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Cartoon, Sanitary and insanitary mattersLarger figure representing the industries surrounding the River Thames like the soup boiling factory where bones were used and the knackers yard where injured animals were taken to be slaughtered
Tap pouring out money with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Couple with champagne on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Woman pouring sauce into a silver sauceboat. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal September 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923
Improved cast-iron portable copperMounted on wheels, a man pouring water into a cast-iron portable boiler. Date: late 19th century
A group of society ladies enjoying a cup of tea and biscuits together. Date: 1910
Merry Christmas! 1847" Heaven Bless you Merry Gentlefolks let Nothing You Dismay, " Page of Victorian men and women getting into the Christmas spirit! Indulging themselves in food, drink and dance. 1847
Street scene during riot, Brixton, Lambeth, South LondonA street scene in Brixton, Lambeth, South London, during a period of rioting. The air is full of black smoke, something (possibly a car) is on fire on the left
Casey Jones on Board Date: 1948
Pouring Cup of Coffee Date: 1950
Pouring metal into mould in a pit. Date: 1840s
Casting small bells 1840sPouring metal into mould. Date: 1840s
COGNAC BOTTLE STANDKeep your precious bottles of cognac safe with this bottle stand, which has clasps which keep it in position when the bottle is lifted for pouring. Can be used on most bottles. Date: 1930s
POLICE / TRAFFIC DUTY / RAINA policeman on horseback directs the London traffic and helps pedestrians cross the road in the pouring rain. Date: 1931
CHIMNEY SWEEP & BRUSH CHIMNEY SWEEP & BRUSHA chimney sweep pushes his brush futher up the chimney by adding poles to the end. He seals the chimney up to prevent coal dust pouring into the room. Date: 1940s
MILK DOOR TO DOORThe Milk-Maid brings milk to your door, pouring it into your jug : she will visit your house twice a day, sometimes even thrice Date: 1842
Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1Front cover design, La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the Americans, showing a symbolic image of the American war machine, with soldiers pouring out of it to support the Allied cause. Date: 1918
RELIGION / EGYPT / SETH - 1Seth, though often violent, is not necessarily malevolent : here he is depicted with Horus, pouring life over the pharaoh Seti I (circa 1310 BC)
GERMAN C16 DINNERA group of Germans eating at home round a table. Date: 16th century
London coffee-stall 1850sSelling coffee to passers-by on the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s
The Forty Thieves, a pantomime
BELL FOUNDRYBell making : pouring molten steel into the space between the core and the mould. Date: 1950s
Pouring cider in cider barn at Dunkertons cider, EnglandA man pours cider from a barrel into an earthenware jug in the cider barn at Dunkertons Cider, Herefordshire, England Date: 1988
The Royal Mint - Gold Melting House. Date: circa 1908
Japanese Mother sleeps as baby causes havocA Japanese Mother sleeps as her baby causes havoc, by knocking a flowerpot filled with water all over the floor - print by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1805). Date: circa 1790s
Method of refining saltpeter for making gunpowderMethod of refining saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for making gunpowder. circa 18th century
Two boys playing in a pool on a sandy beach. Date: circa 1960s
Suffragette Poster Torturing Women in PrisonPoster depicting the forcible feeding of a suffragette with a doctor pouring liquid into a nasal tube whilst the victim is held down by a man and a prison wardress
Force feeding a suffragette (cartoon)A cartoon depicting a suffragette being force fed in a prison cell. Two men, a prison warder and a doctor, hold the woman down with the help of a large weight (one hundredweight)
Religion / Egypt / Seth - 2Seth, though often violent, is not necessarily malevolent : here he is depicted with Horus, pouring life over the pharaoh Seti I (circa 1310 BC)
Tarot Card 14 - La Temperance (Temperance)
Humanised bottles and fruit on a Christmas cardHumanised bottles and fruit contributing to a bowl of punch on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Girl and doll having tea on a Christmas cardGirl and doll at a table having tea on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Advertisement for M&B All Bright beer -- male model pouring beer from a bottle into a glass. 1959
Vendor of pulque near Rioverde, San Luis Potosi, MexicoA typical vendor of pulque with her donkey-drawn cart on a country road near Rioverde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Pulque is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant
AFS women working in mobile kitchen, WW2AFS women working in a mobile kitchen at night, serving tea and biscuits to thirsty firefighters. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Use less Water! Less Water -- More Shells. Date: 1940s
Water carriers, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
Wild West Bar sceneA cowboy smoking and holding a gun at a bar. The sign above the bar reads: " Leave your guns at the bar"
Japan - Japanese tea ceremony Date: circa 1905
A Classic English Summers Day on the beach! The rain is pouring, it is freezing cold and even the dog appears to not be relishing his daily stroll
Autumn, 18th century French School (possibly by Francois Octavien, 1695-1736). Showing people enjoying a picnic, with a man picking apples from a tree in the middle distance
Advert / Frisian Girl MilkFrisian Girl sweetened condensed milk
Palace of the Mongol Khans, Karakorum, Mongolia, ChinaA view of Karakorum, capital of the Mongol Empire, and the palace of the Mongol Khans, with the famous Silver Tree Fountain on the left
Susi - upsetting a vase of flowers. 1950s
Maid collecting water. 1890
Watneys Happy Families - Mrs Hop, the Farmers Wife. circa 1930
The Accident -- a pot of liquid is overturned. circa 1820s