Merchants Collection

A BAZaR IN CAIRO 1885
A bazaar in Cairo. Date: 1885

Market Place, Romford, London, England. Date: circa 1904

Horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent
Delightful horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent. Trumans Brewery (founded in 1666) of Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area of London eventually closed in 1989. Date: circa 1910s

Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Old Towngate, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine

Art / Hogarth / The Times
THE TIMES 1 of 2 a satire on political rivalry between the Pitt and Temple factions

London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch
Oh My Cod! London - Billingsgate Fish Market - Standing amid the catch. Date: circa 1908

Decorations for the Coronation - Singapore
A simply outstanding set of street decorations in Singapore, set up to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Erected and funded by High Street Indian Merchants

T & W Farmiloe Limited - Rochester Row, Westminster, London
The warehouses of T & W Farmiloe Limited - Rochester Row, Westminster, London. In 1914 the company were manufacturing of Lead, White Lead, Paint, Colour and Varnish, Glass

Comic postcard, Outside the builders merchants - man with bucket and toilet seat Date: 20th century

Horse pulling coal delivery cart
Horse pulling a coal delivery cart of Joyner and Sons with two tradesmen riding on the cart. Date: 1930s

Indian Rice Merchants, Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma)
Indian Rice Merchants (Lakhmichand Manikchand) in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) - note the slightly cheeky bit of advertising by the Insurance Broker in the front row

A Game of Football in the Streets of London, c. 1314
Illustration of a game of football being played in the streets of London during the 14th century. Football of this time, played without rules in narrow medieval streets

Stationery, Pawlyn & Sons, Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, Pawlyn & Sons, Fish & Oyster Merchants, 14 Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall, with handwritten details. 1918

Shops / Jeweller C1905
The exterior of Jay, Richard Attenborough & Co Ltd in Oxford Street, London, who advertise themselves as goldsmiths, silversmiths and diamond merchants

Advert, H & J Philp, Architects and Builders, Dunfermline
Advert for H & J Philp, Architects and Builders, Campbell Street, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Merchants Street, Colmar, Alsace, France - view from the steps of the ancient Custom House circa 1910s

Soho, London - 20 Greek Street W1 - Hopkins Purvis & Sons Ltd, paint merchants. 1973

Kings Lynn Custom Hse
The Custom House in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, built in the late 17th century as an exchange, or trading centre for merchants. Date: late 17th century

Cigogna manuscript (1671), Merchants in a bazaar

Court of Pie-poudre
A special court that sat in times of public markets or fairs in England in medieval times, with exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between merchants and consumers

DUTCH MERCHANT VESSELS
Dutch West Indies Merchant Vessels. Date: early 17th century

Tea Merchants Shop, China

Africa. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Market Square
History of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. Saint Paul of Loanda. View of the Market Square. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

An Irish Village
A painting of an ecclesiastical building and a monument within an Irish village, a figure can be seen in the foreground by a merchant's cart. Date: circa 1922

Ypres
An oil painting which shows part of the Cloth Hall, a medieval commercial building in Ypres, Belgium, originally constructed in the 13th century

The Fish Market, Venice
A painting which depicts the busy scene of a fish market in Venice, Italy, beside a canal, customers can be seen in great numbers, bartering with merchants for their catch, which consists of fish

Vegetable Market
A painting showing the hustle and bustle of a vegetable market, with customers browsing the stalls of merchants. Date: circa 1916

Malines, Bailles de Fer
This highly detailed artwork shows the Bailles de Fer a market square in Mechelen, Belgium, given its name from the wrought iron balustrades that protected the old canal

The Fish Market
A painting of some merchants chatting while crouched, with three baskets full of fish between them, at a market. Date: circa 1915

Japan - Charcoal Dealer
Charcoal Dealer, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Advert for Chapman Dress Merchants, London
An advert for Chapman & Co. silk agents and dress merchants based at 2 Notting Hill, London. They claim to provide costume skirt in the New Boucle Cloth or Glenefer Tweed

Burns Philp & Co Advertisement
An advertisement photograph showing a hut settlement by the waters edge, with a number of small boats on the surface. Used for promoting Burns Philp & Co

Fruit Stall Traders
An Aquatint showing some fruit stall merchants at a market, plying their trade. Date: circa 1929

British smaller Inland Postcard
This replaced the earlier larger card and is an early example of how advertisers and merchants were making use of this cheap and efficient form of communication

Advert for Vennall & Co, Grocers, High Street, Rye
Advert for Vennall & Co, Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants, High Street, Rye, Sussex Date: 1926

S B Jackson & Son, Coal Merchants, Liverpool
S B Jackson & Son, Coal Merchants, Castle Street, Liverpool, stationery. Date: 1889

Chandni Chowk, The Chowk, shops, Delhi, India
19th century vintage photograph: Chandni Chowk, The Chowk, merchants and stalls, shops, Delhi, India

Policeman on traffic duty, London
Policeman directs traffic in Central London during rush hour. Date: circa 1930s

Howards House, Clapton
View of howards House in Clapton, London. A gabled house of c.1600 was acquired in 1715 by Samuel and Bucknall Howard, merchants who conveyed it in 1727 to John Howard

Scenes from Madagascar, 1820
Slave traders leading an enslaved family to market 58, a crocodile seizing a bullock 59, and stranded French sailors meeting the King of Madagascar 60. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Canons of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Canonici del S. Sepolcro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Four Chinese merchants playing the game of odd or even (Tui-Tsu) in summer clothes, China, 19th century. A man uses a stick to move the cash bets on the table

Advertisement for Stones Ginger Wine. Date: 1893

La Turbie, France - the Trophy of the Alpes (Trophy of Augustus), a Roman monument built by the emperor Augustus to celebrate his victory over the Ligurian tribes which lived in the mountains of

Advert, Park & Paterson Ltd, Metal Merchants, Glasgow
Advert for Park & Paterson Ltd, Metal Merchants and Smelters, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants, Govan, Glasgow
Advert for Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants and Sawmillers, Park Saw Mills, Albion Street, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, James Paton & Sons, Ayr Saw Mills, Scotland
Advert for James Paton & Sons, Timber Merchants and Saw Millers, Ayr Saw Mills, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Hamilton, Marr & Co, Timber Merchants, Glasgow
Advert for Hamilton, Marr & Co, Timber Merchants, Govan Saw Mills, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

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