Barrel Collection (page 12)

Gunners with Howitzer named Bunty, Western Front, WW1
British gunners posing for their photo with a 12 inch Howitzer named Bunty, on the Western Front in France during the First World War. The crew are stripped to the waist, ready for hot work

British 6 inch Howitzer, WW1
A British 6 inch (26 cwt) Howitzer, designed by Vickers in 1915 for use during the First World War. It continued in use during the Second World War. Seen here with uniformed men in a workshop

Greek fire ship
A 13th century covered galley, equipped to drop barrels of Greek fire

Barrack canteen interior, 1872
Soldiers of the Army Service Corps relaxing in the canteen on Bottle Bush Down during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England

Austrian Village Ensemble, featuring, yokels, musicians and a variety of age groups! The caption reads Aineter Militia. Date: 1928

Abstract design with various shapes
An abstract design with various shapes, including an empty set of shelves and a red brick wall floating in the air

Children and Bulldog
Two children pass nervously through a gateway, guarded by a bulldog whose kennel is a barrel. 1890s

Irving / Rip / Koatskill Mtn
Rip encounters the odd inhabitants of the Koatskill Mountains. Date: First published: 1819

WARSHIP STRASBOURG
French battleship Date: 1930s

Game / Barrel-Boating 1911
Four boys in their swimsuits have a barrel-boat race Date: 1911

Social / Marbles Champ
A group of men at a championship game of marbles at Tinsley Green, Sussex (held every Good Friday): the winner receives a cask of beer Date: 1950s

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890

EDGAR DEGAS 1834-1917
HILAIRE GERMAINE EDGAR DEGAS French painter associated with Impressionists CARTOON Date: 1834-1917

Guy Fawkes reprimands trespasser
A life-like effigy of the famous Gunpowder Plot conspirator reprimands a schoolboy who has trespassed, having climbed a ladder over a fence to take fruit from the store shed

Matchmakers filling frames with wax strands
Women working at a matchmaking factory fill frames with wax strands

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Three boys playing inside a large barrel. One of them has lost his footing and has fallen over

Filling large fuel barrels - Hackney Wick
A factory employee checks progress as large barrels are filled with fuel oil at Hackney Wick, London

Paw Paw Seller - Bermuda, West Indies

Music sheet cover for Erin Go Bragh Quadrille
Music sheet cover for the Erin Go Bragh Quadrille by Charles d Albert (1809-1886), with a view of the Custom House Quay in Dublin, Ireland, at sunset

Good Luck postcard
A Czechoslovakian Good Luck postcard, featuring a small girl sat in a barrel holding a bottle of sparkling wine (and spilling a glass of the same), surrounded by large four-leafed clovers

The port at Oran, Algeria close to the Harbour Mole

Portugal - Water carrier
A colourful depiction of a Portuguese water carrier, with a large barrel on his back. An ornate stone water fountain is in the background of the scene

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

Porters carrying a large barrel on two long yolks
Turkish Porters carrying a large strengthed barrel (possibly containing oil?) on two long yolks

Customs official tests imported wine
A customs official tests wine from an imported barrel of wine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Water transportation - Baku, Azerbaijan
Water carriers - barrels mounted on mules transporting fresh water through the streets in Baku, Azerbaijan

Yemen - Camel Water Cart at Aden

Naples, Italy - Street Hot Chestnut Seller, surrounded by a variety of young urchins! He wears a tall top hat at a very rakish angle!!

Rochester Guildhall, Kent
An organ grinder drags her organ along the High Street at Rochester, Kent, passing the Guildhall : Baggins wonderful bookshop is further down the street to the left

Rolling a Palm Oil Cask - Nigeria

The Oil Shop. A young girl makes a purchase from the shop keeper, stood next to a large barrel of paraffin and a counter dominated by a large jar of paint

Almeria, Spain - Embarkation of Eggs in barrels for export

Porter carrying a heavy load
A Porter bends his back to carry a heavy barrel - Constantinople, Turkey

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Water Fountain near Lisbon, 1883
Engraving showing three men filling their water barrel at a fountain in Sintra, near Lisbon, Portugal, 1883

Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun
Photograph showing two Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun. The revolving barrel Hotchkiss machine-gun was invented by the American

A CARD SHARP / C. 1850
A card sharp tries to con two naive country folk at an inn; they are using a barrel as a playing surface

Diogenes in his Barrel
The Greek philosopher Diogenes, living in a barrel, is an object of curiosity to Athenians

France in a Fix
As Macmahons conservative regime succumbs to growing Republicanism, France sits on a powder-barrel of factions ranging from revolution to monarchism

Sussex Cottages
A charming row of cottages in the pretty village of Cowfold, Sussex, England

Lindisfarne Cottages
An unspoilt row of cottages in Lindisfarne, the one and only village on Holy Island, off the wild coast of Northumberland, England

Rigbys Needle Gun

Dougalls Pat. Lockfast
Dougalls Patent Lockfast rifle

Needhams Patent Rifle
A view looking down on the loading mechanism of Needhams Patent rifle Date: 19th century

Dress & Silver Sash
Actress Margaret Bannerman in a sleeveless, tubular shaped, slash-neck dress which uses a concentric square motif in various shades. worn with a silver sash & court shoes

Barrel Organ / 1880 / Monkey
A monkey sits on the shoulder of an a man and his barrel organ

Scene in a Forge
A massive object - possibly the barrel of a gun - is manhandled by a team of ironworkers in an ancient but well-organised workshop

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