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Vesta, Apollo and Diana, Roman gods.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints
Miner washing at a tin bath, South WalesA South Wales miner washes at a tin bath in front of the fire, while his wife sits mending socks
Chimney Sweep & BrushA chimney sweep kneels on the hearth and prepares to insert his brush up the chimney
Young woman in evening dressYoung woman in full length evening dress, sitting by the fireside. Date: circa 1970s
Toasting muffins on the fireCosy scene of an Edwardian interior with women enjoying tea and toasted muffins or crumpets, toasted with a toasting fork on a roaring fire. Lovely. Date: 1906
Tiled fireplace with wooden surround 1936Slabbed in three different mottled tiles with kerbed hearth and a high oak wooden surround with ebonized shelf in the middle. Date: 1936
Art Deco fireplace 1936Dull mottle tiles with plain vertical pattern to the side and a Art Deco centre. Date: 1936
Children by a kitchen hearthTwo children and a dog pictured gazing at the burning embers of a fire in a kitchen inglenook. Other kitchen furniture and equipment include an armchair, bellows and a basket of vegetables
The Elements (Fire), by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)
WW1 recruitment poster with silhouetteWorld War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- The Thin Khaki Line Keeps the Fate of Belgium from Your Hearth and Home, Get into Khaki Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle
A Grandfather and Grandson - DevonA Grandfather and Grandson, in a very lavish interior in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Blacksmiths cottage - Coloured slide - interior of cottage - Blacksmith in chair by hearth - children at table. Date: circa 1880s
Advert for Arden Hills & Co new patent gas fires 1888Patent asbestos gas fires by Arden Hill s, tiled hearth and brass rail, pattern, no sheet-iron parts, large fire front, hook at back, new burner, fall-down trivet
Kans Annas cottage interior - Fryksas, Dalarna, SwedenKans Annas cottage interior - Fryksas Village, Dalarna, Sweden. There are two very nice stool examples in this picture. Date: circa 1909
Poorly puppy by the fire - His First Trouble by G E StuddyHis First Trouble by G E Studdy - A poorly puppy, wrapped up warm by the fire staring across to his medicine on the hearth with apprehension. Date: 1912
Stoking the fire before heading to bed on Christmas EveA young boy in nightshirt and nightcap stokes the fire with his Mother before heading to bed on Christmas Eve, to dream of the joy, fun and raft of surprises the morrow may bring... Date: 1912
No. 2 Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, DundrumNo.2 Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum - a view of a stone hearth with ruler for scale, Aug. 1935. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s
No. I Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, DundrumNo.I Cist, Prehistoric Hearths, Dundrum - a view of a stone hearth with ruler for scale, Aug. 1935. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s
Prehistoric Hearth - Dundrum Sand Hills - a view of stones laid out in the sand to form a hearth. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum). Date: circa early 1900s
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Blacksmiths Forge. Date: 1907
Interior of the forge. Engraving. 19th century
Frank Dicksee - StudioFRANK DICKSEE artist, aged 31, in his studio. Note the screen, the parasol in the hearth, the suit of armour... Date: 1853 - 1928
Ruined Hall & GatesThe ruins of a grand house: Deserted is my own good hall Its hearth is desolate Wild weeds are gathering on the wall My dog howls at the gate Date: 19th century
Charles ReadeCHARLES READE Novelist, notably The Cloister and the Hearth Date: 1814 - 1884
Charles Reade - 2CHARLES READE Novelist, notably The Cloister and the Hearth Date: 1814 - 1884
Charles Reade - 3CHARLES READE Novelist, notably The Cloister and the Hearth depicted soaring above everyday life ! Date: 1814 - 1884
Fireplace / ScribnersAn ornate fireplace. Date: 1879
Advert for Arden Hills & Co gas fires 1884Asbestos gas fires by Arden Hills with ornamental surround. Date: 1884
Two bedroom fireplace 1936Two fire places with simple designs, one with two coloured tiles with kerbed hearth and the other with a raised hearth. Date: 1936
A selection of household brushes- from top to bottom: Bass Broom Heads; closet or lavatory brushes; Sweeps brushes; and Hearth brushes. Date: c. 1910
Stonite one-piece fireplace with solid hearth. Catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London. Manufacturers and Merchants of Building Materials. Date: circa 1927
Hungry Peter as a piglet approaches a fireplacePleasant Dreams -- Hungry Peter the a piglet finds a cat asleep in the fireplace. Date: 1912
Medieval men smoking and drinking in front of the parlor fire.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnands Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell
Household scene in Milan, 15th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries
Lobby of Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USALobby of the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, USA. Date: circa 1915
January. Goddess VestaVesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth, home, and family, symbolized by the sacred fire that burned at her hearth and temples. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903
Santa delivering presentsSanta Claus in his red cloak deposit childrens presents around the hearth.Date: circa 1900
The Sphere Christmas 1917 coverIt was like this, Mother The cover of The Spheres Christmas 1917 issue. An illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a young British officer, home on leave for the holiday period
Fire safety -- baby playing near guarded coal fireFire safety -- a baby playing near a guarded coal fire
For Hearth and Home - c 1914For Hearth and Home - c.1914. Graham Wallace
The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Tuesday) -- he helps to dry his mistresss shoes in front of the gas fire. Date: 1923
Rags the puppy joins cat and piglet by the fireA Cosy Corner -- Rags the puppy joins Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912
Child sitting by the fire by Muriel DawsonA child sitting by the fire by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s
Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly FlindersNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. Date: early 20th century
Nursery Rhymes -- Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders. Date: circa 1920s
Christmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering a letterChristmas Postcard - Jolly Sweep delivering good wishes. Traditionally chimney sweeps used to go door to door wishing (and hopefully bringing) folk good luck
Man drinking sake before the hearth. Print shows an old man seated next to a sunken hearth, drinking sake with his meal. Date 1913
Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth ChaCharles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Cricket on the Hearth at the Alcazar, 260 O Farrell Street, San Francisco, California