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Mothers Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl sweeps autumn leaves from the doorway. Date: 1930
Painting Time by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy paints a picture. Date: 1944
Advert for Asprey mirror glass bedroom furniture 1934Exclusive productions reflecting the latest trend in fashionable modernity. The craftsmanship is all that the name. Dressing table, tip mirror, drawers lined with washable leather
Sketch of man with sweeping brushSketch of a man with a sweeping brush. Date: 1922
W Burns Esq of Edinburgh by H. L. OakleySilhouette portrait of a portly, bearded man, W Burns of Edinburgh, wearing a trilby or homburg hat and carrying a walking cane. Date: circa 1920
Ladys weekend dressing caseA ladys weekend dressing case, made of rolled hide, lined with moirette, with spacious pockets, available from Messrs John Pound and Co of Oxford Street, London. Date: 1914
Portrait photograph of three French chimney sweeps
Advert for De Bret beauty masks 1934Flawless skin in 25 minutes. A modern beauty miracle! Applied simply and quickly. Whist on the face you can act with the utmost freedom of movement. It does not crack or cause any discomfort
Three Musketeers of the BrushIllustration of three men with hats in George de Mauriers Trilby Date: 1926
Child sitting by the fire by Muriel DawsonA child sitting by the fire by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s
Womens Royal Air Force -- Painters ShopIllustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women at work in the Painters Shop, painting RAF markings on aeroplane wings. Date: 1919-1920
Nursery Rhymes -- Ride a Cock HorseNursery Rhymes. An unidentified one (above), showing a man with a brush running into another mans bedroom. Below is a scene illustrating Ride a Cock Horse, showing the fine lady on her white horse
Holidaymakers painting a railway carriageA group of holidaymakers painting a railway carriage which appears to have been converted into a caravan-style holiday home
Leaflet design, How to paint with Jensons Robbialac. Featuring a man with a tin of green paint and a paintbrush, at work in his kitchen
Woman sweeping a yardA woman sweeping a yard outside a barn
Dustman and Cart at the Roadside Date: 1930s
Boring Ivory Tusks" From jungle to dressing table." Boring ivory elephant tusks, for making into brush handles, billiard balls and other beautiful objects for ladies dressing tables. Date: February 1933
Murillo - 4BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO Spanish artist holding brush and palette Date: 1617 - 1688
Murillo - 5BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO Spanish artist holding brush and palette Date: 1617 - 1688
Advertisement for Lifeguard soap -- little girl and adult female models posing (Sandra Palmer and Geraldine Hill). 1959
Japan - Geisha Girls kneels at her low writing table to finish a letter Date: circa 1904
Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902
Traditional Hairdressing in NepalTwo girls practising Traditional Hairdressing techniques in Nepal. Date: 1939
Japan - Silk Industry - Gathering silkworms from egg paperJapan - Silk Industry - Gathering the silkworms from the egg paper using a delicate feather brush. Date: circa 1909
A wealthy Chinese lady writing in the traditional style with brush and ink. Date: circa 1910
Korean Villagers - Street sellers?Korean Villagers - Street sellers with brooms, brushes and mats for sale? Date: circa 1907
Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering a letterChristmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering good wishes. Traditionally chimney sweeps used to go door to door wishing (and hopefully bringing) folk good luck
Oishi Yoshio, Chief of the Forty Seven RoninBeautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan
Russian Chimneysweep with his broom and rope. Date: 1905
Russian Road Sweeper. Date: circa 1903
Street Urchin offers appraisal of passing pretty ladyThe London Street Urchin (to companion over the way) - " Ow would that suit yer, Bill?". A young scamp offering an honest appraisal to his pal of a passing well-dressed
Itinerant Russian Broom seller, with his wide selection of brushes, brooms, pipe cleaners and sundry additional cleaning paraphernalia of all shapes and sizes! Date: circa 1902
France - Bresse Region - Rhone-AlpesTwo very unusual-looking Frenchman sharing a meal in the Bresse Region - Rhone-Alpes, France. Possible the scene at a Zoological Garden - all very very strange... Date: circa 1910s
Satire on the 1906 elections in FranceA satire on the 1906 elections in France - Durand was an actual candidate - commenting on the various hues of political opinion in the country
Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettongPlate 61 of Bettongia penicillata, brush-tailed bettong from John Goulds The Mammals of Australia, Vol. II 1863
Neddys Turn by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy gives his toy horse a wash. 1946
Signpost painterPeople You See. Signpost painter. From Teddy Bear (20 June 1970)
RepairmanPeople You See. Repairman. From Teddy Bear (2 January 1965)
School caretaker and odd-jobs man
Horse artist. A horse painting a picture of a cart
Boy brushing his hair in a mirror backed with a thin layer oScience: Silver. Boy brushing his hair in a mirror backed with a thin layer of silver. From Look and Learn no. 466 (19 December 1970)
The DecoratorPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (31 December 1966)
Sweeping up autumn leaves
At the stables
Boy with cat
Home decoration
Kangaroos Various 19CVarious kangaroos: Lord Derby s, Aroe, Parry s, Woolly, Brush-Tailed, Rat- Tailed and Rabbit-Eared. Date: 19th century
LCC-LFB fire scene, Cluny Place, Bermondsey SE1Firefighters in action at a major fire in Cluny Place, Bermondsey, SE London, affecting adjacent warehouses. The fireman with a walkie-talkie is relaying messages between the senior officer