Cleaver Collection

A Rehearsal of the Wild West show
A series of sketches by Ralph Cleaver of rehearsals for Colonel Codys " Wild West" show at Olympia, including Sioux braves racing horses, cow girls and cowboys

Lady members of the Heston Park flying club
A 3000 mile holiday tour by air by members of the Heston Park flying club, including a number of women pilots, set out from Heston Air Park (Aerodrome) in twenty aircraft

Marjorie Vereker and Adelaide Cleaver - Heston Aerodrome
Mrs Marjorie Rosamond Seton Dower Vereker (nee Mulliner) (1902-1992) and Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (nee Pollock) (1885-1939)

The Linen Hall Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Robinson and Cleaver Ltd, promoting exquisite Irish linen and the Linen Hall. The image shows a woman laying in bed, with a tea tray

The Sapling
A painting of a military man, brandishing a meat cleaver, while kneeling beside a small, elegant tree sapling. He is looking over his shoulder with a discontented look on his face. Date: circa 1918

Beach pyjamas from Robinson and Cleaver
A sunsuit in printed Irish linen featuring a bold cretonne design, comprised of trousers, coat and a matching parasol. Available from Robinson

A sun suit of Irish linen, 1931
A sun suit in printed irish linen showing a bold cretonne design and consisting of trousers and coat, the scheme being completed by a sunshade and hat

Robinson and Cleaver advertisement, linen manufacturers
Advertisement for Robinson and Cleaver, linen manufacturers of Belfast, Ireland. 1921

Advert for Robinson & Cleaver Ltd mens collars 1910 Advert for Robinson & Cleaver
Collars that wear well, made of strong, tough, untearable and heavy linen. Date: 1910

17th century Butcher
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever. Date: 17th century

Halal butcher, Kashmir
Halal Muslim butcher cuts pieces of meat in his butchers shop in Srinagar, Kashmir. He squats beside his butchers block, holds a large cleaver and looks directly at the camera Date: 1986

Arthur Valentine Val Cleaver OBE CEng FRAeS 1917-1977
Arthur Valentine Val Cleaver, OBE, CEng, FRAeS, 1917-1977. Date: 1917

Heswall Sanatorium, Cheshire
Heswall Sanatorium or Childrens Hospital, located on the Wirral peninsula, then part of Cheshire. It was established in 1902 by Liverpool Parish, West Derby Union

Graham and Withers butchers shop, Bromley, Kent
Arthur Graham and Albert William Withers, butchers shop, 80 College Road, Bromley, Kent -- an amazing array of meat and poultry, with shop owners and assistants standing ready to serve

Spain. Lower Paleolithic. Cleaver flint
Prehistory. Spain. Lower Paleolithic. Cleaver flint. Arenero Hermanos, Madrid. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Woman sits with parasol
Woman wearing a frilly voile frock made by Robinson and Cleaver relaxes on a bench holding a parasol. 1927

Tennis frocks, 1927
Tennis frocks from Robinson and Cleaver s, Regent Street. 1927

Woman wears a nightdress from Robinson & Cleaver
A woman wearing a nightdress of Linen Lawn from Robinson & Cleaver. The nightdress is a hand-drawn design with fine hand embroidery, trimmed with real filet lace and ribbons

Spooners Magic No. 21 - Harlequin reviving the Blue Pig circa 1840s

Kay Snap - Mr Chop the Butcher. 1930s

Snap card - Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Nursery Rhyme Snap card - Rub-A-Dub-Dub, three men in a tub. early 20th century

Bystander - Making assurance doubly sure
An illustration showing a sergeant teaching his soldiers how to stab someone with a bayonet to maximise the effect of the stab by twisting the bayonet, in preparation for fighting in WW1. Date: 1916

The War Farmers by Ralph Cleaver
Page of illustrations depicting the trials and tribulations of women working on the land in place of men during the First World War

Advert for Robinson & Cleaver Ltd evening shirts 1914
Advertisement for evening shirts, showing a man in a smart dress shirt with wing collar and bowtie. From Robinson & Cleaver Ltd, Belfast. 1914

Sir William Robinson
SIR WILLIAM CLEAVER FRANCIS ROBINSON Australian administrator and musician Date: 1834 - 1897

China - A Chinese cutler, sharpening a Chinese Cleaver
Shanghai, China - A Chinese cutler, sharpening a Chinese Cleaver on a wetstone. Date: circa 1910s

Fashions for 1927
A dainty garden party frock of hand-embroidered voile and a beige and bois de rose crepe de Chine jumper suit, sketched at Messrs. Robinson and Cleaver of Regent Street, London. Date: 1927

Manipur butchers near Arras, France, WW1
Allied Manipur butchers (from Burma) at work preparing meat near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 20 October 1917

Butcher prepares meat
A 15th century butcher prepares cuts of meat, including ribs and hooves. Date: 15th century

Singhalese Villager - Sri Lanka
A young man from a Singahlese Village in Sri Lanka poses for a photograph amid some banana plants, holding a seriously lethal-looking cleaver!

Tennis & Garden Frocks
Hammock girl wears green voile dress. Made by Robinson and Cleaver as are the two tennis frocks of heavy silk. Lemonade set is from Gamages

Chinese Fish Merchant
A Fish Merchant prepares his catch for sale

Knife Grinder in London
Knives and scissors to grind? : a knife grinder hard at work in a London street sharpening a cleaver for a customer

C17 Butcher / Woodcut / 45
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever

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