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Brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, OxonMonumental brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxfordshire. circa 1518
New Zealand GreetingA Maori man and woman meet, touching hands and rubbing noses in the Te hongi greeting
Maori greeting - rubbing noses Maori greeting - Te Hongi - rubbing nosesMaori greeting - rubbing noses
Chris Patten, British Conservative politicianChris Patten (Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, Lord Patten, b 1944), British Conservative politician and government minister
Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking. Date: 1896
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
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
Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841Hat factory workers making beaver (or bever) hats at the Christy hat factory in Southwark, London. 1841
Monumental brass rubbing, William Barton and wife, Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. 1389
Monumental brass rubbing, Walter Seller, Iden, Sussex. circa 1427
Monumental brass rubbing, unknown priest, Bremen Cathedral, northern Germany. late 15th century
Brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife ElizabethMonumental brass rubbing, Sir John Hampden, Knight, and wife Elizabeth, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. 1553
Brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wivesMonumental brass rubbing, Robert Ingylton, Knight, and three wives, Thornton, Buckinghamshire. 1472
Brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn AmondeshamMonumental brass rubbing, Richard and Kateryn Amondesham, St Marys Church, Ealing, West London. circa 1490
Monumental brass rubbing, Nicholas le Brun, Jeumont, northern France. 1547
Monumental brass rubbing, John and Elizabeth Hampden, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. circa 1525
Monumental brass rubbing, Henry Daw, palimpsest. 1578
Monumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, BucksMonumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, Buckinghamshire. 1540
Monumental brass rubbing, male figure. circa 1610
Brass rubbing, Adrian, grandson of Bartholomew RoelandMonumental brass rubbing, Adrian, grandson of Bartholomew Roeland, Breda, Holland. 1550
Monumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, GermanyMonumental Brass Rubbing, unknown priest, Cologne, Germany. circa 1350
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Quatremayn familyMonumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas Quatremayn (Quarterman), his wife and their son Thomas, and Thomass widow, Thame, Oxfordshire. 1396
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas and Anne BrokeMonumental Brass Rubbing, Thomas Broke and his wife Anne (nee Bulstrode), Ewelme, Oxfordshire. 1518
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Edward and Dorothy WottonMonumental 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
Monumental Brass Rubbing, John and Maud Pecock (Pecok, Peacock), St Michaels Church, St Albans, Hertfordshire. circa 1380
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Isabel BernardstonMonumental Brass Rubbing, Isabel, wife of Roger Bernardston, Great Coates, Lincolnshire. circa 1420
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Frances Franklin, Latton, Essex. 1604
Monumental Brass Rubbing, Elizabeth Parker, Radwell, Hertfordshire. 1603
Maori Nose Rubbing Greeting - New Zealand - the Te hongi greeting. Date: circa 1910s
Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street - offering a variety of services including shaving the head, back massage and scraping the eyelids! 1908
Hat factory workers, Southwark, London 1841Hat 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
Stone engravingPlum Blossom and Moon. Artist: Anon. Engraver: Anon. Rubbing from Chinese stone engraving from the period between the Han and Tang Dynasties (1st-8th centuries)
Djibouti, East Africa - A Young girl cleans her teethDjibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - A Young girl cleans (the exact translation is " rubs" ) her teeth. Date: 1905
Two piglets in a wooded area, one of them sniffing at (or rubbing its head on) a tree trunk. Date: circa 1960s
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
Susi - with kitten and towelSusi - the kitten appears to be rubbing her coat dry with a towel. 1950s
Three boys washing on a New Year card -- The Tub, The Scrub, The Rub. Date: circa 1890s
Sir Gabriel Goldney, Vanity Fair, DelficoSIR GABRIEL GOLDNEY, 1st Baronet of Beechfield, Corsham and Bradenstoke Abbey (1813 - 1900) Conservative politician, landowner, financier and banker. Member of Parliament for Chippenham, Wiltshire
John Doran, journalist and writerJOHN DORAN British journalist and writer, Editor of The Athenaeum Date: 1807 - 1878
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Red Puppy Book. Poppy the red puppy rubs white paint off his coat onto his mistresss skirt. Date: 1910
Selkup children, North Siberia (Northern minority). Children playing with elk skin, near river Taz, North Tumen region, Russia
Dutch rover scout practising fire lighting in the traditional way -- by friction
Playbill postcard for Alfs ButtonThe 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
Priest concerned about Pats level of Whiskey consumptionPriest - " 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
Result of losing a game of ButtonsThe Game of Buttons - a philosophical response from victor to loser. Winner (to the ruined one) - " Well, dash it all, old man
Hard Luck Sir - Young lad lets in a goal" Hard Luck Sir" - Young lad lets in a goal... Date: 1906
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
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
Armenian Bathhouse - Sulphur Baths. The attendant is wearing a camel hair mitten, which is using to rub the bather all over which cleanses and exfoliates! Date: circa 1910s
Goose Flesh TreatmentTodays beauty hint: a friction rub for goose flesh. Goose flesh on arms and elbows can be dealt with by rubbing hard with a rubber friction brush to restore circulation
Aladdin Summons GenieAfter rubbing the lamp, Aladdin comes face-to-face with a huge genie of a frightful appearance
Two Drunks (Bobbin)Two ugly old drunks have a drop together, with one man rubbing his eye
Mixing House Girls Rubbing and Mixing DynamiteNobel explosives works at Ardeer, Scotland - women mixing dynamite
Linen ProcessingVarious stages in the processing of Linen. The wash mill, rubbing boards, beetling engine (for glazing) & boiling house
Young Girl-Still SleepyStill Sleepy! A mother checks on her tired little daughter
Copperfield / Uriah HeepUriah Heep rubbing his hands and generally being " ever so humble"
Maori GreetingOne Maori greets another, and vice versa, by each of the two individuals rubbing his or her nose against that of the other
Rubbing down the HorsesWeighing the jockeys and rubbing down the horses before a race
Primitive FiremakingOur first ancestors made fire by rubbing sticks together : they used fire for heating, cooking and toolmaking
