Sweep Collection

Where the Mountains of Mourne Sweep Down to the Sea - a coastal view of the mountains in the background. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down). Date: circa early 1900s

Wales / Borth
The sweep of the bay at Borth, Cardiganshire, Wales, looking northwards towards the estuary of the River Dovey. Date: 1950s

Mobile Chimney Sweep
A chimney sweep stands with his equipment beside his car which has a model of a chimney on the roof with a broom sticking out of the top, to advertise his trade

Chimney Sweep & Boy 1877
A chimney sweep and his brushes. Date: 1877

Male Chimney Sweep 1909

Constantinople, Turkey - Chimney Sweep

Birthday card, Chimney Sweep Dog. mid-20th century

Groomsport Harbour and Pier - a general view of the harbour and pier taken from a distance with boats and people on the pier. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Groomsport)

Water Babies / Tom / Sweep
Tom, the ragged chimney sweep at the cottage of the Irish woman

Chimneysweep / Mayhew 1864
Back bent by the weight of his brushes, a young chimneysweep stands before the grate

Sweep, oh sweep oh! Clean your chimneys keep, oh! For smoky flues we can t excues, since I will sweep them cheap, oh! Date: Circa 1880

Smoke Makers / Punch / Poll
Smoke makers

Advert Gas Stove Acme
Acme Gas Stoves - " No thank you, Mr Soot!"

May Queen and Sweep
The Queen of the May is presented with a bouquet of flowers by a chimney sweep

Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting
Cartoon, Chimney Sweeps or Coalmen fighting - Black and White. 19th century

Chimney Sweep Victorian period

Chimney sweep

Ocean liner watch, Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Queen Mary
OCEAN LINER WATCH: Extremely rare Rolex 14 carat gold self-winding waterproof bubble back wristwatch with sweep centre seconds and Queen Mary dial

The Dublin Derby Sweep Draw, Imagined in 1066
Cartoon by Heath Robinson, depicting the draw for the Dublin Derby Sweep as it might have happened in 1066. Date: 1933

Comic postcard, Doctor and nurse, operating theatre Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Conversation in the blackout, WW2 Date: 1940s

The Irish Hospitals Trusts Sweepstake on the Derby
Feature in The Illustrated London News showing the stages of the Irish Hospitals tursts sweepstake on the Derby from the mixing the counterfoils to the draw carried out at the Mansion House, Dublin

View of the port of Messina, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph - panoramic view of the port of Messina, Italy

New London Bridge, Billingsgate and the Scavenger. New London Bridge built by John Rennie in 1825 4, Billingsgate fish market 5 and Scavengers with horse and cart cleaning the streets 6

Epatolmis caesarea and Penthophera morio moths. Phalaena luctifera, Phalaena morio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Scottish traveller dancing a jig with a violinist. I ve been throw Hollan, Spain and France, An at Vienna learn d to dance

Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering weight, Sept 1939
Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering a weight over the side of a boat to keep their paravane at the correct depth. Volunteers, most commonly fishermen

Volunteer mine-sweepers in training, Sept 1939
A scheme to train fisherman as volunteer mine-sweepers began in 1938 and was used to allow the navy to concentrate elswhere

Canadian Liberators Memorial, Lasson, Normandy
Across the broad sweep of the Canadian advance from Juno Beach, the Maple Leaf is found in many villages as an acknowledgement of the terrible struggle they had against the fanatical SS

West Ferry Road, Millwall, East London. Date: circa 1908

Cries of Paris - chimney sweep

Santa Claus on a French Christmas postcard
Santa Claus getting directions from a chimney sweep on a French Christmas postcard. circa 1900s

Chimney Sweep, Beg Your Pardon, Sir

The Road Sweeper. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

Curtis British Entomology Plate 332
Lepidoptera: Psyche radiella = Epichnopteryx plumella (Woolly Case-bearer, Transparent Sweep) [Plant: Ononis repens (Rest-harrow)] Date: 1824-39

The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweep - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweeper published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Cannon Row chimney sweep
A humorous colour illustration picturing a chimney sweep and a man of high class colliding on a street corner. Date: circa 1900

CLIMBING CHIMNEY SWEEP
One of the few remaining climbing sweeps. Date: Circa 1862

CHIMNEY SWEEP IN CART
Mr Noble the sweep rides his cart through the streets, calling out Swee - eep ! to attract customers. Date: 1887

Children and Boat Pool
Rather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short. Date: circa 1895

CHIMNEY SWEEP & BRUSH CHIMNEY SWEEP & BRUSH
A 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

HOT CHESTNUTS FOR SALE
A vendor of hot chestnuts; a smartly dressed woman and a chimney sweep boy are among his customers, while in the background an organ grinder and monkey also look for trade Date: circa 1920

Covent Garden market, London 1862
Covent Garden market six oclock in the morning. Date: 1862

Paris Streetfolk 16th century
Paris street types - a chimney-sweep, a peasant and a beggar Date: early 16th century

Chimney Sweep 1869
The number of people living in London was on the increase, to get any trade you had to get up very early in the morning, sweeps usual were up and about at starlight, waiting for people to arise

Sweeping Snow
Two boys sweep the snow from the pavement outside a town house Date: 1865

Street sweeper, Windsor
A woman street sweeper cleans the cobbles in Church Street, outside the Carpenterss Arms pub, Windsor in the early morning

Warsaw street sweeper, winter
A woman street sweeper brushes snow in a Warsaw park, Poland Date: 1987

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