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Mother Louse AlewifeMother Louse, alewife, proprietor of Louse Hall, near Oxford : she is said to have been the last woman in England to wear a ruff
Scene from Shakespeares CymbelineA scene from shakespeares Cymbeline, in which Imogen, dressed as a boy, has found a hut in the forest and, being hungry, has eaten some food
Bluebottle maggotsNumerous bluebottle fly maggots or larvae feeding on carrion
Children with large pudding on a Christmas cardChildren attacking a large pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Client: Monsanto Textiles - Young Girl's dress with bag and white knee-high socks - Shoot date: July 24, 1969 Date: 1969
Client: Monsanto Textiles - Girl's Knitwear dress - Shoot date: July 24, 1969 Date: 1969
Client - W M Hollins - Girl in Striped blouse biting appleClient - W M Hollins - possibly for Housewife or Dairymaid magazines - shoot on August16, 1943. Date: 1943
Gunfight over Dinner Date: 1954
Ufo / Simonton / Eagle RiverWhile eating his breakfast in Eagle river Wisconsin, Joe Simonton is visited by aliens who provide him with a jug, and ask him for some water. In return, they give him pancakes
Cecil Aldin, The Christmas Dinner at the Inn
Fried fish shop run by Polly Nathan in Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) in the East End of London. Mrs Nathan was apparently the aunt of a South African millionaire who had offered to pay her enough
The Ivy, 1946Illustration of the interior of the original Ivy restaurant in West Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden. Famously frequented by the great and the good
An Interview with Consul the ChimpanzeeSketches of Consul, the celebrity chimpanzee known as the man monkey appearing at the Hippodrome in 1903. Charles Sykes, reporting for The Bystanders very first issue
Outbreak of WWII men of Royal Artillery eating 1939Men of a battalion of the Royal Artillery have a meal beside of the guns, during training. Date: 1939
Menu for Kettners restaurantThe 8s. 6d. Theatre Supper served at Kettners restaurant in 1930. Gourmet delights on offer include Saumon Fume, Filet de Sole Marguery and Glace a l Orange. Date: 1930
Japanese people sitting on the floor eating their meal using small bowls and chopsticks. Date: 1864
Comic postcard - arrival of a new babyHumorous comic postcard - arrival of a new baby. Mother and Child doing well - Not a word about Father....!! 1909
Interior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant, Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal
Exterior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant in Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal
Mural decorations in the Stoke-on-Trent British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of 1851 and All That and carried out by Arthur Berry
WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. BransonMr J. R. B. Branson, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him
Indian man sits among his pots and pans, Old Delhi, IndiaA near naked Indian man sits among his pots and pans on a food stall in Old Delhi, India. He makes and sells samosas. Date: 1990
Travelling Salesman failing to keep his expenses downA travelling Salesman (for Sweatem, Grand & Co.) is spectacularly failing to keep his expenses down! He is piling through the whiskey, occupying a private room
Mexican Indins Eating Fish
Wright's Biscuits drawn by Mabel Lucie Attwell - advertising playing card back
A family eating, China, early 1900s
Denby Dale The Pie Gathering Victorian period
Denby Dale The Pie Dish Victorian period
WW2 - Trailing A SoldierAn illustration for a WW2 children's short story, The Clue Of The Tin Loaf, written by M. Myers. The image shows a scene in which two hidden figures in the background trail a Soldier
Eating ChocolatesTwo young children with a box of chocolates Date: circa 1905
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II aboard L'Etendard, in FinlandTsar Nicholas II, aboard L'Etendard, in the Fjords, Finland, tasting the sailors food. Date: circa 1910
F Stanley ParkerCaricature of F Stanley Parker, by Philippe Ledoux Date: circa 1930
Rowntree's Cocoa AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Rowntree & Co. Ltd, promoting Rowntree's Cocoa. The image humorously portrays an old maritime man eating strands of rope as if it was food
Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel BainesIllustration, Loaves were brought from all the bakers, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century
Chinese workmen at tiffin (a light afternoon snack) - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Date: circa 1910
Buffet in the Tuileries, ParisPeople enjoying an evening buffet in the Tuileries, Paris. Date: 1869
Le SouperA portrait painting showing the side profile of an old woman, wearing a black dress with a white cap, she is seated, eating soup at the kitchen table, the room is very dark. Date: circa 1920
Fry's Belgrave Chocolate AdvertisementAn advertisement for Fry's, promoting their Belgrave chocolate for eating. Date: circa 1920
Lile HeureuseA painting which translates as The Happy Island, which shows a number of women, reclined on the edge of a lake, eating and drinking, a faun is sneaking behind a large statue
Home Sweet Home down South - Kentucky, USA. A slightly-derogatory view of the run-down home of a black family in the deep south of America. Date: 1907
Miss Gammon the Grocer's Daughter
Master Bun the Baker's Son
Turkey. Constantinople. Iftar or dinner of Grand VizierOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Iftar or dinner of Grand Vizier and ministers on the third night of Ramadan. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot
Young man eating in LA street
Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R and KH 400 motorbikes, outside the Green Lanterns Eating House, at The Barbican in Plymouth. Date: 1970s
Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surrey -- a satirical scene in the style of Hogarth, with lines from a serious long poem, The Grave
The Sheep-Eater of Hindustan, No. 1, Lifting the sheep from the ground with his teeth only. 1832
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Ten Little Puppy DogsIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Ten Little Puppy Dogs going out to dine; One over-ate himself, and then there were nine. Date: 1902