Tradesmen Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

London Trade Card - William Johnson, Wig Maker
London Trade Card - William Johnson, Peruke (Wig) Maker, in Castle Alley near Royal Exchange. Wigs for men and women. 18th century

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

Horse pulling coal delivery cart
Horse pulling a coal delivery cart of Joyner and Sons with two tradesmen riding on the cart. Date: 1930s

Grocery store in Cairo, Egypt
Grocery store at a street in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1908

London Trade Card - James Potter, Leather Breeches Maker, at the sign of the Boot and Breeches, Shoemaker Row, near Aldgate. 18th century

London Trade Card - Francis Nobles Circulating Library, Otways Head, King Street, Covent Garden. 18th century

Fishermen by the sea with lobster / crab pots
Fishermen with their pots and nets. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Making horse tack in a workshop
Two craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin. A scene of London life in which happy and healthy tradesmen

London Trade Card - James Wheeley, Paper Hanging warehouse, opposite the church in Little Britain. 18th century

London Trade Card - Thomas Pickett, Brasier (late servant to Mr Hancock in Pall Mall), at the sign of the Frying Pan in Compton Street, corner of Frith Street, Soho

E. B. Posters Advertisement
An advertisement poster illustration for E. B. Studios, producers of posters and postcards. The design shows two tradesmen in animated style. Date: circa 1918

Pirate Raid
Artwork that seems to show the raiding of pirates or smugglers at the cost of honest tradesmen. Date: circa 1928

Posada, skeletons of tradesmen
Posada endpapers, skeletons of tradesmen, including a tailor, a shoemaker, a hat maker, a carpenter, and a bill sticker. Date: circa 1910s

Fragment of a banner of miners from Tyrol, 15th century
Fragment of a banner of silver and copper miners from Tyrol, late 15th century. St. George kills a dragon next to a scarlet eagle

Advertisement, New River Dairy Company -- Hows your mother off for milk? Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, The good trader. A salesman of food and other items offers a French soldier some Camembert cheese for a much lower price if he will say where the 20th Corps is

TWO MEN IN A PUB 1848
Two tradesmen stand and talk at the bar in a London pub. Date: 1848

CHECKING PERSIAN CARPETS
Persian carpets are checked and examined in the workshop of an importer, before being offered for sale. Date: circa 1930

A Kaymak Seller and a Vegetable Seller - Turkey Date: 1821

Ancient Gem Cutter and Apprentice - Sri Lanka
Ancient Gem Cutter with his cutting and polishing tools and (his middle-aged!) Apprentice - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1908

London Trade Card - James Simons, Scientiific Instruments
London Trade Card - James Simons, Mathematical, Philosophical and Optical Instruments, at Sir Isaac Newtons Head, corner of Marylebone Street, opposite Glasshouse Street. 18th century

London Trade Card - Peter de la Fontaine, Goldsmith, at the Golden Cup, Litchfield Street, Soho. 18th century

Albert Chevalier - English Comedian and Actor
Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier (18611923) - English comedian and actor. Had a successful music hall career as a singer of coster songs of his own invention. Date: 1892

Tradesman sharpening scissors on a Christmas card
Travelling tradesman sharpening scissors and other items on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Umbrella repairs on a Christmas and New Year card
Umbrella repair shop with pedestrians walking by on a Christmas and New Year card -- It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Date: circa 1890s

Tourist and textile salesman in Egypt
A tourist in Egypt is shown some textile samples by an itinerant salesman. Date: early 20th century

515 Rivet Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA -- home and premises of G W Thorley, Painter and Paperhanger. Date: circa 1910

London Trade Card - William Hogarth, engraver
London Trade Card - William Hogarth, artist and engraver, dated 23 April 1720. 1720

London Trade Card - John Wildblood, Silk Dyer, at the Rainbow and Three Pigeons, St Clements Lane, Lombard Street (who married the widow Harrinton). 18th century

London Trade Card - John Flude, Pawnbroker and Silversmith, 2 Gracechurch Street. 18th century

London Trade Card - John Hunt, Nightman and Rubbish Carter
London Trade Card - John Hunt, successor to the late Mr Ino. Brook, Nightman and Rubbish Carter, near the Wagon and Horses in Goswell Street, near Mount Mill. 18th century

London Trade Card - William Woodward, Nightman, Carman and Chimney Sweeper, Rubbish Carted, 1 Marylebone Passage, Wells Street, Oxford Market. 18th century

London Trade Card - James Raynolds, Haberdasher at the Hand and Pen, Russell Street, Covent Garden. 18th century

London Trade Card - John Brailsford, Cutler, St Martins Court, Leicester Fields. 18th century

London Trade Card - Henry Sidgier, Carpenter
London Trade Card - Henry Sidgier, carpenter, joiner and undertaker, near Temple Bar. 18th century

Kay Snap - Mr Cream the Milkman. 1930s

Kay Snap - Mr Knob the Coalman. 1930s

Cockney Argument between a fat man and a thin man
Fat Party (after a War of words) - " If you come our court to-morrer and bring a bit o fat with yer, I ll bloomin well eat yer." !! Date: 1895

Comic postcard, Take back the Heart that thou gavest -- a female customer rejects the heart delivered by the butcher as it seems to be past its use-by date. Date: circa 1905

Crowded market in Dakar, Senegal
Big and crowded market in Dakar, the capital of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1930

Bazaar in Cairo, Egypt
View into a bazaar with various stalls and shops in Cairo, Egypt. Date: circa 1910

Firewood vendors on the road in Damascus, Syria
Firewood vendors transporting their goods on the road in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1915

The Theatrical Tradesman. early 19th century

Paris street tradesman, Le Froiteur (Frotteur)
Petites Industries Parisiennes - Le Froiteur (Frotteur). 1851

Market in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Arabic Market (Souk) in Beirut (Beyrouth), capital of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Victorian Scrap -- Butcher. late 19th century

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