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Cub Scouts taking part in Operation ShoeshineTwo Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro
Scottish Curling 1885Soop her up! Two Scottish curlers brush vigourously to melt the top of the ice, and allow the curling stone to slide correctly
Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924
Children in the garden with brush and wheelbarrow. Art Deco style. Artist: Marjorie Dexter Date: circa 1925
Interior Decorator with his brushes, ladder and pipeInterior Decorator (Terry) with his brushes, ladder, pipe and blowtorch! Date: circa 1950s
British gunners, Battle of the Somme, WW1British gunners in action during the Battle of the Somme, First World War. Their guns are on " Percy Scott" mountings, with rather colourful camouflage paint. Date: 1918
They say cleanliness is next to Godliness - but I say its next to impossible. A young child fails to clean their grimy knees no matter how hard they scrub! Date: 1933
Japanese girl practising calligraphy Date: 1909
Two Horses and a Dachshund familyTwo Horses peeking over the edge of their stable to see a Mother Dachshund and her brood of puppies Date: circa 1910s
Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, LondonBarbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875
Boy / Hairdressers 1930SA seat inside a model toy car ensures a boys co-operation at the hairdressers Date: 1930s
Constantinople, Turkey - Chimney Sweep
Birthday card, Chimney Sweep Dog. mid-20th century
Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896A selection of Victorian household items; twin oil and vinegar bottles, solid silver candlestick holders, ornate mounted hair brush, cut crystal scent bottle, chased silver lamp with burner
Advertisement for Louis Vuitton hairbrushes. 1929
Green lady by William BarribalFanciful painting by William Barribal, depicting a young woman in a bonnet and matching green dress walking across an artists palette as her skirt flutters upwards to reveal her stockings
Thessaloniki, Greece - Bootblack Date: circa 1916
Girl painting at tableA young girls sits at a table painting in her sketchbook. Watercolour study by Raymond Sheppard
Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky78rpm Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky, the sensational TV singing stars. 1958
A brush with the Bulgar - Scouts discover enemy, WW1The Surrey Yeomanry on the Struma Valley Front, Salonika 1917-1918. A brush with the Bulgar - Scouts discover enemy at entrance to Jenimah. By Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945). 1917-1918
Farmers in grass coats, JapanThree farmers in grass coats, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Scottish Types - Curling, Clan Grant. 19th century
Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904
Boy Scouts cleaning street sign, LondonTwo Boy Scouts cleaning a street sign in Downshire Hill, Hampstead, north-west London during Scout Job Week
Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor
A signwriter painting a pub signA signwriter paints the pub sign for the Hare and Hounds pub. Behind him can be seen other examples of his art and traditional tavern signs hanging in situ. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Asprey Christmas presents, 1926Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette
Chimneysweep / Mayhew 1864Back bent by the weight of his brushes, a young chimneysweep stands before the grate
Carroll / Alice & GardenerTHE GARDENERS
Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s
At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller with a broomAt the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller wearing a very stylish black dress with red floral pattern with a broom. Date: 1905
WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my targetWW2 Valentines Day card (inside), You are my target for today. Date: circa 1942
Cover design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway
Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911A patient Pomeranian stands on a folding chair while being squirted with perfume at the Ealing and District Canine Society dog show. Date: 1911
Alice / Lobster DressingThe Lobster at his toilet
Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date: 20th century
Fashionable young Lady's dress ruined by brush with SweepSpoiled for the Day. Fashionable young Lady's dress ruined by brush with a boy Chimney Sweep Date: circa 1850
Geisha seated before a folding screen featuring cranes, writing in a small book. Date: 1916
Gardening in Japan Date: 1913
A Mozabite Grocer shop, Algeria. The Mozabite people or Banu Mzab are a Berber ethnic group inhabiting the M'zab natural region in the northern Sahara in Algeria. Date: circa 1910s
Decorating pottery, Japan, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s
Hairdresser using a comb to brush a customer's hair in a barbeHairdresser in apron using a comb to brush a customer's hair in a barbershop. The gentleman customer reads a newspaper. The busts in the shop window are adorned with feathers and plumes
Brushmaker trimming a broomhead in a workshopBrushmaker in apron trimming a broomhead in a workshop. Brooms, brushes, mops and other items hang from the walls
Georgian artist with conoisseurs in his studioGeorgian artist in front of a painting with his palette and brush. A group of art connoisseurs watch him through eyeglasses. The atelier is decorated with busts and paintings. The Studio
Georgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a chimney sweepGeorgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a sooty chimney sweep and his apprentice boy on a street corner in Oxford. In the background, a new rector Doctor Broadbase rides past a blacksmith
Alessandro Tiarini, Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, 1577-1668. Self portrait with paintbrush and oils palette. Alessandro Tiarini
Bartolomeo Passarotti, Italian Mannerist painter, 1529-1592Bartolomeo Passarotti, Italian Mannerist painter who worked mainly in Bologna, 1529-1592. With brush before a painting on an easel. Bartolomeo Passerotti, Pittore e Intagliatore in rame
Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and draughtsman, 1527-1585Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter in oils and fresco, draughtsman and a leading artist in Genoa, 1527-1585. Son of Giovanni Cambiaso. Standing with paintbrush before a painting on an easel
Anthoni Schoonjans, Flemish portrait painter, 1655-1726Anthoni Schoonjans, or Antoon Schoonjans, nicknamed Parhasius, Flemish painter known for his court portraits as well as his history paintings, 1655-1726
Antonio Franchi, Italian painter, 1638-1709Antonio Franchi, Italian painter of the 17th century, 1638-1709, active mainly in Florence and Lucca. Pittore
Filippo Maria Galletti, Italian painter, 1636-1714Fra. Filippo Maria Galletti, Italian painter of the Baroque period, 1636-1714. Member of the order of the Clerics Regular Theatines. Active mainly in Tuscany, Parma, and Liguria
Bartholomeus van der Helst, Dutch painter, 1613-1670. One of the leading portrait painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Self portrait with paint brush and palette, holding a miniature portrait
Grenadier in the Swiss Guard, French Royal Guard, 1820Grenadier in the Swiss Guard, French Royal Guard, Bourbon Restoration. In bearskin with brush, red coat with frogging and epaulettes, white pantalons, armed with musket and bayonet. Garde Royale
Cuirassier of the French Royal Guard, Bourbon RestorationUniform of a Cuirassier of the French Royal Guard, Bourbon Restoration. In dragoon's helmet with brush, ornate cuirasss, blue coat with silver epaulettes, breeches, boots, armed with sword
Mounted Grenadier of the French Royal Guard, Bourbon Restoration. In bearskin with brush, blue coat with white epaulettes and frogging, breeches, boots, armed with sword
Uniform of an infantry Grenadier with the French Royal Guard, Bourbon Restoration. In bearskin with brush, blue coat with white frogging, crimson epaulettes, pantalons, with musket and backpack
Uniform of the Royal Guard, Gendarmerie de la ChasseUniform of a cavalry man of the Royal Guard, Gendarmerie de la Chasse. Guardsman in crested dragoon's helmet, blue coat, red lapels, buff breeches and gloves, boots and sabre
Uniform of the French Life Guards, Bourbon Restoration, 1815-1820. In dragoon's helmet with brush, blue coat with red collar, breeches, boots, armed with musket and sword
Uniform of a French Marine, Napoleon's army. In shako helmet with brush, blue uniform with scarlet frogging, armed with musket and sabre. Marin, ex-Garde
Gunner in the Light Artillery, Napoleon's armyFull dress uniform of a gunner in the Light Artillery, Napoleon's Army
French Chasseur light cavalry regiment, Napoleonic eraUniform of a French Chasseur light cavalry regiment, Napoleonic era. In bearskin with brush, green coat with scarlet frogging, red pelisse, buff breeches, boots, sabre and sabretouche
Uniform of Napoleon's elite infantry, the GrenadiersUniform of a soldier in Napoleon's elite line infantry, the Grenadiers. In bearskin with brush, backpack, blue coat with white lapels, breeches, gaiters, armed with musket and sword
A tailless monkey asks a fox for some of his tail. Ape and fox. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop
Portrait of Karel van Mander I, Dutch painterPortrait of Karel van Mander I, 1548-1606, Dutch painter, rhetorician and historian of Netherlandish art, author of the Schilderboeck of 1604. In doublet with ruff, holding a brush and palette
Chinese domestic servant, 18th century. He holds a brush and a shawl. He wears patched pants, straw shoes. Domestique chinois
Putti garlanding oval portraits of artists with laurels. In the foreground, putti write on scrolls and books with quill pens
17th century man watching a mother breastfeeding a child in front of a fireplace. Cradle, bellows, tongs, brush and bowl on the floor
English society portraitist and his client, Regency era. Tom Takeall painting a flattering portrait of Mrs Bosky in Margate. Tom with palette and brush in a studio with easel, bust and portfolio
The skeleton of Death pricks bubbles of lifeThe skeleton of Death pricks with his darts the bubbles of life blown by a philiosopher and a fool before a pyramid
Broom seller in front of Shoreditch Church, London, 1805Broom seller in front of Shoreditch Church. In hat, coat, waistcoat and breeches, buckle shoes, with horse-hair brooms, brushes, wooden sieves and bowls
Trades of China, Qing dynasty, 1800s. Scribe writing with a brush at a desk 1, printer's workshop 2, banker/money clipper 3, bookseller 4, embroiderer 5, and woman stocking maker 6
Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1529-1586Sir Henry Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1529-1586. Courtier to King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I
Jean Louis Tocque (1696-1772). Portrait by NattierJean Louis Tocque (1696-1772). French painter. Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766), 1739. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal
Painting of a Farmhouse in Yorkshire, England. French critics frequently accuse English painters of excessive dryness and tightness in technique
Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Two women talking over fenceComic 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
Scottish tartan -- Sinclair Clan, with furze badge, coat of arms, motto (Commit Thy Work to God), and curling scene. Date: circa 1908
Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir? 19th century
Hircocervus, goat-stag or horse-stag - The Trusty Servant
Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fightingCartoon, Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting - Black and White. 19th century
Christmas postcard, Little boy with sweeping brush Date: 20th century
Christmas postcard, Little boy sweeping away the snow Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Husband going out to work Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Three Rings of Life - Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, Suffering. Date: 20th century