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Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. The Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Bricklayers 1827A bricklayer standing on a rather precarious looking scaffold. His assistant mixes mortar behind him; his hod for carrying bricks etc is nearby
Churchill AVRE Tank in France; Second World War, 1944Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank moving up to the front, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank was equipped with a Petard mortar
Ichthyosaurus as a museum pieceCartoon of an Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece, in the Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus
London going out of town -- the expansion of LondonLondon going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London
Queen Elizabeth visits Lloyds, 1952Queen Elizabeth II visits Lloyds to lay the foundations tone of their new building in Lime Street. This picture shows her Majesty taking a trowel full of mortar ready to lay the stone
Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West WalesView of Porthgain lime workings on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Limestone was shipped in from South Pembrokeshire to produce lime
Little TichLITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer (1867 - 1928), pictured in a school-themed costume with mortar board. Date: c.1905
The Chemist 1827A chemist with his apprentice in his laboratory. A copper alembic is on his left, to the right a sand heat and a furnace is in the middle. Date: 1827
Emily DavisonThe Late Miss E.W Davison Postcard published in commemoration of EMILY DAVISON showing her in academic garb
Periscopes in TrenchesWith shells bursting overhead and trench mortar ready, Seaforth Highlanders watch through a periscope for the Germans
Oxford University robes: Proctor (full dress)A Proctor at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, black gown, with a white fur hood. Date: 1920s
British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem; SecondPhotograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944
Ww1 / French MortarA French shell-launcher
Lionel G. B. Justice Ford, Vanity Fair, StricklandLIONEL GEORGE BRIDGES JUSTICE FORD (1865-1932) Anglican priest and part-time cricketer who served as Dean of York (1925-1932) after headmasterships at the schools of Repton (1901) and Harrow (1910)
Rev. Edward Hale, Vanity Fair, SpyReverend EDWARD HALE (1828- ) Master at Eton College, England, here dressed in gown and mortar board. Caption: Badger Date: 1828-
Cheery Families - Mr Switch the Schoolmaster. 1890s
Mortar Calculations - Fort Wright - Fishers Island, New YorkDirecting the range of the Mortars - Fort Wright - Fishers Island - New York, USA. Military Cadets using complex higher mathematical formulae and telephone instructions to work out the exact aiming
Beating the Bounds BoatsENGLAND - BEATING THE BOUNDS Choirboys and dignitaries sailing down the Thames in rowing boats, en route to St. Clement Danes for the beating the parish boundaries ceremony Date: early 1930s
Beating Bounds, 1930ENGLAND BEATING THE BOUNDS Cheerful choirboys pose with rods prior to beating the parish boundaries at Lincolns Inn, London Date: 1930
C16 CHEMISTs SHOPMEDICINES WHILE YOU WAIT: a druggist of the 16th century prepares a medicament, pounding the ingredients with pestle and mortar while two customers wait with their dog. Date: circa 1570
Happy Schoolboy DaysSatire on the compulsory education act. Those not attending school are now committing a criminal offence. A truant is put in chains by 2 school board policemen
Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist
The petard, a medieval explosive device in the form of a metal cone filled with gunpowder attached to a gate to blow it open. Invented in France in 1579 for Henri IV, King of Navarre
Sierra Leone, West Africa - Husking of Rice pestle & mortarSierra Leone, West Africa - The husking of rice using a pestle and mortar - common traditional domestic scene of food preparation. Date: circa 1910s
Men and women in St Trinians costume, CornwallMen and women in St Trinians school uniform, Cornwall, possibly university students during rag week. Date: circa 1980s
The Great War 1914-15, German heavy artillery the 340 mortar - WWI postcard published by A. Richard, Paris 1915 Date: 1915
Building mortar mill for Clough Bottom Reservoir, RossendaleBuilding a mortar mill for the construction of Clough Bottom Reservoir, Rossendale, in the 1890s. Date: 1890s
Costumes of the Members of the University of OxfordThe Costumes of the Members of the University of Oxford Date: circa 1840
Silhouette portrait of Charles Dickens aged about fourteen Date: circa 1820s
Music cover, Cap and Gown Lancers, on airs from the Scottish Students Song Book, by Margaret Canmore, with views of Aberdeen, St Andrew's, Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities Date: 19th century
Weaponry, Middle Ages. Bombard. Engraving by SerraBombard. Cannon used throughout the Middle Ages an the Early Modern Period. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Bird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogensBird shaped mortar. Zoolith used to grind hallucinogenic substances. It was collected in 1777 by Captain Geronimo Verde on Santa Catarina Island (Brazil). Sambaqui culture (3000 BC-500 AD). Stone
View of a Fuli town and plantations, SenegambiaView of a Fuli or Fula town and plantations, Senegambia, 18th century. Circular walled village of the Fuli people. With cattle and guard house at left, rows of huts in centre
The Kleine Berta Mortar, BoezingeThis Little Bertha mortar (named after Bertha, Gustav Krupps wife), sits on the top of an ivy-covered blockhouse in the centre of the village
Master Libbys Creamed Rice Milk PuddingLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding. circa 1950s
Pierriers firing stones at a ship in a bay. Type of swivel cannon used in the middle ages. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army
The partridges mortar with bomb and grenadoesThe partridges, a mortar that fired 13 grenadoes or young partridges and one bomb or old hen at one time. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of
Ancient guns, mortar, bomb, perrier, etcAncient guns from Valturinns, Uffano 1-7, fanciful elbow-piece mortar 3, bombard 8, bombs 9, 10, and perrier stone-thrower chambers 11, 12
Tinkers mortar grenade throwerTinkers mortar which was fixed on a stick and used to throw grenades. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army
Domestic occupations of the Chamorro women of Agana (Hagatna), Guam, 19th century. Women preparing yams, grilling food, using a mortar and pestle, etc
Beehive, icehouse and mortar millBee hive and ice house, mortar mill, and artists guide to drapery and horse. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Cambridge University Robes, Clare College Undergraduate. 20th century
Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle. With a portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) at Trinity College
Silhouette portrait of Charles Dickens. 19th century
Silhouette, Charles Spencer Bunyon at OxfordSilhouette Charles Spencer Bunyon (1805-?) at Oxford, later a lieutenant in the 7th Fusiliers. circa 1830s
Cover design, Christmas cards, Whirligig of TimeCover design by Robert Dudley, Christmas cards, The Whirligig of Time. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s