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Background imageBrush Collection: Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine

Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine
Two Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro

Background imageBrush Collection: Scottish Curling 1885

Scottish Curling 1885
Soop her up! Two Scottish curlers brush vigourously to melt the top of the ice, and allow the curling stone to slide correctly

Background imageBrush Collection: Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls

Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924

Background imageBrush Collection: Children in the garden

Children in the garden with brush and wheelbarrow. Art Deco style. Artist: Marjorie Dexter Date: circa 1925

Background imageBrush Collection: Interior Decorator with his brushes, ladder and pipe

Interior Decorator with his brushes, ladder and pipe
Interior Decorator (Terry) with his brushes, ladder, pipe and blowtorch! Date: circa 1950s

Background imageBrush Collection: British gunners, Battle of the Somme, WW1

British gunners, Battle of the Somme, WW1
British 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

Background imageBrush Collection: They say cleanliness is next to Godliness - but I say its next to impossible

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Japanese girl practising calligraphy

Japanese girl practising calligraphy Date: 1909

Background imageBrush Collection: Two Horses and a Dachshund family

Two Horses and a Dachshund family
Two Horses peeking over the edge of their stable to see a Mother Dachshund and her brood of puppies Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBrush Collection: Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Background imageBrush Collection: Boy / Hairdressers 1930S

Boy / Hairdressers 1930S
A seat inside a model toy car ensures a boys co-operation at the hairdressers Date: 1930s

Background imageBrush Collection: Constantinople, Turkey - Chimney Sweep

Constantinople, Turkey - Chimney Sweep

Background imageBrush Collection: Birthday card, Chimney Sweep Dog

Birthday card, Chimney Sweep Dog. mid-20th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Victorian items 1896
A 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Advertisement for Louis Vuitton hairbrushes

Advertisement for Louis Vuitton hairbrushes. 1929

Background imageBrush Collection: Green lady by William Barribal

Green lady by William Barribal
Fanciful 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Thessaloniki, Greece - Bootblack

Thessaloniki, Greece - Bootblack Date: circa 1916

Background imageBrush Collection: Girl painting at table

Girl painting at table
A young girls sits at a table painting in her sketchbook. Watercolour study by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageBrush Collection: Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky

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

Background imageBrush Collection: A brush with the Bulgar - Scouts discover enemy, WW1

A brush with the Bulgar - Scouts discover enemy, WW1
The 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Farmers in grass coats, Japan

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Scottish Types - Curling, Clan Grant

Scottish Types - Curling, Clan Grant. 19th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912
Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Background imageBrush Collection: Boy Scouts cleaning street sign, London

Boy Scouts cleaning street sign, London
Two Boy Scouts cleaning a street sign in Downshire Hill, Hampstead, north-west London during Scout Job Week

Background imageBrush Collection: Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson

Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor

Background imageBrush Collection: A signwriter painting a pub sign

A signwriter painting a pub sign
A 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Asprey Christmas presents, 1926

Asprey Christmas presents, 1926
Colour 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Chimneysweep / Mayhew 1864

Chimneysweep / Mayhew 1864
Back bent by the weight of his brushes, a young chimneysweep stands before the grate

Background imageBrush Collection: Carroll / Alice & Gardener

Carroll / Alice & Gardener
THE GARDENERS

Background imageBrush Collection: Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness

Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s

Background imageBrush Collection: At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller with a broom

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

Background imageBrush Collection: WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my target

WW2 Valentines Day card, You are my target
WW2 Valentines Day card (inside), You are my target for today. Date: circa 1942

Background imageBrush Collection: Cover design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle

Cover design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway

Background imageBrush Collection: Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911

Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911
A patient Pomeranian stands on a folding chair while being squirted with perfume at the Ealing and District Canine Society dog show. Date: 1911

Background imageBrush Collection: Alice / Lobster Dressing

Alice / Lobster Dressing
The Lobster at his toilet

Background imageBrush Collection: Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Fashionable young Lady's dress ruined by brush with Sweep

Fashionable young Lady's dress ruined by brush with Sweep
Spoiled for the Day. Fashionable young Lady's dress ruined by brush with a boy Chimney Sweep Date: circa 1850

Background imageBrush Collection: Geisha seated before a folding screen featuring cranes

Geisha seated before a folding screen featuring cranes, writing in a small book. Date: 1916

Background imageBrush Collection: Gardening in Japan

Gardening in Japan Date: 1913

Background imageBrush Collection: A Mozabite Grocer shop, Algeria

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Decorating pottery, Japan, early 1900s

Decorating pottery, Japan, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Background imageBrush Collection: Hairdresser using a comb to brush a customer's hair in a barbe

Hairdresser using a comb to brush a customer's hair in a barbe
Hairdresser 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Brushmaker trimming a broomhead in a workshop

Brushmaker trimming a broomhead in a workshop
Brushmaker in apron trimming a broomhead in a workshop. Brooms, brushes, mops and other items hang from the walls

Background imageBrush Collection: Georgian artist with conoisseurs in his studio

Georgian artist with conoisseurs in his studio
Georgian 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Georgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a chimney sweep

Georgian milkmaid serving cups of milk to a chimney sweep
Georgian 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Alessandro Tiarini, Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese Sch

Alessandro Tiarini, Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, 1577-1668. Self portrait with paintbrush and oils palette. Alessandro Tiarini

Background imageBrush Collection: Bartolomeo Passarotti, Italian Mannerist painter, 1529-1592

Bartolomeo Passarotti, Italian Mannerist painter, 1529-1592
Bartolomeo 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and draughtsman, 1527-1585

Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and draughtsman, 1527-1585
Luca 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Anthoni Schoonjans, Flemish portrait painter, 1655-1726

Anthoni Schoonjans, Flemish portrait painter, 1655-1726
Anthoni Schoonjans, or Antoon Schoonjans, nicknamed Parhasius, Flemish painter known for his court portraits as well as his history paintings, 1655-1726

Background imageBrush Collection: Antonio Franchi, Italian painter, 1638-1709

Antonio Franchi, Italian painter, 1638-1709
Antonio Franchi, Italian painter of the 17th century, 1638-1709, active mainly in Florence and Lucca. Pittore

Background imageBrush Collection: Filippo Maria Galletti, Italian painter, 1636-1714

Filippo Maria Galletti, Italian painter, 1636-1714
Fra. 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Bartholomeus van der Helst, Dutch painter, 1613-1670

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Grenadier in the Swiss Guard, French Royal Guard, 1820

Grenadier in the Swiss Guard, French Royal Guard, 1820
Grenadier 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Cuirassier of the French Royal Guard, Bourbon Restoration

Cuirassier of the French Royal Guard, Bourbon Restoration
Uniform 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Mounted Grenadier of the French Royal Guard

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Uniform of an infantry Grenadier with the French Royal Guard

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Uniform of the Royal Guard, Gendarmerie de la Chasse

Uniform of the Royal Guard, Gendarmerie de la Chasse
Uniform 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Uniform of the French Life Guards, Bourbon Restoration

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Uniform of a French Marine, Napoleon's army

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Gunner in the Light Artillery, Napoleon's army

Gunner in the Light Artillery, Napoleon's army
Full dress uniform of a gunner in the Light Artillery, Napoleon's Army

Background imageBrush Collection: French Chasseur light cavalry regiment, Napoleonic era

French Chasseur light cavalry regiment, Napoleonic era
Uniform 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Uniform of Napoleon's elite infantry, the Grenadiers

Uniform of Napoleon's elite infantry, the Grenadiers
Uniform 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

Background imageBrush Collection: A tailless monkey asks a fox for some of his tail. Ape and fox

A tailless monkey asks a fox for some of his tail. Ape and fox. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop

Background imageBrush Collection: Portrait of Karel van Mander I, Dutch painter

Portrait of Karel van Mander I, Dutch painter
Portrait 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

Background imageBrush Collection: Chinese domestic servant, 18th century

Chinese domestic servant, 18th century. He holds a brush and a shawl. He wears patched pants, straw shoes. Domestique chinois

Background imageBrush Collection: Putti garlanding oval portraits of artists with laurels

Putti garlanding oval portraits of artists with laurels. In the foreground, putti write on scrolls and books with quill pens

Background imageBrush Collection: 17th century man watching a mother breastfeeding a child in fron

17th century man watching a mother breastfeeding a child in front of a fireplace. Cradle, bellows, tongs, brush and bowl on the floor

Background imageBrush Collection: English society portraitist and his client, Regency era

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

Background imageBrush Collection: The skeleton of Death pricks bubbles of life

The skeleton of Death pricks bubbles of life
The skeleton of Death pricks with his darts the bubbles of life blown by a philiosopher and a fool before a pyramid

Background imageBrush Collection: Broom seller in front of Shoreditch Church, London, 1805

Broom seller in front of Shoreditch Church, London, 1805
Broom seller in front of Shoreditch Church. In hat, coat, waistcoat and breeches, buckle shoes, with horse-hair brooms, brushes, wooden sieves and bowls

Background imageBrush Collection: Trades of China, Qing dynasty, 1800s

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1529-1586

Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1529-1586
Sir Henry Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1529-1586. Courtier to King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I

Background imageBrush Collection: Jean Louis Tocque (1696-1772). Portrait by Nattier

Jean Louis Tocque (1696-1772). Portrait by Nattier
Jean Louis Tocque (1696-1772). French painter. Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766), 1739. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

Background imageBrush Collection: Painting of a Farmhouse in Yorkshire

Painting of a Farmhouse in Yorkshire, England. French critics frequently accuse English painters of excessive dryness and tightness in technique

Background imageBrush Collection: Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid and mistress Date: 20th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Comic postcard, Two women talking over fence

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

Background imageBrush Collection: Scottish tartan -- Sinclair Clan

Scottish tartan -- Sinclair Clan, with furze badge, coat of arms, motto (Commit Thy Work to God), and curling scene. Date: circa 1908

Background imageBrush Collection: Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir?

Victorian Shoe Shine - Clean Your Boots, Sir? 19th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Hircocervus, goat-stag or horse-stag - The Trusty Servant

Hircocervus, goat-stag or horse-stag - The Trusty Servant

Background imageBrush Collection: Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting

Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting
Cartoon, Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting - Black and White. 19th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Christmas postcard, Little boy with sweeping brush Date: 20th century

Christmas postcard, Little boy with sweeping brush Date: 20th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Christmas postcard, Little boy sweeping away the snow Date: 20th century

Christmas postcard, Little boy sweeping away the snow Date: 20th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Comic postcard, Husband going out to work Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Husband going out to work Date: 20th century

Background imageBrush Collection: Comic postcard, Three Rings of Life

Comic postcard, Three Rings of Life - Engagement Ring, Wedding Ring, Suffering. Date: 20th century



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