Sweating Collection

Restaurant Chef / Marchett
Restaurant chefs at work

The Brewer 1827
Brewers sweat and toil as they stir and brew beer and haul heavy barrels up and down a ladder next to the sweltering heat of a kiln

The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927
Croupiers starts to sweat after giving all the casinos money to a lucky winner, who is disappearing under a pile of cash in front of him

Wagner / Materna / Kikeriki
RICHARD WAGNER German composer, with the celebrated opera singer Mme Materna, taking part in a Wagnerian performance on a hot day in Paris in 1890

Roll out the barrel, cartoon gardener rolling lawn, with music playing from a neighbour's house, as if in mockery of the man's efforts

Fifty Weeks Labour and Fourteen Days Swank!
Comic postcard - Fifty Weeks Labour... and Fourteen Days Swank! Date: 1930

On Ice, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Comic postcard, Woman buying material in a shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Nervous bridegroom having a drink before the wedding Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, breathing in short pants Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, man gardening, two sparrows Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Soldiers in the British Army, WW2 - physical training in the camp Date: circa 1940s

Boy with crucifix on his forehead, Sierra Leone
Head and shoulders portrait of West African boy with crucifix on his forehead and sweat on his brow, Freetown, Sierra Leone. He looks directly and the camera and smiles Date: circa 1985

Foundry worker Blists Hill
Iron furnace worker Grahan Collins takes a breather at Blists Hill Ironworks, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Cartoon, Randolph Churchill, British politician
Cartoon, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1849-1895), British politician - Little Randolph and the greasy pole of politics

Cartoon, Lord Garmoyle in India
Cartoon, Lord Garmoyle -- in India. Very hot here, but it would be hotter at home! Arthur William Cairns, Lord Garmoyle (1861-1890), was in trouble with his father over debts

The Cries of Paris - Sports Newsheet Seller
The Cries of Paris - A Sports News sheet Seller, running through the streets and working up quite a sweat! Date: 1901

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Saturday) -- he gives the fattened Christmas turkey a little exercise. Date: 1923

Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling Radicals
The Radical Inferno. Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling his Radical political opponents (who were against his proposals for Tariff Reform) - including Henry Campbell-Bannerman (foreground)

Why Get Married?
" Why Get Married?" The Joys of Bachelor Life illustrated quite clearly in this humorous German postcard illustration! Date: circa 1910s

Brick making clay pit - Rangoon - Deep clay pits with sweating Indians carrying up baskets of the rich clay on their heads, . Date: 1952

At home with the Bristlewoods - Coronation effort. 1937
Mr Bristlewoods is putting up bunting outside his home, for the celebration of the Coronation of King George VI, while his wife peers through the window in horror. 1937

RAF air cadet lugging kit
An RAF trainee air cadet during World War Two lugging his kit into camp at night at RAF Heaton Park, Manchester

RAF air cadet shovelling coal
Cartoon of a Royal Air Force air cadet on training at Heaton Park, Manchester, shovelling coal

Man and dog on the beach on a hot summer day
A man sits on the beach with his dog on a hot summer day, with a large white parasol to try to keep the sun off

Rent, Profit and Interest, supported by two miners
A propaganda cartoon by W E Jones, made for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union. It shows three plump gentlemen representing Rent, Profit and Interest

A lass and a lack
A panicked and sweating gentleman reaching for his wallet as he is shown a restaurant bill by a waiter. His female companion lights a cigarette and looks on nervously

Restaurant Kitchen
A scene in a busy restaurant kitchen

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