Wash Collection

A Complete Wash-out, by William Heath Robinson
The trials of spring-cleaning as endured on the ark. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Royal Vinolia vegetable hair wash advertisement
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia vegetable hair wash showing a maid washing the lustrous locks of her mistress. Date: 1912

Heath Robinson Kitchen 3 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Kitchen

Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of Manchester
Advertising card by Louis Wain for the Gold Medal-winning Thoms Castile Soap - the Best in the World - manufactured by David Thom & Co. Ltd. of Pendleton, Manchester

L Wain. This is the way we wash our face
This is the Way We Wash Our Face. Artist: Louis Wain. A group of cats washing their faces Date: 1904

Another Wash-out by W. Heath Robinson
Training at home for the cross Channel swim with a man swimming suspended from a window with watering cans

Borthwick Castle, Midlothian. Williams, Hugh William Grecian 1773 - 1829 (attributed to)

Ending in Smoke by Heath Robinson
An ingenious smoke screen spreader for preventing embarrassing situations when the bathroom lock is out of order

Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century

Cub Scout washing a window, Scout Job Week
A Cub Scout washing a window which displays a poster advertising Scout Job Week. 1970s

Wrights Coal Tar Soap advertisement, WW1
Lucky Beggar!...Send a bar to YOUR soldier friend. Advertisement for Wrights coal tar soap with a soldier the envy of all his comrades as he is enjoying a wash with a whole bar sent to him from home

Suffragette to Prison
Go home and wash the kid ! is the advice kindly given to a suffragist as she is led to prison by two policemen

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). Peasant girl hanging clothes to
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). French painter. Impressionism. Peasant girl hanging clothes to dry (1881). Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhgen. Denmark

WW2 - Laundry - It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line
WW2 humour - " Two British soldiers doing their laundry comment that " It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line!". Date: circa 1944

Helping Mother hang up the washing
Two children Helping Mother hang up the washing. 19th century

Sanitary ware, Plate 42, showing wash basins, urinals and toilet bowls in a range of styles. Date: circa 1880s

Traditional Japanese bathing in upright wooden tub, heated by a small side stove Date: 1930

Battle of Talavera, 1809 - Bataille de Talaveyra de la Reyna donn饠 le 18 juillet 1809 entre les armees anglo-espagnoles et Francaises

Mary anointing the feet of Jesus Christ
Mary of Bethany anointing the feet of Jesus Christ in gratitude for his raising of her brother Lazarus (and in preparation for his impending death and burial). Date: circa 1850

Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Washing Board
A photograph demonstrating the use of a scrubbing board in a tub during washday in the early 20th century

Advert / Reckitts Blue
Reckitts Blue - for a sparkling white wash

Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs, soap dishes, and a slop pail far too nice to put slops in. Date: circa 1880s

Victorian Scrap, Pears Soap -- a mother monkey washes her dirty son. circa 1880s

Water Baby by Muriel Dawson -- a little child in a bathtub. Date: 1939

Belturbet, Co. Cavan. Nixon, John c.1750 - 1818

Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Four Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes

Toddler sitting next to bowl
Toddler sitting next to a bowl. Date: 1920s

Public laundry of St. Brigida, Genoa, Italy Date: circa 1890

Woman in Prison
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Woman in Prison. Red and sanguine wash painting. Unique try that was destined

Girls Wash Dolls Clothes
Two girls peg out their dolls laundry on a washing line in the garden. Date: circa 1890

The Bath Parade by Muriel Dawson
Three children dressedin pyjamas, dressing gowns and slippers march in a procession towards the bathroom armed with towels and soap

When the Hot Water Tap Runs Cold
Ingenious invention for improving the level of bath water, especially when hot water runs out, whereby the occupant inflates a large balloon to order to displace water and raise the level

Outdoor washing, Boys Club 1936
Two boys from a Boys Club wash using soap and a small bowl of water outside

Doing Laundry 1940S
A housewife uses a kind of dolly leg with a rubber plunger on the end of it to wash her clothes in a metal tub. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Children Wash Clothes
Two little girls help their mother with the laundry on washday

Eastbourne Sailing Ships
A busy scene on the Crumbles, a long stretch of shingles, from Eastbourn to Pevensey Bay, formed by the tidal wash of the sea

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1890
Advertisement for Hudsons Soap, showing a laundry woman holding her basket. Date: 1890

Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s

Odol Mouth Competition
Advertisement for Odol mouthwash or liquid antiseptic dentifrice which features a competition to guess Whose Mouth Is It...? The first prize is 20

Washerwomen at Coimbra
Washerwomen gathering on the shore at Coimbra Date: 1909

Woman washing by David Wright
Beautiful portrait of a woman, possibly the artists wife, Esme, sitting in a small metal bath. Date: c.1948

Dolls clothes on a washing line

Good Boy by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in a charming blue smock and shorts outfit, washes his face using a flannel, soap and metal wash bowl

Curly Locks 2
Bonny lass, pretty lass, wilt thou be mine ? Thou shalt not wash dishes nor yet feed the swine... (except for the opening words, its the Curly locks rhyme)

Glenarm River and Bridge, Looking Towards the Sea. Barralet, John James c1747 - 1815

"The English Daumier Looks On Life: English Types by Blampied. Series 5: East End and West End." Two Charwomen (cleaners), one cleaning and the other looking on with crossed arms. Date: 1933

Advert for Sunlight Soap 1902
Not Yet One and Washing Done'. A woman proudly displays her line of pristine laundry, thanks to the efficacy of Sunlight Soap, fluttering in the wind outside an idyllic country cottage. Date: 1902

Taking a shower at the Spa at Saint-Honore-les-Bains. Date: circa 1910s

Two Zulu Women - South Africa - Christmas Greetings Card
Two Zulu Women - South Africa - Christmas Greetings postcard. Date: circa 1910s

Rhodes. Engraving by Leonce Lhuillier
Island of Rhodes. Rhodes. Engraving by Leonce Lhuillier

A raven tries to wash to be more like the white swans
A raven tries to wash out its black colour to be more like the pure-white swans in a pond. Raven and swans. An illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop

CPC brand cleaning products, 1927. Bottle of Liquid Shoe White, boxes of Starch Dressing, Naphtha Laundry Crystals and Avon Powdered Cleaner

Queen Elizabeth washes her hands in a bowl held by her page boy
Queen Elizabeth of England washes her hands in a bowl held by her page boy in a garden. A courtier in a ruff collar sniffs a clove orange beside her

Advertising - Odol mouthwash - first brought to the market in 1892 by Dresdner entrepreneur Karl August Lingner. Date: 1908

Diptych with scenes from the Life and Passion of Christ. Ivory. Paris, ca. 1350-1375. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugalon, Portugal

Diptych - episodes depicting the Coronation of the Virgin
Diptych showing episodes depicting the Coronation of the Virgin, the Washing of the Feet, the Crucifixion and the Ascension, ca. 1370. Flemish (?). Ivory. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Russia, Saint Petersburg. Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, on the left bank of the River Neva. Engraving by Lemaitre and Ales. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870)

New Testament. Jesus at the Pharisee's house. Engraving after a painting by W. Lawson. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Musical instruments of the ancient Hebrews. Harp, lyres, flute, psaltery, organ, horn, panpipes, bagpipes, drum, trumpet, bell, sistrum, triangle, rattle, etc. Strumenti musicali

Birthday postcard, Little boy getting washed Date: 20th century

Ancient Persian priests performing ritual sacrifices
Ancient Persian priests in white robes performing ritual sacrifices at a pyre. Pireo e Sacerdoti Persi

Dominica, Caribbean - laundry in the river
Dominica, Caribbean - women doing their laundry at the edge of a river. circa 1907

Children bathing together Your Turn by C V MacKenzie
Sweet illustration showing two children sharing a tin bath. The smaller child soaks the older one with a sponge, all in the spirit of communal bathing! Date: 1920s

Rabbits Wash-Day - Birthday Greetings Postcard Date: 1944

Large and Lavish Gypsy Caravan and its owners (and dog) Date: 1905

Comic postcard, Two boys discuss having to wash behind the ears Date: 20th century

Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6937C, of Slick Airways looking spick and span after a wash. Date: circa 1960

Water Babies by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in in a bath tub makes sure that her dolly is clean too. Date: c.1925

Wash Day Victorian period

Coal Mining Miner at end of his shift early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Washing day on Skye Victorian period

Washing clothes on the Isle of Skye, Victorian period

Canary Islands - Las Palmas - Lavaderos (Laundries) Date: circa 1920s

Acclamation of Philip V in Madrid (November 24, 1700)
Philip V (1683-1746). King of Spain. Acclamation of Philip V in Madrid (November 24, 1700). Ink wash on paper. By Filippo Pallotta (?-1721). History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Laundresses, The Return Of The Washhouse
An illustration of some laundresses carrying heavy bundles of sheets and clothing to the wash house. Date: circa 1901

Yarmouth Herring Fishery, Washing the Herrings Date: 1854

The Devil's Kitchen, N. Wales
A landscape wash drawing of some tumbled rocks leading up to a large crack in some cliffs, known as Devil's Kitchen, which runs along the southern side of Cwm Idwal in North Wales

Wash Houses, Chartres
An etching of some wash houses beside a river in Chartres, north-central France, a woman is busy washing under a porch of a nearby building. Date: circa 1920

Vinolia Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Vinolia Co Ltd, promoting Vinolia Soap, which soothes and refreshes. The image shows a mother, drying her young son with a towel having had a wash using the product

Hudson's Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, which shows a hooded girl leaning on a wall, smiling, with a basket containing a packet of Hudson's soap. Text reads

At The Play, Royalty Theatre
Pen, wash and chalk drawing, showing a play being performed tho hundreds of people at the Royalty Theatre. Date: circa 1930

Cartoon, The Man who Discovered the First Brew - medieval types drinking beer. Date: 1930

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