Carrying Collection (page 25)

Pigs with boars head on a Christmas card
Four sad-looking pigs carrying a boars head on a Christmas and New Year card. circa 1890s

La Brea, Trinidad - Carrying pitch from the lake
La Brea, Trinidad, West Indies, circa 1900 - Carrying pitch from the lake Date: circa 1900

Carrying chair China, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Harrow and Sowing Fiddle - same view as WAG 3101, an Agricultural scene of a man using a fiddle sower with a girl carrying a bucket of seeds, to the right is a man and horse pulling a Harrow

Woman in a carrying chair, Hong Kong, circa 1900. Date: circa 1900

Man carrying fruit, Tahiti, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Woman in a carrying chair, Japan, circa 1860s. Date: circa 1860s

Transporting Hay by ox cart in Hungary - the load is so extensive (and so beautifully sculpted) - there is only the smallest indication of a spoked wheel peeking out at the rear. Date: circa 1910s

The Belle of the Beach - Keszthely, Lake Balaton, Hungary
Belle of the beach - A Bellboy of the Hullam Szallo Hotel provides shade for a very wealthy rather rotund female guest, promenading with her pet Scottie dog (Scottish Terrier) along the Strand (Beach)

Entrance to the Thermal Baths (Spa) at Aix-les-Bains, France. Date: circa 1905

Soldiers marching on a New Year card, carrying a large pudding. Date: circa 1890s

Sailors on board ship on a Christmas card, carrying a large pudding. Date: circa 1890s

Floral greetings card with man and woman in separate panels. Date: circa 1890s

Female bearers and a carrying chair, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Girl in carrying chair with bearers in grass coats, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Girl carrying tea tray, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

A Study in Contrasts at Eze by Marcel Poncin
A small group of fashionable holidaymakers encounter a local woman carrying fruit on her head through the narrow streets of Eze, one of the smaller coastal towns near to Nice on the French Riviera

Young girl with Xmas pudding
A young girl in medaeval costume carrying a large Xmas pudding. Date: 1922

Pigeons for message-carrying WWI
Going going gone! During the First World War, homing pigeons were used extensively to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. 1917

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish Porter carrying an immense load on his back. Date: 1923

Edwardian girl with flowers
Stylised illustration of fashionable Edwardian girl in a flambuoyant hat and dress carrying a bunch of yellow flowers. Date: circa 1905

Edwardian girl with roses
Stylised illustration of fashionable Edwardian girl in a flambuoyant hat and dress carrying a bunch of pink roses. Date: circa 1905

Taiwan - Country Girls with bundles of firewood for sale
Taiwan - Country Girls carrying bundles of firewood for sale - standing on some rather ancient-looking steps. Date: circa 1914

Woman of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco with baby
Woman of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco carrying her baby on her back. Date: circa 1910s

Traditional Sedan Chair for a Bride - Chinese Wedding, China Date: circa 1930s

Chinese country boy with rake and laden backpack. Date: circa 1910s

Chinese boy carrying his younger sibling on his back. Date: circa 1905

Dragon Dance - Chinese New Year - Spring Frestival
Dragon Dance / Procession, China on Chinese New Year, an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival

Chinese couple on a romantic midnight stroll
Chinese couple on an (illicit) romantic midnight stroll taking care to cross the stepping stones with a fully-charged lantern to avoid any watery mishaps, which may arise suspicions in the morning

A View of a Chinese Street with all of the street furniture one might expect - lanterns, signs, children and a man wheeling a barrow... Date: circa 1910s

Eddie Merton, superstitious stuntman, who always slept in a coffin on the night before a dangerous stunt. Seen here with a suitcase, helping to carry the coffin into his hotel. Date: 1971

Happy Families - Mr Dough. circa 1940s

Parthenon. East frieze. Girls walking in procession with jug
Parthenon. 447-432BC. Greek Classical period. East frieze. Girls walking in procession with jugs and phiale. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

David Livingstone (1813-1873) through a swamp with a porter
David Livingstone (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. Livingstone through a swamp with a porter during his expedition to Africa in 1872. Engraving by Charles Laplante (d.1903)

French expedition opens way into the Nieniya mountains, Suda
Africa. French expedition opens way into the Nieniya mountains, Sudan (January, 1893). Engraving. Colored

Mosaic of the Deesis. 13th century. Detail. Hagia Sophia. Is
Hagia Sophia. Mosaic of the Deesis. Detail of Christ in Majesty with Saint John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary. 13th century. Istanbul. Turkey

Mosaic of the Deesis. 13th century. Detail of Christ. Hagia
Hagia Sophia. Mosaic of the Deesis. Detail of Christ in Majesty. 13th century. Istanbul. Turkey

The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1598, by Joachim Wtewael (15
Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638). Dutch painter. The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1598. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Saint Christopher by Hendrik Douwerman (1480-1543), around 1525. Wood. Catharijneconvent. Utrecht. Netherlands

Scenes from the Passion of Christ, ca. 1470. Anonymous
Scenes from the Passion of Christ, ca. 1470. Detail of Christ carrying the cross. Anonymous. Haarlem?. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). The Cristo della Minerva, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross. Marble sculpture, 1521. Located to the left of the main altar

The porters of Lady Alice. Engraving
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904). British journalist and explorer. African porters carrying sections of Lady Alice boat. Engraving in The Illustrated World, 1880

Front of a columnar sarcophagus. Early Christian. 300-325 AD
Front of a columnar sarcophagus depicting a shepherd carrying a ram on his shoulders, flanked by two seasonal genii. Origin unknown. 300-325 AD. Vatican Museums. Vatican City

The Procession to Calvary, 1602, by Pieter Brueghel the Youn
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638). Flemish painter. The Procession to Calvary, 1602. Detail. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Eros. Roman relief
Fragment of a frieze with relief depicting Eros carrying garlands. 120 - 130 AD. Marble. From unknown building of Rome. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child. 3rd century. Colored engraving. 19th century

Iran. Persepolis. Palace of Darius I. Relief of the Apadana
Palace of Darius I (522-486 BC). Reliefs of the outer wall of the staircase of the Apadana or Reception hall depicting Medas in procession up the stairs and carrying offerings. Persepolis

Cortes destroying his fleet. Engraving
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Cortes destroying his fleet, moored in the Villa Rica of the Vera Cruz, to prevent defections among his crew. Volume I. Engraving by J

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