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Knife Sharpener, Coffeehouse, Porters, Fez Seller and MapIstanbul, Turkey - Knife Sharpener, Coffeehouse, Porters, Fez Seller and Map of the Bosphorus. Date: 1898
African Tourist Gifts / Crafts for sale at a local market. Date: circa 1930s
Egyptian street knife grinder - Port Said. A young boy is fascinated and has popped his head out of a small window to watch the grinder grinding away. Date: circa 1902
The Knife Throwing Denvers - UK US Wild West ActThe " Knife Throwing Denvers" - UK US Wild West Act - famous for being the first " circus style" act to appear on the newly formed BBC Television Service in 1936. Date: circa 1940
Albert I, Prince of Monaco lures gamblers to his CasinoViens poupoule, viens poupoule, viens! ( Come to me Little Chicken, Come! ) -the lyrics of a famous French Music Hall song of the early years of the 20th century
Christmas card in the shape of a loaf of breadChristmas card in the shape of a cottage loaf of bread with a knife cutting into it. Date: circa 1890s
Field equipment
Stages in Pruning - 5Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Stages in Pruning - 4Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Stages in Pruning - 3Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Stages in Pruning - 2Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Pruning tools: pruning knives (a, b, c) trimming knife (d), prIllustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Stages in Pruning - 1Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg
Eigenmannia sp. electric fishPlate 144, pencil drawing by Alfred Russel Wallace from his Fishes of The Rio Negro, number 108
Knife belonging to sand sellers in river Manzanares. Upper Paleolithic. Solutrean. SPAIN. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)
PEETERS, Clara (1589-1676). Table. ca. 1610 - ca. 1615. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum
Witz, Konrad (1400-1445). Saint Bartholomew. c. 1435. The saint supporting a knife with a hand, and a book with the other. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. SWITZERLAND. Basel. Fine Arts Museum
Chimu TumiA gold and turquoise ceremonial knife or tumi with an anthropomorphic handle. Chimu culture, Peru. Date: 1100-1440
FANTIN-LATOUR, Henri-Th鯤ore (1836-1904). StillFANTIN-LATOUR, Henri-Th鯤 ore (1836-1904). Still life. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon Calouste Gulbenkian Museum)
On account of a knife, Plate 34 of The Disasters of WarGOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). On account of a knife. Plate 34 of The Disasters of War. Etching
Man in a crowd in a Yugoslavian streetA man in a crowd in a Yugoslavian street. He is carrying a wooden barrel, possibly containing cheese. Date: September 1965
Brer Rabbits Christmas Meal
Knife for cutting the gold leaf into squares. Date 1878?
Kyogen play with four characters, two wear hats, one possibly portraying a woman; there is a fish with carving knife on tray in the background
Knife or short sword with sheaf. Date 1878 Dec
Cutting Ivory Handles with a Circular Saw at a Sheffield SteA man cuts ivory knife handles using a belt-driven circular saw at a Sheffield steel works. Two large tusks are at his side. Date: 1844
Margaret Nicholson attempts to assassinate the kingThe Englishwoman, Margaret Nicholson, attempted to assassinate King George III on 2nd August 1786. She approached the King as he alighted from his carriage at St
Francois Ravaillac, assassin of Henri IVFrancois Ravaillac, French extremist who stabbed to death French King Henri IV in 1610. Date: 1578-1610
Calfs head for carvingDiagram showing how to carve a calfs head. Calfs head had many culinary uses in the Victorian kitchen, including a key ingredient in mock turtle soup
Italian CostumesA man and woman, possibly mother and son, dressed in traditional costumes at Piedmont, Italy. Note the knife in his cummerbund and pom-poms on her boots. Date: 1930s
Dunderpate and his mother at the supper table. To further his fortune, he decides to get married. Date: 1938
Japan - Geisha girl preparing daikonJapan - Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes. Date: circa 1910s
Assassination of President CarnotMarie Fran
An Indian knife grinderAn Indian street knife grinder. Date: circa 1910s
Topgis Bashi, Commandant of the Ottoman ArtilleryThe Topgis Bashi, or Commandant of Artillery. The commander of the Turkish Ottoman artillery wearing colourful robes and a tall turban
Knives and Scissors to Grind OhOld Street Cries -- Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh!! 20th century
D Carleton-Smythe. Sing a song of sixpenceSing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century
Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall Date: circa 1910s
Roman Knives & AxesCensers and assorted weapons from the Roman era : daggers, knives and axes. Date: ANCIENT ROME
Knife-Grinder / BelgiumA knife grinder working at Tournai market in Belgium Date: 1950
Knife-Thrower AssistantThe knife-throwers assistant Date: 1928
Knife-Thrower & CameraA knife-thrower is photographed in action by an intrepid photographer Date: 1939
Sugared Ring Doughnuts
Origin Species, CH Bennett, Fat man - pigPiggish. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a man who eats too much, from a pig. This old glutton, fond of good eating is a natural descendant of the pig
More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson WoodMore Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in
Parisian knife-grinder
The Motorists companion / W H RobinsonThe Motorists companion: a Swiss army knife of usefulness, including small hammer for tapping a bent crankshaft into shape, and a cigarette holder
Algerian ChieftainA affluent Algerian chief, with high headdress, hand on belt knife and a long string of dark beads around his neck