Scratching Collection

Andrews Liver Salt poster by John Hassall
I must have left it behind. A bemused gent scratches his head as he searches his suitcase for his precious tin of Andrews Liver Salt. It is, of course, in his back trouser pocket. Date: c.1920

Young woman washing clothes at a sink
A young woman at a kitchen sink washing clothes using a washboard. There is a stack of four dinner plates waiting to be washed up, a kettle, and a tin of One-O-One which cleans without scratching

Our Cats: a domestic history by Louis Wain
A study of domestic cats, including visit to a cat show by Louis Wain. Date: 1884

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Pipe the Plumber. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Cockerel scratching for a living Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dog feeling up to scratch Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man scratching himself on his bed Date: 20th century

Lion cub has her morning wash and scrub - London Zoo
Mary Pickford the young lion cub (!) has her morning wash and brush-down from her keeper - London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London. Date: 1920s

Tabby kitten sharpening its claws on a chair
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten sharpening its claws on a chair. 1950s

Illustration, The Jew Among the Thorns -- The Jew was forced to dance faster and faster till the thorns tore his shabby coat, combed his goat-s beard, and scratched him all over. Date: 1909

Fischers / Peach-faced Lovebirds - Hybrid. Ekaterinburg Zoo, Russia. Latin Agapornis fischeri & Agapornis rosiecollis

Quo Vadis? Lygia letting Vinicius know she is a Christian
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero - a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. In this scene, Lygia lets Vinicius know she is a Christian by drawing the sign of a fish on the ground

Britain / Cartoons / 1861
JACKs NAVY ESTIMATE Exception was taken to the high salaries of some Naval officials at this time. Date: 1861

Sir Francis Baring
SIR FRANCIS BARING Grandson of German Lutheran immigrant and cloth manufacturer pictured here with John Baring and C Wall Date: 1740 - 1810

Hunting for fleas Date: 1843

An old dog fox scratching at the ground. Date: 1926

Favourite Sayings - Never burn a candle at both ends
Black and white lantern slide of a man scratching his head and holding a candle which is burning at both ends.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Bonzo runs through! by George Studdy
Bonzo runs through! He chases a mouse onto the billiard table, the mouse gets caught in a pocket, and Bonzo manages to ruin the green baize. Date: 1924

Bonzo spoils a perfectly good photograph by George Studdy
Bonzo spoils a perfectly good photograph -- he scratches his ear at the critical moment and distorts Chee-Kees image. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

The fruits of success - A Chorus Girl visits home
The fruits of success - An all-American chorus girl visits home and is greeted by surprise and a certain element of bemusement

Larus glaucoides, Iceland gull
Plate 282 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ice scratched boulder
This ice scratched boulder probably originates from a valley once occupied by a glacier. Such marks can be found where there are sites of former glacial activity

Welsh train station, 1933
The famous Welsh village tongue twister: the train station of llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch spelt out in honour of a visit from Prince George (later King George VI)

Antiscratch Collar
This unhappy-looking dog is wearing this medical collar to stop it scratching. Date: circa 1960

Britannia and Eve magazine, May 1931
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman seated on a couch, distracted from reading a letter by her pet cat who seems to be scratching at her beautiful raspberry-coloured gown

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