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In a Butchers ShopTHE MAN OF TASTE - a butchers customer orders two ounces of Boiled Beef, Cut with a Ham y Knife to give it a Relish
The Autograph Album, by William Heath RobinsonA Souperscription. Illustration showing a missionary signing a little boys book whilst being boiled alive
KETTLE CATA ginger cat about to be boiled in a kettle on the kitchen hob!
Good Egg by William Heath RobinsonStraight from the Hen! The Fresh-Egger, a handsome apparatus for ensuring the new-laidness of eggs for the breakfast-table. A typically convoluted invention from the mind of William Heath Robinson
Breakfast in Bed 1930SSmiling woman pours herself a refreshing cup of tea before tucking into a feast of grapefruit, boiled egg from an egg cup & toast served on a tray
HELLThose who were guilty of avarice during their lifetimes are punished by being boiled in cauldrons of burning oil and molten lead
Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, JapanA sign advertising the option to boil an egg at the Beppu Hot Springs, Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred
Calendar design - Humpty DumptyDesign for a Calendar - Humpty Dumpty, having fallen from the wall - safe however as he had been hard-boiled. Date: 1933
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good EggThe caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person
Earls Court HouseThe eminent surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) bought this house in Earls Court in London in 1765
PICNIC HAMPERNeat and practical is the slogan for a well-ordered picnic hamper. This seasons gagets simplify matters - boiled egg cases and plates with sandwich compartments! Date: 7 June 1935
STUFFED EGG SHIPSShip-shaped savoury boiled eggs, filled with egg yolks mixed with mayonnaise and cooked rice. Date: 1950s
ASPARAGUS SALADAn intriguing salad combination - asparagus, slices of hard boiled egg and peas. Date: 1940s
GRAPEFRUIT BREAKFASTWhat could be nicer than tucking into a dish of fresh grapefruit for breakfast, with the prospect of a boiled egg, followed by a pot of tea in fine China cups? Date: 1930s
Boiled egg with comic verse on a Christmas cardBoiled egg in an eggcup with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card Date: circa 1890s
Boiled egg in an eggcup on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
School Dinners 1956Pupils tuck into their school dinners at the Dorothy Stringer Secondary School, Brighton
A Missionary being Boiled by Cannibals. Robinson, William Heath 1872 - 1944
Greetings card in the shape of a lobster with a bowl of boiled eggs and salad. Date: circa 1890s
Caricature of W E Gladstone and John L TooleCaricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister, and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. Politics and Comedy. 1882
Hominy Man, PhiladelphiaA black man in Philadelphia selling hominy, ground maize boiled in milk or water Date: 1875
Advertisement, Libbys Corned Beef, delicious hot or cold. 1957
Sychronised Swimming Team - off-duty party - the food tableBournemouth, Dorset - Pat & Lizs Party for the whole Sychronised Swimming Team - off-duty party - the food table! Date: 1962
Lobster and boiled eggs on a Christmas cardLobster, boiled eggs and lettuce on a Christmas card. circa 1890s
Ballad / Lord RandalLORD RANDAL O yes, I am poisoned, mother, make my bed soon, for I m sick at the heart, and I fain wald lie down (His true love gave him eels boiled in broth.) Date: traditional
British Ballad, Lord SoulisLORD SOULIS. British Ballad which tells the story of William de Soulis (died c)
Shell Shock by George RansteadAn original pen & ink drawing illustrating a play on words. A young man with shell shock looks away in terror at a cracked hard boiled egg
Boys Club breakfast 1932A group of boys from a Boys Club take their breakfast alfresco. They sit on long benches and eat a boiled egg with bread and a cup of tea
Potatoes for SupperDue to rationing, wartime meals could be rather predictable. This boys grandmother is dishing up boiled potatoes for supper - again
Vegetable DishesCelery - leeks - seakale - sprouts - baked potatoes - parsnips - boiled potatoes - artichokes - cabbage - braised onions
Family BreakfastA happy family enjoying a hearty breakfast of boiled eggs, toast and marmite, around the table
Meat and Fish DishesSirloin of beef, roast turkey, boiled salmon, calfs head, leg of mutton, roast ducks, boiled turbot, roast hare
John the EvangelistSAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST In the background he is being boiled alive in a cauldron of boiling oil by the emperors orders, yet he feels no pain and survives !
Beeton Game & PoultryGAME AND POULTRY snipe on toast - larks - roast pheasant - pigeons - roast fowl - roast goose - roast duck - boiled fowl - roast turkey