Errand Collection

A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851
Humourous scene from a butchers shop, 1851. Master Butcher: " Did you take old Major Dumbledores ribs to No. 12?" Boy: " Yes

Errand of Mercy
This oil painting shows a cloaked figure in a hazy town setting, travelling on an errand of mercy, perhaps related to the distant figures further on. Date: circa 1918

Invitation to a Game of Argolla, by Murillo
Invitation to a Game of Argolla [a form of croquet], by Murillo, in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Depicting two beggar boys and a dog. Date: circa 1660s

Errand Boy
London characters: when you go shopping, you dont have to carry your purchases home, the ERRAND BOY does that, like this butchers boy carrying your uncovered Sunday joint. Date: circa 1870

DELIVERY BOY C 1910
An errand boy in a snowball ambush. Date: circa 1910

Errand Girl - circa 1905
An errand girl Date: circa 1905

KINGS PARADE 1887
Cabs and carriages, an errand boy harassed by a dog and a mama with two daughters and a dog on the lead, pass along Kings Parade in late Victorian times Date: 1887

Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!

Errand Boy & Snowballs
On his way to deliver a goose and a box of Huntley & Palmers Dessert biscuits, a delivery boy stops to have a snowball fight

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - in the rain. circa 1910s

Girl / Mother / Snow / Errand
A little girl and her mother trudge through the snow on an errand of mercy. Date: 1906

Boys on Cycles
Two boys are cycling on a country road. One is on a conventional bicycle, while the other is an errand boy with a remarkable tricycle with a box for the bread Date: 1892

An errand of mercy
Winter scene. Mother and sone with a basket of food for the needy. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1905

Bellboy in silhouette
A bellboy in uniform carrying a small parcel, pictured in silhouette. Date: 1926

Two cyclists crash to the ground
The two cyclists (errand boys) swerve to miss the dog, and crash to the ground in the middle of the road. Date: 1937

Housemaid Flirting
The housemaid flirts with an errand boy

Errand Boy Praised 1881
" Well, my boy, you certainly do errands quicker than I should think possible" ; a grocer praises his errand boys work

Errand Girl Carries 1905
A young London errand girl wears a knee-length dress & wrap over coat with small collar, stockings & boots & a flat straw hat with a feather

Brighton / Kings Rd 1899
Cyclists of all ages and sexes pedal along Kings Road, Brighton, including an errand boy with his tricycle... the horse-riders look away with contempt

Crime / Kidnap / Child / 1901
14 year old errand boy, Jean Meyer, is kidnapped by Italian emigrants in peasant garb & taken to London

Social / London Policeman
Scene in a busy London street: a policeman wearing a white cape directs the traffic

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