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Chimney Sweep CarvingA quaint stone carving over a doorway at Benstead Hall, Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex, England. It depicts a chimney sweeps brush and canes, bag of soot and a chimney pot
Mrs Mop Sweeps UpGood old Mrs Mop, always handy with a dustpan and brush! Date: 1960s
A boy sweepEngraving of George Baxters illustration of a black-faced chimney sweeps boy. Date unknown
Little Crossing Sweeper by Muriel DawsonA small child in a blue coat and hat assiduously sweeps up autumn leaves with the help of an old-fashioned broom and a wheelbarrow
Collecting horse chestnutsA woman in a skirt, patterned v-neck jumper and beret sweeps up conkers from the ground and collects them in a basket. Date: c.1932
Sweeping up ConfettiA man sweeps confetti from the pavement outside a hotel, the morning after a wedding in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Girl Sweeps Snow C1886A little girl attempts to sweep away the snow, as more snowflakes fall; a robin looks up at her
C17 ChimneysweepA chimney sweep and his apprentice, who was sent up the chimney
The Sweeps HomeThe sweeps home
Industry / Factories / BritaInterior of cotton factory: mule spinning, Lancashire, child sweeps inside moving machine
Pontmain Witnesses - 1Eugene Friteau, one of the farm children who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary as the Prussian Army sweeps through France; with his grandmother
Pontmain Witnesses - 3Joseph and Eugene Barbedette, two of the farm children who see a vision of the Virgin Mary at the farm where they live, as the Prussian Army sweeps through France
Pontmain Witnesses - 2Augustine Boitin, one of the farm children who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary as the Prussian Army sweeps through France; with her mother
Pontmain Witnesses - 4Francoise Richer and Jeanne- Marie Lebosse, two of the farm children who see a vision of the Virgin Mary as the Prussian Army sweeps through France Date: 17 January 1871
Dansomania 1919Dansomania sweeps across Europe in the wake of World War One austerities
Chimney Sweep / BoyA young chimney sweep cleans the pipe of a stove with his brush
Airborne PartnerHe sweeps his partner off her feet
Toss up for Derby 1849A toss up for the Derby A satire on gambling
English ChimneysweepsA London chimneysweep offers his services - or rather, those of his two lads who will go down the chimneys getting rid of the accumulated soot which they cart away in sacks
Cries of London / G breadHot spice gingerbread A man sells gingerbread while behind him some boys, who are clearly chimney sweeps, seem to be riding on the back of a pig!
Lisbon Quake / JustineA tsunami (tidal wave) sweeps up the North Tagus river at about 11 am, some 90 minutes after the earthquake tremors, and compared by witnesses to a mountain
Beggar Holds out his HatA tatty beggar sweeps the cobbled street and holds out his hat for money
Jet Black Chimney SweepA young male chimney sweep is jet black after a day cleaning chimneys
Climbing Chimney SweepClimbing chimney sweep
ChimneysweepA sweep comes down the wrong chimney and finds himself in a girls bedroom (scene from Kingsleys The Water Babies )
Boys Sold as SweepsChildren sold by their parents to work as chimneysweeps
French ChimneysweepFrench chimneysweep
French Sweep BoysLES RAMONEURS French chimneysweeps leave for the days work
The Morning Gossip a housemaid exchanges news with her neighbours as she sweeps the front steps
Work Condition / Miss SootMiss Soot the Sweeps Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
Work Condition / Mstr SootMaster Soot the Sweeps Son, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
Chimney Sweep / Mr SootMr Soot the Sweep, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
Chimney Sweep / ChatterboxA young chimney sweep clutching a posy