Broom Collection

Emberiza calandra, corn bunting
Plate 26 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ullapool - view from the hill
Ullapool, Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland on the banks of Loch Broom - panoramic view from a nearby hill

Mobile Chimney Sweep
A chimney sweep stands with his equipment beside his car which has a model of a chimney on the roof with a broom sticking out of the top, to advertise his trade

Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to dance
The Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Ella, aka Cinderella, sitting in rags with a broom in her hand. Date: 1919

Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky
78rpm Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky, the sensational TV singing stars. 1958

Farmers in grass coats, Japan
Three farmers in grass coats, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Trigonometry Point
A Trigonometry Point at Buvita in the Belgium Congo, topped off with a broom!

Five children building a snowman in a wood
Five Edwardian children building a snowman in a wood

The New Playmates - Siblings and new bunnies
The New Playmates - A young brother and sister meet a basket of new bunnies. circa 1920s

At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller with a broom
At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller wearing a very stylish black dress with red floral pattern with a broom. Date: 1905

Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women talking over fence
Comic postcard, Two women talking over the garden fence. Well, the only pleasure I have in life now is taking my boots off! Date: 20th century

Common broom tree or Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius (Sarothamnus scoparius). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst

Broom Victorian period

Broom

Illustration, The train is just coming in now, said the little porter. Date: 1938

Music cover, The Bavarian Girl's Song, Buy a Broom, words by D A O'Meara, arranged by Alexander Lee, sung in character by Madame Vestris, with a view of Mayhew's Music Shop

Now, Guleech, by Arthur Rackham
Now, Guleech, book illustration by Arthur Rackham Date: 1916

Old Workmen
A sketch which shows a procession of three workmen with tools being carried over their shoulders, the central figure is holding a broom. Date: circa 1923

Royal Portugese visit to Windsor Castle group photo
Amonst the group are HM The King and Queen, the King and Queen of Portugal and the Prince of Wales. Eleven of the group are named on the card. Date: 1904

Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking. Date: 1896

A small girl sets about sweeping the yard with a very big broom, but is distracted when a robin arrives to keep her company. Date: circa 1886

LLYWELYN AP GRUFFUDD The unarmoured Welsh hero is treacherously murdered in a broom thicket by Stephen Frankton. Date: 1223? - 1282

Comic postcard, Woman at the seaside, being swept off her feet Date: 20th century

Arthur Trower gardening, with robin on wheelbarrow
Arthur Trower working in his large garden in Redhill, Surrey, with a robin on the wheelbarrow to keep him company Date: 1910

Fancy dress costume, The Witch Date: circa 1880

Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl with sweeping brush Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar with married couple Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Cold weather conversation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman talking about marriage. He said it would be like the Garden of Eden when we were married. So it is - nothing to wear and expecting to get kicked out any minute

Broom and feather duster seller, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph: Broom and feather duster seller, Japan

Edo street scene, 18th century. A dance teacher and pupil on the left, a nori (glue) seller is beckoned by workers in a small family business

Trades in Regency England: Turnery, broom-maker and paper making. Turner working on a wheel-driven lathe in a workshop in Tunbridge 22, broom-maker selling his wares door-to-door in Kent 23

Trades in Regency England. Hop picking, South Down sheep and effects of gunpowder. Man cutting hops, women and children picking off the hops in Farnham 19

Sweet orange, Citrus x aurantium. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Canary broom, Genista canariensis (Cytisus canariensis). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London

Man forced to wear his hosts ill-fitting clothes at a dinner party after arriving drenched from the rain. Miseries of Travelling

Calvinist priests laying hands on a man, Switzerland
Two Calvinist priests laying hands on a man kneeling on a cushion, and woman of Zurich in mourning clothes, Switzerland, 16th century. Lutto di una Zurichese &c

Proposed rational dress for servants, 1912
Suggested rational dress (trousers) suitable for servants. Date: 1912

The Useful Little Maid by Frances Brundage. 1898

Cinderella and her sisters, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

HMS Bellerophon, British battleship, showing the starboard gun turret. The photographer, Mrs Broom, was the only prominent female photographer with her own premises and a Royal Warrant

Silver ball cactus, Parodia scopa (Broom hedgehog cactus, Echinocactus scopa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

Dyers broom or dyers greenweed, Genista tinctoria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

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