print shows an old man seated next to a sunken hearth, drinking sake with his meal. Date 1913

Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth Cha
Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Cricket on the Hearth at the Alcazar, 260 O Farrell Street, San Francisco, California

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