Paint Collection (page 10)

Decorated wooden figure, Alaska, USA
Decorated wooden pointing figure, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1908

Million Dollar Pier by night, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Youngs Million Dollar Pier by night, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, painting. Date: 1889

Boy Scouts painting totem pole, Nanking, China
Boy Scouts painting a totem pole at a national rally in Nanking (Nanjing), China. The pole symbolises comradeship. Date: 1937

Graffiti Vandalism at Pisa
Conservation experts applying mud packs to draw out spray painted graffiti on the porous Carrara marble walls of Pisa Duomo

Fire at supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex
Panoramic view of a fire which broke out at a Ministry of Supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex, on 27 October 1947. Seen here is the fire in its early stages

Blitz in London -- LFB control car, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB District E (West) control car, used during the Second World War. Seen here in front of LFB HQ. Date: 1940s

Firefighter painting statuette of fireman in action
Fireman painting a statuette of a firefighter in action

Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East London
Firefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint

Kingston scouts painting fence, Jamaica
Boys of No.1 Scout Troop, Kingston, Jamaica, painting a fence

WW1 British Whippet Tank
Wooden model of a First World War British Whippet Tank with camouflage paint. Trench Art

Poster design, Osborne, Maillols, Perpignan, France
Poster design, Osborne, Maillols, Perpignan -- manufacturers of farming equipment. Date: circa 1910

Quayside artist
A quayside artist painting a fishing harbour. Date: 1960s

Aboriginal man from New Holland (Australia)
An aboriginal man from New Holland (Australia) carrying a spear and shield. has paint markings on his face and body. Date: 1803

Hidden lesson of the Mauretanias record by G. H. Davis
The hidden lesson of the Mauretanias record. Showing the Cunard liner Mauretania in grey war paint, being convoyed across the Atlantic by a battleship cruiser

Where the RAF fighters score by G. H. Davis
Aerodynamic cleanliness: where the RAF fighters score during the Second World War. In very high speed aircraft small projections and even rough surface paint may seriously reduce speed

Painting Time by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy paints a picture. Date: 1944

W Burns Esq of Edinburgh by H. L. Oakley
Silhouette portrait of a portly, bearded man, W Burns of Edinburgh, wearing a trilby or homburg hat and carrying a walking cane. Date: circa 1920

Bonzo - We ve been painting the town red
We ve been painting the town red Bonzo in hysterics as his six junior proteges cover themselves in red, blue, black and red paint trying to become the next Picasso! Date: 1924

Advertisement for Robbialac paint, from Jenson & Nicholson of Stratford, East London. It costs less than wallpaper, slightly more than distemper, but its durability makes it far cheaper than either

American troop ships at sea, WW1
American troop ships at sea during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Pretty Pictures by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler sits at a table with paints and paper. Date: 1930

Woman painting plaster figurine
A woman working on a plaster statue of the Virgin Mary in the Little Italy area of Clerkenwell, London. She appears to be adding colour to the white plaster

Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers Tea
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women painters and dopers having a tea break, while one toasts a slice of bread at the open door of a hot stove

Womens Royal Air Force -- Painters Shop
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women at work in the Painters Shop, painting RAF markings on aeroplane wings. Date: 1919-1920

Two women in a factory operating machinery. A barrel of green paint is part of the process. The Factoru produced (among other things) lead shrapnel for use in explosive artillery shells (WW1)

Holidaymakers painting a railway carriage
A group of holidaymakers painting a railway carriage which appears to have been converted into a caravan-style holiday home

Leaflet design, How to paint with Robbialac Paints. Featuring an idyllic white house with a red roof, and a woman painting the garden gate

Leaflet design, How to paint with Jensons Robbialac. Featuring a man with a tin of green paint and a paintbrush, at work in his kitchen

Women painting RAF symbols
British women working during the Second World War to paint identification marks on aircraft wings for the RAF. Date: 1941

Nicaise De Keyser
NICAISE DE KEYSER Belgian artist from Antwerp, known for his portraits and his historical subjects, commissioned to paint a series of Antwerp history pictures. Date: 1815 - 1887

Artisan painter of Sevres Porcelain, France
Artisan painter of decorated Sevres Porcelain, France - pictured with the factory doorman (?). Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Women painting Ships - War Effort
The original image caption states: " The Womens place in the British scheme of things. The place of wmen in wartime England is no longer the home

Tonkin region - Vietnam - Traditional painters & decorators
Tonkin region - Vietnam - Traditional painters, artisans & gilders. Date: 1907

The Circus Clown anounces the End of the Book. Date: 1895

Sevres Porcelain Factory, France - Painting vases
The blowing workshop at the Sevres Porcelain Factory, France - painting large vases using an airbrush. Date: circa 1909

Blackburn B-24 Skua II L3007
Blackburn B-24 Skua II, L3007, in an experimental red stripped paint scheme

de Havilland Venom in the paint shop

Design for Wallpaper with leaves and berries. Gouache, gold paint and Pencil on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1925 - 1930

Design for Wallpaper in green and cream

Design for book cover, The Squires Grandson
Design for a book cover entitled The Squires Grandson, by J.M. Callwell. Gouache and pencil on heavy paper with gold paint highlights. Blackie, London; Silver Studio. 1897

Chromite (iron chromium oxide) is the ore of chromium and has an attractive shiny surface. It is used in the manufacture of stainless steel and in metallic paints

Painted figure
A brightly painted figure from the temple in Ariyalur, India

Charter Bank House, Mount Pleasant - Rangoon -.telling how splendid the homes and gardens of Rangoon used to be before the war no basha huts, no lack of paint

Linseed oil is used in the manufacture of paint and soft soap. From Look and Learn no. 456 (10 Oct 1970)

Signpost painter
People You See. Signpost painter. From Teddy Bear (20 June 1970)

School caretaker and odd-jobs man

Horse artist. A horse painting a picture of a cart

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