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Rubbing Collection

Background imageRubbing Collection: Brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxon

Brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxon
Monumental brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxfordshire. circa 1518

Background imageRubbing Collection: New Zealand Greeting

New Zealand Greeting
A Maori man and woman meet, touching hands and rubbing noses in the Te hongi greeting

Background imageRubbing Collection: Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing noses

Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing noses
Maori greeting - rubbing noses

Background imageRubbing Collection: Chris Patten, British Conservative politician

Chris Patten, British Conservative politician
Chris Patten (Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Lord Patten, b 1944), British Conservative politician and government minister

Background imageRubbing Collection: Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking

Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking. Date: 1896

Background imageRubbing Collection: Moudros, Lemnos, Greece - Laundry in the open air - washing clothes by rubbing the garments

Moudros, Lemnos, Greece - Laundry in the open air - washing clothes by rubbing the garments against large stones and then drying over walls and on fences in the hot sun. Date: 1922

Background imageRubbing Collection: A photograph of a young woman called Lily, dressed up as Aladdin

A photograph of a young woman called Lily, dressed up as Aladdin, either for a fancy dress or event, or perhaps a pantomime. Date: 1927

Background imageRubbing Collection: Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841

Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841
Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. 1841

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, William Barton and wife

Monumental brass rubbing, William Barton and wife, Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. 1389

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, Walter Seller, Iden, Sussex

Monumental brass rubbing, Walter Seller, Iden, Sussex. circa 1427

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, unknown priest, Bremen

Monumental brass rubbing, unknown priest, Bremen Cathedral, northern Germany. late 15th century

Background imageRubbing Collection: Brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife Elizabeth

Brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife Elizabeth
Monumental brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife Elizabeth, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. 1553

Background imageRubbing Collection: Brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wives

Brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wives
Monumental brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wives, Thornton, Buckinghamshire. 1472

Background imageRubbing Collection: Brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn Amondesham

Brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn Amondesham
Monumental brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn Amondesham, St Marys Church, Ealing, West London. circa 1490

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, Nicholas le Brun, Jeumont

Monumental brass rubbing, Nicholas le Brun, Jeumont, northern France. 1547

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, John and Elizabeth Hampden

Monumental brass rubbing, John and Elizabeth Hampden, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. circa 1525

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, Henry Daw, palimpsest

Monumental brass rubbing, Henry Daw, palimpsest. 1578

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, Bucks

Monumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, Bucks
Monumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, Buckinghamshire. 1540

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental brass rubbing, male figure

Monumental brass rubbing, male figure. circa 1610

Background imageRubbing Collection: Brass rubbing, Adrian, grandson of Bartholomew Roeland

Brass rubbing, Adrian, grandson of Bartholomew Roeland
Monumental brass rubbing, Adrian, grandson of Bartholomew Roeland, Breda, Holland. 1550

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, Germany

Monumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, Germany
Monumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, Cologne, Germany. circa 1350

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Quatremayn family

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Quatremayn family
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas Quatremayn (Quarterman), his wife and their son Thomas, and Thomass widow, Thame, Oxfordshire. 1396

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas and Anne Broke

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas and Anne Broke
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas Broke and his wife Anne (nee Bulstrode), Ewelme, Oxfordshire. 1518

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Edward and Dorothy Wotton

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Edward and Dorothy Wotton
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Sir Edward Wotton and his wife Dorothy, Boughton Malherbe, Kent. Sir Edward Wotton (1489-1551) was Treasurer of Calais and a privy councillor to King Edward VI of England

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, John and Maud Pecock

Monumental Brass Rubbing, John and Maud Pecock (Pecok, Peacock), St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire. circa 1380

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Isabel Bernardston

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Isabel Bernardston
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Isabel, wife of Roger Bernardston, Great Coates, Lincolnshire. circa 1420

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Frances Franklin

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Frances Franklin, Latton, Essex. 1604

Background imageRubbing Collection: Monumental Brass Rubbing, Elizabeth Parker

Monumental Brass Rubbing, Elizabeth Parker, Radwell, Hertfordshire. 1603

Background imageRubbing Collection: Maori Nose Rubbing Greeting - New Zealand

Maori Nose Rubbing Greeting - New Zealand - the Te hongi greeting. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRubbing Collection: Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street

Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street - offering a variety of services including shaving the head, back massage and scraping the eyelids! 1908

Background imageRubbing Collection: Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841

Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841
Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. Men employed in wetting, rolling, pressing ruffling and blocking the hat bodies. Date: 1841

Background imageRubbing Collection: Stone engraving

Stone engraving
Plum Blossom and Moon. Artist: Anon. Engraver: Anon. Rubbing from Chinese stone engraving from the period between the Han and Tang Dynasties (1st-8th centuries)

Background imageRubbing Collection: Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teeth

Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teeth
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young girl cleans (the exact translation is " rubs" ) her teeth. Date: 1905

Background imageRubbing Collection: Two piglets in a wooded area

Two piglets in a wooded area, one of them sniffing at (or rubbing its head on) a tree trunk. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageRubbing Collection: Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington

Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington, a version of the Aladdin story. First produced Portsmouth, 25 August 1924, then Golders Green, London, 22 September 1924, then the Princes Theatre

Background imageRubbing Collection: Susi - with kitten and towel

Susi - with kitten and towel
Susi - the kitten appears to be rubbing her coat dry with a towel. 1950s

Background imageRubbing Collection: Three boys washing on a New Year card

Three boys washing on a New Year card -- The Tub, The Scrub, The Rub. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageRubbing Collection: Sir Gabriel Goldney, Vanity Fair, Delfico

Sir Gabriel Goldney, Vanity Fair, Delfico
SIR GABRIEL GOLDNEY, 1st Baronet of Beechfield, Corsham and Bradenstoke Abbey (1813 - 1900) Conservative politician, landowner, financier and banker. Member of Parliament for Chippenham, Wiltshire

Background imageRubbing Collection: John Doran, journalist and writer

John Doran, journalist and writer
JOHN DORAN British journalist and writer, Editor of The Athenaeum Date: 1807 - 1878

Background imageRubbing Collection: Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Red Puppy Book

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Red Puppy Book. Poppy the red puppy rubs white paint off his coat onto his mistresss skirt. Date: 1910

Background imageRubbing Collection: Selkup children, North Siberia (Northern minority)

Selkup children, North Siberia (Northern minority). Children playing with elk skin, near river Taz, North Tumen region, Russia

Background imageRubbing Collection: Dutch rover scout practising fire lighting

Dutch rover scout practising fire lighting in the traditional way -- by friction

Background imageRubbing Collection: Playbill postcard for Alfs Button

Playbill postcard for Alfs Button
The most popular manifestation of Orientalism after WWI seems to have been Alfs Button. W.A Darlingtons novel appeared in1920, was filmed (silent movie) the same year

Background imageRubbing Collection: Priest concerned about Pats level of Whiskey consumption

Priest concerned about Pats level of Whiskey consumption
Priest - " And how many whiskeys do you drink in an hour, Pat?" Pat - " Sometoimes Wan; sometoimes Two; but never less than three, Your Riverance." Date: 1893

Background imageRubbing Collection: Result of losing a game of Buttons

Result of losing a game of Buttons
The Game of Buttons - a philosophical response from victor to loser. Winner (to the ruined one) - " Well, dash it all, old man

Background imageRubbing Collection: Hard Luck Sir - Young lad lets in a goal

Hard Luck Sir - Young lad lets in a goal
" Hard Luck Sir" - Young lad lets in a goal... Date: 1906

Background imageRubbing Collection: To the right hon ble Lord Bangor, this plate representing a

To the right hon ble Lord Bangor, this plate representing a complete perspective view of all the machinery of a bleach mill, upon the newest and most approved constructions

Background imageRubbing Collection: Scottish laddie wails for his porridge

Scottish laddie wails for his porridge
" I Want Ma Porridge" A wee Scottish laddie bawls his eyes out, hoping for an extra portion of porridge... Date: 1910



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