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Merchant Collection (page 4)

Background imageMerchant Collection: Merchant Street, Rangoon Burma, Yangon, Myanmar

Merchant Street, Rangoon Burma, Yangon, Myanmar
Vintage 19th century photograph: Merchant Street, Rangoon Burma, Yangon, Myanmar

Background imageMerchant Collection: Weighing tea, plantation, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Weighing tea, plantation, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage 19th century photograph: weighing tea on a tea plantation, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Background imageMerchant Collection: Perfumiers, scent sellers, perfume shop, store, Egypt

Perfumiers, scent sellers, perfume shop, store, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: perfumiers, scent sellers, perfume shop, store, Egypt

Background imageMerchant Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Convoy

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Convoy
The Caption is In Convoy. The convoy system for the merchant ships bringing in vital supples was introduced to counter the German U Boat attacks

Background imageMerchant Collection: Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - Persian tea merchant

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - Persian tea merchant
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - a Persian tea merchant. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageMerchant Collection: Orange merchant - woman with a basket of fruit Egypt

Orange merchant - woman with a basket of fruit Egypt
Orange merchant - woman with a basket of fruit on her head, Egypt. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageMerchant Collection: Athina-B aground on Brighton Beach

Athina-B aground on Brighton Beach - January, 1980. 1980

Background imageMerchant Collection: Balmes House

Balmes House
View of Balmes House, Hoxton, in 1750, formerly the residence of Sir George Whitmore (d.1654), an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1631

Background imageMerchant Collection: Cromwells House

Cromwells House
Built in 1637-38 for a London merchant, Richard Sprignell. Oliver Cromwell had no connection with the house. At that time it had over 19 acres of grounds

Background imageMerchant Collection: WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class

WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class which transported the ILN special artist C E Turner around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941

Background imageMerchant Collection: WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette wins

WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette wins
WW2 - Corvette versus submarine and the corvette wins: A dramatic incident in The Battle of the Atlantic Date: 1941

Background imageMerchant Collection: WW2 - Corvette on guard - The Battle of the Atlantic

WW2 - Corvette on guard - The Battle of the Atlantic
WW2 - Corvette on guard during The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

Background imageMerchant Collection: WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks

WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks
WW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941

Background imageMerchant Collection: Women of the working class in Tokyo, 18th century

Women of the working class in Tokyo, 18th century
Women of the working class in Tokyo, Edo Era, 18th century. A laundress washing clothes in a tub, a menial maid carrying water pales with yoke, servant with brush, and nursemaid with baby

Background imageMerchant Collection: Women of the merchant or artisan class

Women of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice

Background imageMerchant Collection: Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man watching a dancer

Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man watching a dancer
Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man with tobacco pipe watching a dancing girl accompanied by musicians on shamisen and blind koto harpist (koze)

Background imageMerchant Collection: Trades in Regency England: wheat harvest, oysters

Trades in Regency England: wheat harvest, oysters and buntine for flags. Farmers harvesting wheat in Essex 25, fishwife selling oysters from a stall in Colchester 26

Background imageMerchant Collection: Historical views of Tibet

Historical views of Tibet. The Grand Lama with priests and worshippers 46, Lama priest sprinkling a home with holy water 47, and victor drinking out of an enemys skull 48

Background imageMerchant Collection: Monument of Lady Frances Kniveton, Duchess of Dudley

Monument of Lady Frances Kniveton, Duchess of Dudley, wife of Sir Gilbert Kniveton, in the church of St. Giles in the Fields. Depicted in a shroud

Background imageMerchant Collection: Ruins of the Roman London Wall

Ruins of the Roman London Wall exposed by the fire of May 1792 on Ludgate Hill. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries from his

Background imageMerchant Collection: Mrs. Salmons Waxworks Museum, Fleet Street

Mrs. Salmons Waxworks Museum, Fleet Street
Mrs. Salmons Waxworks Museum, at the Horn Tavern, 17 Fleet Street. It had 140 wax figures and was run by Mrs. Clark from 1760 until 1812

Background imageMerchant Collection: Barber Surgeons Hall, Monkwell Street

Barber Surgeons Hall, Monkwell Street. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries from his J.T

Background imageMerchant Collection: Fragment of a banner of miners from Tyrol, 15th century

Fragment of a banner of miners from Tyrol, 15th century
Fragment of a banner of silver and copper miners from Tyrol, late 15th century. St. George kills a dragon next to a scarlet eagle

Background imageMerchant Collection: Singer Marguerite Priola as Abeille in the comic

Singer Marguerite Priola as Abeille in the comic opera l Ombre performed at the Theatre Imperial de l Opera-Comique, 1870. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1870

Background imageMerchant Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Pertinax

Portrait of Roman Emperor Pertinax
Roman Emperor Pertinax, 126AD-193AD, Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697

Background imageMerchant Collection: William Caxton, English merchant, diplomat and writer

William Caxton, English merchant, diplomat and writer
William Caxton (c1422 - 1491), English merchant, diplomat, writer, printer and bookseller, thought to be the first person to introduce the printing press to England, in 1476

Background imageMerchant Collection: The Cherub - Chamberlain keeping watch on Poor Jack

The Cherub - Chamberlain keeping watch on Poor Jack
The Cherub - Joseph Chamberlain looking out for the interests and security of Poor Jack with his Merchant Shipping Bill. Date: 1884

Background imageMerchant Collection: Advert, Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants, Govan, Glasgow

Advert, Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants, Govan, Glasgow
Advert for Lawson & Co, Timber Merchants and Sawmillers, Park Saw Mills, Albion Street, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: Advert, James Paton & Sons, Ayr Saw Mills, Scotland

Advert, James Paton & Sons, Ayr Saw Mills, Scotland
Advert for James Paton & Sons, Timber Merchants and Saw Millers, Ayr Saw Mills, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: Advert, George Angus, Fish Merchant, Aberdeen

Advert, George Angus, Fish Merchant, Aberdeen
Advert for George Angus, Fish Merchant, Sinclair Road, Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: Advert, E Chalmers & Co Ltd, Bonnington and Leith

Advert, E Chalmers & Co Ltd, Bonnington and Leith
Advert for E Chalmers & Co Ltd, Paper Stock and General Merchant House, Bonnington and Leith, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: Andrew Melrose, Tea Merchants, Edinburgh, Scotland

Andrew Melrose, Tea Merchants, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for Andrew Melrose & Company, Tea Merchants, George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: Skeleton of Death pulling the hair of a Merchant

Skeleton of Death pulling the hair of a Merchant as he counts his money and examines his goods on the dock. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans

Background imageMerchant Collection: Merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla

Merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla
Peromedusae jellyfish: merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla 1-7. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur

Background imageMerchant Collection: Chinese itinerant merchant with cart loaded

Chinese itinerant merchant with cart loaded with food products. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Background imageMerchant Collection: Merchant ship

Merchant ship. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Background imageMerchant Collection: Worker with large axe, artisan, merchant and woman of Paris

Worker with large axe, artisan, merchant and woman of Paris. Costumes of the people of Paris, reign of King Francis I of France

Background imageMerchant Collection: Coal Merchant

Coal Merchant. Woodcut. Artist: Wladyslaw Skoczylas

Background imageMerchant Collection: Design, The Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, Scotland

Design, The Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: Adverts, Brownlee & Co, J & R Tennent Limited, Scotland

Adverts, Brownlee & Co, J & R Tennent Limited, Scotland
Adverts for Brownlee & Co Limited, Timber Merchants, Glasgow, and J & R Tennent Limited, Brewers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Background imageMerchant Collection: The Merchant of Hearts

The Merchant of Hearts. 1919

Background imageMerchant Collection: Snake merchant in Central America

Snake merchant in Central America
A snake merchant in Central America. 1892

Background imageMerchant Collection: W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham

W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham
Premises of W Griffin, High Street, Aston, Birmingham, potato merchant, fishmonger and fruit merchant, fitted with three Kinnear patent steel rolling shutters

Background imageMerchant Collection: Advert, Haig & Vince, The Scotch Warehouse

Advert, Haig & Vince, The Scotch Warehouse
Advert, Haig & Vince, Highland Costume Makers, Juvenile Outfitters, The Scotch Warehouse, Oxford Street, London. 1879

Background imageMerchant Collection: Poster, The Merchant of Venice, Shylock

Poster, The Merchant of Venice, Shylock
Theatre poster for Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, featuring Shylock with his money

Background imageMerchant Collection: Cartoon, Sir Walter Gilbey, wine merchant and philanthropist

Cartoon, Sir Walter Gilbey, wine merchant and philanthropist
Cartoon, Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet (1831-1914), English wine merchant, philanthropist and breeder of shire horses. 1893

Background imageMerchant Collection: German submarine attacking merchant ship, WW1

German submarine attacking merchant ship, WW1
German submarine (U-boat) attacking a merchant ship, First World War. 1914-1918

Background imageMerchant Collection: U. S. Troops depart for Mexico 1914

U. S. Troops depart for Mexico 1914
A line of US soldiers in uniform and full kit march onto a ship, surrounded by wooden boxes full of supplies and weapons, en route to Mexico



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