Brushes Collection (page 5)

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1928
A seletion of dressing vanity travel cases, made from crushed morocco and pigskins and fittings in silver gilt and enamel. 1928

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Romania - Princess Maria
Princess Maria of Romania - the Queen consort of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1900-1961). She was the Great Granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom! Date: circa 1905

Artist at Work
A gentleman artist, at work on an 18th century style painting of a lady and gentleman. Date: 1930s

Making Ivory Brushes
A man in a flat cap, boring small holes into an ivory hairbrush handle for the bristles. Date: February 1933

Joseph Highmore
JOSEPH HIGHMORE artist, depicted with palette and brushes. Date: 1692 - 1780

Advertisement for Lifeguard soap -- little girl and adult female models posing (Sandra Palmer and Geraldine Hill). 1959

Japan - Geisha writing a letter Date: circa 1902

A wealthy Chinese lady writing in the traditional style with brush and ink. Date: circa 1910

Curling on a frozen pond / lake in France - 1920s
Curling on a frozen pond/lake in France - 1920s Date: 1929

Korean Villagers - Street sellers?
Korean Villagers - Street sellers with brooms, brushes and mats for sale? Date: circa 1907

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

Little girl polishing her Fathers boots - studio portrait. Date: circa 1885

Oriental Store - Jerusalem, Israel Date: circa 1910s

Jugend front cover, two young women dancing
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting two young women dancing. They are holding symbolic items representing arts and crafts, including an artists palette and brushes

Writing brushes. Drawing shows several types of broad and fine writing brushes. Date 1878?

Brushes used in lacquer painting, fig. 5. Drawing shows six types of brushes on individual strips of paper, cut and pasted on a larger piece of paper in the form of a starburst or asterix. Date 1878?

French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard. They all wear loose overalls over their uniforms (even the supervising officers) - dusty work! Date: 1906

Boys in Packing Room. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co. Evansville, Ind. Location: Evansville, Indiana. Date 1908 October

Advertisement using silhouettes
Magazine advertisement. Fuller Brushes Date: 1922

Cub Scouts sweeping runway, HMS Osprey, Portland

The Princess Royals dressing case, a wedding gift to the bride from the Duchess of Kent, on the occasion of Victoria(Vicky)s marriage to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858

Policeman stops a man with cart
" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Some potentially illegal night manoeuvres are thwarted by

Advert for Mappin & Webb hair brush sets
Advert for a fine Morocco leather vanity travelling case, completely fitted with a set of superfine enamel and silver-gilt toilet requisities, beautifuly engraved and cut glass toilet bottles

Travelling Barbers at Work - Mersin Date: circa 1909

Advert for Mappin & Webb compact dressing case 1937
Advertisement for Mappin & Webb compact dressing cases: Including Ladys Morocco leather dressing case, containing a lift out tray

Vietnam, Hanoi - Embroiderers and draughtsmen
Embroiderers and draughtsmen at work in a textile workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, surrounded by the glorious results of their labours. Date: circa 1903

Forties Glamour
Forties glamour - a blonde Veronica Lake lookalike brushes her long blonde hair. Date: 1945

Painting Pantomime Sets
Pantomime preparations - painting scenery. The huge canvasses are laid out on the floor and the sets are painted onto them using long handle brushes. Date: 1930s

Cover design, Kate Greenaways Painting Book, with outlines from her various works for boys and girls to paint. circa 1880s

Hair brushing with Edwards Harlene for hair, 1895
A lady brushes her luxuriant locks, admiring her reflection in her dressing table mirror.Edwards Harlene for hair Date: 1895

Two young ladies with feather boas. Illustrator Anon. From a contemporary colour editorial. 1926

Egypt - Three Shoeblacks ( at ease )
Egypt - Three Shoeblacks (" at ease" ) Date: circa 1910s

Sweep! Sweep
Old Street Cries -- Sweep! Sweep!! 20th century

Hair Brush Sets on sale at Mappin & Webb

Making Brushes 1930S
These women are fixing bristles into ivory hairbrush handles. Date: February 1933

Making Shaving Brushes
Two women washing and sterilising bristles, an important part of the dressing and preparation of badger hair for the manufacture of shaving brushes. Date: 1 March 1933

Brushmakers Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Brushmakers shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912). British painter born in the Netherlands

Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and rifle
Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and guns prior to heading out on a hunt

Little boy brushing his teeth
A little boy brushes his teeth -- he can only just reach over the washbasin. (2 of 2)

Bosnia - Sarajevo - General Store
A General Store in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - probably selling all kinds of wares, but all that is on show in this scene are some brushes and some sacks of grain

Cleaning Boots
A man cleaning his boots in his bedroom

Indian servant cleaning his Masters equipment
Indian servant sitting cross-legged, cleaning his Masters equipment, including his boots and shoes and hunting rifles with brushes and polish

Road sweeper with his cart
A road sweeper with his cart, containing various brushes and a spade. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Tunisia - Arab Grocer
Arab Grocer in Tunis, Tunisia. Some of the items for sale include hand brushes, vegetables, candles, bottles containing drinks or potions, sieves, pans, baskets and rope

Brush salesman
A brush seller in Constantinople, Turkey

Cleaning Shoes
A seated bearer cleaning a pair of massive black boots, a pair of safari boots and a pair of black leather gaiters

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