Broom Collection (page 2)

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

Spineless butchers broom, Ruscus hypoglossum
Spineless butchers broom or horse tongue lily, Ruscus hypoglossum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi

Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, and broom, Genista tridentata (Chamaespartium). Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Broom species, Genista species. Genestra and Genet petit. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Plane tree, Platanus species, and heath, Erica species. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Broom species, Cytisus species and Cytisus columella. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, and butcher s
Prickly poppy, Argemone mexicana, and butchers broom, Rustus aculeata. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Common butchers broom, Ruscus aculeatus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

White Spanish broom, Cytisus multiflorus (Spartium multiflorum incarnatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Butchers broom, Ruscus aculeatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London

Common broom, Cytisus scoparius (Spartium scoparium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Dyers broom, Genista tinctoria
Dyers broom or dyers greenweed, Genista tinctoria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

Spineless butchers broom, Ruscus hypophyllum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1819

Spiny broom, Calicotome spinosa (Spiny calycotome, Calycotome spinosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Climbings butchers broom, Semele androgyna (Ruscus androgynus). Handcoloured botanical engraving from John Sims Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Couchman, London, 1816

Saw-wort, safflower and dyers broom
Saw-wort, Serratula tinctoria 1, safflower, Carthamus tinctorius 2, and dyers broom, Genista tinctoria 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Broom, Cytisus scoparius. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Longleaf pine, Pinus palustris (Broom pine, pitch pine or yellow pine, Pinus australis). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Broom vendor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Broom vendor in a street of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: 1922

Scrap, Witch flying on a broomstick. 19th century

Crossing-sweeper
Bearded crossing-sweeper at the Exchange, London. Date: circa 1850s

Able-bodied street-sweeper
Sweeping the streets of London

The Road Sweeper. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

Crossing-sweeper nuisance Crossing-sweeper nuisance 1856
Group of young children with brooms, sweeping the ground as a gentleman walks alone, asking for a ha penny. Date: 1856

Boys crossing-sweepers, London boys asking an affluent gentlemen for a penny for keeping the streets tidy. Date: circa 1850s

Curtis British Entomology Plate 611
Lepidoptera: Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Horse Chestnut Moth) [Plant: Cytisus scoparius (Broom)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 510
Coleoptera: Cucujus spartii = Cryptolestes spartii (Broom Cucujus) [Plant: Hypericum perforatum (Perforated St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 489
Diptera: Opetia lonchopteroides = Opetia nigra (Lonchoptera-like Opetia) [Plant: Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher?s Broom)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 313
Hemiptera: Centrotus genistae = Gargara genistae (Broom Tree-hopper) [Plant: Genista tinctoria (Dyer?s Green-weed)] Date: 1824-39

Pair of horses in a stable and a lurcher. Date: circa 1910s

Household Objects Date: 1940

Tangier, Morocco - A Road Sweeper Date: circa 1905

HOUSEMAID WITH BROOM
A French housemaid in a mob cap and long skirts rests a moment from her sweeping with one hand on her hip Date: circa 1835

Elegant Broom Seller
Buy a broom!; an elegant broom seller passes the window of a house. Date: 1878

BEGGAR - CHARLES MACKEY
Charles Mackey, a black beggar, stands with cap in hand before an old stone cross. Date: Early 19th century

Broom, Warwickshire Date: circa 1906

PARISIAN BROOM SELLER
A Parisian broom seller Date: 1774

Street sweeper 1863
Young barefoot boy sweeping the streets for some money. Date: 1863

Women street sweepers, Moscow
Two women street sweepers take a break and sit on a bench in a Moscow, street, USSR Date: circa 1978

Street sweeper, Windsor
A woman street sweeper cleans the cobbles in Church Street, outside the Carpenterss Arms pub, Windsor in the early morning

Warsaw street sweeper, winter
A woman street sweeper brushes snow in a Warsaw park, Poland Date: 1987

Christmas Greetings card - Snowman and Toy Soldiers. Date: circa 1930s

Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas card
Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Underground Movement Date: 20th century

Sweeping brush with comic verse on a Christmas card
Sweeping brush sticking out of a window with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Where I hang out. Date: circa 1890s

Royal Navy men in Malta, WW1
Royal Navy men in Malta during the First World War. They are standing on a fire tender made by J Stone of Deptford, SE London. One person is in fancy dress, with their face covered, holding a fan

The Little Red Hen, the picture of domestic efficiency, sweeps her front doorstep while an nterested looking fox lurks nearby. Date: c.1915

A maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900
A rather resentful looking maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900 Date: c. 1900

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