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Outdoor washing, Boys Club 1928A young boy from a Boys Club washes his face and arms using a small bowl of water outdoors Date: 1928
Kashgar Trip - Uyghur Woman - HeaddressIndigenous Uyghur woman of Kashgar with a remarkable headdress. A wonderful photographic portrait by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Indigenous Uyghur men of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Mendicant Priest or Fakir - Hinduism - India
Lobster Salad, Bon Surprise, by A. K. MacDonaldA colour illustration of a ladies leaping out of a salad bowl, chased by a lobster
Indian Hindu FakirA superb photograph (on a postcard) of a Hindu Indian Fakir with immensely long hair
Bowling Match between England and Scotland, 1916Series of photographs showing a number of views of the Annual International Bowling Match between English and Scottish bowlers in London, held at the Bellingham Club, September 1916
Children Eating SoupTwo children, neatly dressed, and with napkins around their necks tuck in enthusiastically to a steaming bowl of Campbells vegetable soup
The Eton vs. Harrow Cricket Match, 1894Engraving showing a number of scenes at the Eton vs. Harrow cricket match, held at Lords Cricket Ground, 1894. At the top can be seen Eton schoolboys; at middle left
Boy / Girl with CherriesA boy and a girl with an enticing bowl of cherries
Breakfast by Edouard FrereThree peasant children by a kitchen fireside. A boy is sat on a stool eating his breakfast, possibly porridge, from a bowl. Two little girls and a cat stand by and watch hungrily
Dusting a Coffee TableA young housewife dusts her marble effect coffee table
Woman MixingA woman pours wine into a mixing bowl, perhaps in preparation for making a sauce of some kind
German Porcelain BowlA tour-de-force of porcelain work from Berlin, neither beautiful nor useful (you could just use it for sweeties) but one has to marvel at the craftsmanship
Helen Parrish BowlingActress, Helen Parrish, releases the bowling bowl. She wears a bowling outfit of matching shirt and trousers and a pair of bowling shoes
Round Robin / Trained ApeA performing monkey in a dress holds out a bowl to some children. Their nanny encourages them to put in a coin
Bowl of RosesA pretty blue willow pattern bowl full of pink & yellow roses
Boy and squirrelsA small blond boy wearing a smock and shorts sits under a tree watching a group of inquisitive squirrels feed from a bowl
Three Cats Drink MilkThree cats (a Siamese, a persian and a tabby) drink milk from a bowl on a table while a tortoise shell cat looks on from a nearby chair
Girl Takes TeaA smart little girl takes her tea with sugar, using tongs and a bowl
Kings / MackenzieThe classic view from the far side of the Backs - a gowned don discusses philosophy or something with a female friend, girls sit sedately, boys bowl their hoops boisterously
Tom Thumb and FurmentyHe falls by accident into the Kings bowl of hot frumenty (a kind of wheat porridge flavoured with cinnamon etc)
Zodiac AquariusIllustrated as a sick man being nursed in a goldfish bowl (!)
2 Girls Washing 19CTwo little girls washing from a bowl in the bedroom
Removing StainsPouring a kettle of boiling water onto a garment placed over a bowl is a good way of removing unwanted stains
Wiping a Dog CleanA patient dog lets a woman wipe its face and ears clean with a flannel and bowl of water
Sewing Machine Dog PowerM Richard, a clothing manufacturer of Paris, uses a large number of these dog- powered motors to run his sewing machines (note the water bowl kindly provided)
Advert Calverts SoapCalverts Soap
Wassail [Buss]Wassailers at the door of a manor house are offered the wassail bowl by the lady of the house
Dickens / Coldstream / PlayCHARLES DICKENS In the role of Sir Charles Coldstream in the play " Used Up", 1850
Woman Mixes in Bowl 1886She mixes something in a bowl
Girl with Gloves & HoopA young girl ready to bowl her hoop, wrapped up warm in gloves and a very chic hat
Potters at Work C19Potters at work, one barefoot at his wheel and his two colleagues finishing a bowl and putting a vase on a shelf on tiptoe
Confectioner / 1647A confectioner stirs a big bowl of mixture. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647
Advert / Cream of WheatUncle Sam enjoys his Cream of Wheat - even the American Eagle would like a taste
Woman Peels Pears 1930SA woman peels some pears in the process of making pear ginger jam, whilst sitting at the kitchen table
Queueing for Soup 1877Queueing for leg of beef soup at 2 pence a bowl outside working class dining room
Indian Ascetic BegsAn ascetic, with chains on his neck and wrists, holds out his begging-bowl
Egyptian ClepsydraThe CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one
Indian ClepsydraAn ancient clepsydra from Southern India : the bowl has a small hole in it, and gradually fills, at which point the watching boy strikes a gong
Cottage in Co. DonegalA Irish peasants cottage in County Donegal with a wheelbarrow and spade outside and pigs eating from a bowl
Children / Goldfish / CatThree children admire three goldfish in a bowl: so does their cat
Social / Childrens TeaFour children have their tea, while mother serves and the cat laps milk from a bowl
Lady at her Toilet 1903A ladies maid tightens her mistresss corset who is busy washing her hands & chatting to a friend. Her chemise, with a flounce & ribbon bow trim, is clearly visible
OLD KING COLE CRANEHe enjoys his pipe, he enjoys his bowl of wine, but most of all he enjoys his three fiddlers
Men Around Punch BowlA group of gentlemen stand around the punchbowl, with glasses raised, to honour a toast
Cat and GoldfishNot all that tempts your wand ring eyes and heedless hearts, is lawful prize, nor all that glisters, gold... a cat seeks to abduct a goldfish from its bowl