Carrying On Shoulders Collection (#5)

Native girls with their singular water vessels made of long shafts of Bamboo, Philippine Islands, 1907. [H. C. White Co. New York, London, 1907]

Britain on Guard, 1940, (1940). On 14th May 1940, Prime Minister Eden announced the formation of a Home Guard of Local Defence Volunteers, many of whom were veterans

Le Depart Por Le Travail, 1863. Artist: Jean Francois Millet
Le Depart Por Le Travail, 1863. From The Print-Collectors Handbook, by Alfred Whitman. [George Bell & Sons, London, 1901]

Oh No Sir A Genlteman, c1899. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Oh No Sir A Genlteman, c1899. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-010]

A Boy with a Sabre, c17th century. From The Connoisseur Volume 95, edited by Edward Wenham. [International Studio, London, 1934-35]

To the Society of Coffers at Blackheath, c19th century. Artists: Lemuel Francis Abbott, Valentine Green
To the Society of Coffers at Blackheath, c19th century. Image of two men playing golf in 1790. After a painting by Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760/61-1802). From Connoisseur Extra No

Study from Life, (c1840), 1925
Study from Life, c1840. After a work by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876). From The Connoisseur, 1925

Street scene, Pernambuco, Brazil, late 19th or early 20th century

Shan woman and child, Upper Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Shan woman and child, Upper Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Picturesque Chinese joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Picturesque Chinese joss house, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. A joss house is a temple for the worship of shen, deities, saints, ancestors and supernatural beings in Chinese folk religion

The much used carrier of Burma, Rangoon, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
The much used carrier of Burma, Rangoon, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

People of the Fokien province, China, 1895. Artist: Hildibrand
People of the Fokien province, China, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Broom vendor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Hop-pickers leaving London Bridge at midnight, 1900. Print from The Illustrated London News (8 September 1900)

Poultry supplier, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Poultry supplier, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 16th century engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Bhistis, or water carriers, Agra, India, 1916-1917

Alaskan scene, USA, 19th century

Canadian trapper, 19th century. Artist: Charles Edouard Delort
Canadian trapper, 19th century

Women water carriers, Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq, 1917-1919

Female water carriers, Amarah, Iraq, 1917-1919

Denise Orme (1885-1960), English singer, early 20th century. Artist: Bassano Studio
Denise Orme (1885-1960), English singer, early 20th century

The sign of the Mischief, 1897. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Advertisement for Liebig meat extract, French, c 1900

A young woman carrying a Roman vase on her shoulder, 1902-1903. Artist: Antonio Canovas
A young woman carrying a Roman vase on her shoulder, 1902-1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 8

The origin of Rome, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
The origin of Rome, 1757. Anchises was carried from the burning city of Troy on his sons shoulders Aeneas. The journey of Aeneas from Troy

Launderers, 1828. Artist: Jean Henri Marlet
Launderers, 1828. A print from L Inde Francaise, 1828. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The Devout Profession, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Devout Profession, 1799. Plate 70 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Roman Mosaic of Man and wild boar, c2nd-3rd century. In general mosaics had a large decorative, often geometric, frame surrounding a small section with figures (emblema)

Archaic Greek warrior in Bronze, Syracuse, Sicily

Christ, the Good Shepherd, Istanbul, 4th century. At Archaeological Museum. Istanbul

Christ the Good Shepherd, Early Coptic Art, c3rd century. Coptic Museum, Cairo

Mosaic of Christ dressed as a Roman soldier, 6th century
Mosaic of Christ dressed as a Roman soldier, in the Episcopal Chapel in Ravenna, 6th century

A mosaic of Christ dressed as a soldier, 6th century
A mosaic of Christ dressed as a soldier in the Archbishops Chapel in Ravenna, Italy, 6th century

Detail of a Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century
Detail of a Roman sarcophagus from the National Museums collection in Rome

Detail of the arch of the Emperor Titus, 1st century
Detail of the arch of Titus (30 December 39 - 13 September 81), showing the return of spoils from Jerusalem, including a Menorah, 1st century

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