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Fire at supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, EssexPanoramic 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
Poster design, Osborne, Maillols, Perpignan, FrancePoster design, Osborne, Maillols, Perpignan -- manufacturers of farming equipment. Date: circa 1910
Painting Time by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy paints a picture. Date: 1944
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
Pretty Pictures by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler sits at a table with paints and paper. Date: 1930
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
Rubens SonsTwo of Rubens sons, wearing their best clothes while papa paints them... Date: 1577 - 1610
Artisan painter of Sevres Porcelain, FranceArtisan painter of decorated Sevres Porcelain, France - pictured with the factory doorman (?). Date: circa 1910s
Saint Luke painting the Virgin Mary (and child). A total fantasy, of which Ruskin was particularly vociferous in his opinion of the subject, composition and detailing!!
Children painting eggs
Teddy Bear
Mice playing
Poster promoting Holland - ToymakerA Dutch craftsman surrounded by the wooden toys he has been making - a design for a poster promoting tourism. circa 1960
Pottery workshop in ancient EtruriaThe decoration of pottery in a workshop in ancient Etruria. A rather stern woman stands in the doorway, clutching a vase
Still life of artists toolsFrom a magazine advertisement c.1920
Maiolica Plate - A Maiolica painter at work. Italian (Caffaggiolo) c.1515. Date: circa 1515
Ypres, Belgium - Street ArtistA street artist painting in a corner of the Nieuwerk annex of the Cloth Guild Hall, a huge flemish gothic structure era in Ypres, Belgium
Parisienne ArtistAn old lady street artist paints at her easel, while a group of fashionable young women (one swigging from a bottle!) watch her, Paris, France. Date: late 1960s
Watercolour Paint SetA little boy painting a copy of a famous work of art with his watercolour paint set. Date: 1940s
Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), British artist caricatured by Sirra
Little Artist by Muriel DawsonCharming illustration showing a small child getting creative with paints and paper
Little Coppernob by Muriel DawsonA sweet little girl with glowing red hair gets creative with some paints and paper
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912). British painter born in the Netherlands
An artist at homeThe artist Ethel Walker out painting near her home in Buckinghamshire, accompanied by her dog, Boy David
An Artist at an EaselA female artist paints at an easel on the seafront. A crowd of mainly children watch excitedly at this work in progress
A signwriter painting a pub signA signwriter paints the pub sign for the Hare and Hounds pub. Behind him can be seen other examples of his art and traditional tavern signs hanging in situ. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Retouching PaintingsAn artist re-touching illustrations as part of the final process at a printing works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Who sat for Van Dingdong sStudy of a model who sat for Van Dingdongs famous portrait of Venus
Little Girl Paints 1888A little girl plays with her paints
Dolls House Cleaning 20CA girl cleans her dolls house, a boy paints the roof red, and their dog watches
Seroco Paint Advert / 1908Seroco paints
Cranach Paints LutherLUCAS CRANACH The German religious reformer Martin Luther sits for one of the many portraits that Cranach made of him
San Francisco Quake 4True Grit - a barber paints his sign on a tent set up on the ruined site of his premises, offering business as usual
1868 / Disraeli PaintsNew Guy Fawkes; or Dizzys chef-d oeuvre. Disraeli depicts Gladstone as Guy Fawkes
Pavement Artist LondonA pavement artist at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, paints a womans portrait; other canvases stand against the railings
Making Nativity FiguresA young woman paints figures for a nativity scene
Two Runners Race C1878A young member of the Larson household does her piano practice while papa paints her
Monk Paints StatuetteA monk from the Benedictine monastery of Lerins. He achieved fame as an artist. The statue of St Theresa he is working on in the photo was bought by the Queen of Italy
Myth / Arthurian / MerlinMerlin paints the shield of the young Knight Vivien
She Paints a ChairShe paints a chair
Showgirl on Pig 1926She powders her face, paints her lips and adjusts her suspenders while sitting on the back of monocled pigs, presumably symbols of her rich admirers and patrons