Barrel Collection (#15)

Strand Street, Liverpool, c1880. Artist: H Ray
Strand Street, Liverpool, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

False Perspective, 1753. Artist: Luke Sullivan
False Perspective, 1753. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

The Charming Brute, (A satire on Handel), 1754. The German composer Handel, here depicted as a pig, had a huge appetite. Here he is at his organ, sitting on a barrel of ale, surrounded by poultry

The Imports of Great Britain from France... 1757.Artist: LP Boitard
The Imports of Great Britain from France: Humbly address d to the laudable association of anti-gallicans, and the generous promoters of the British Arts

Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1855. Artist: J Archer
Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1855. Illustration from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, Volume II, by John Howard Hinton, published by Samuel Walker, (Boston)

Chartist Agitation, the Police Force on Bonners Fields, 1848, (1900). Policemen smoking clay pipes and drinking beer during political unrest in London

The Bank of England, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Bank of England, London, late 19th century. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings, published by the Werner Company, (Chicago, c1899)

Smugglers Alarmed, 18th century. Artist: W Clerk
Smugglers Alarmed, 18th century. One man watches through the keyhole, another loads a pistol and a third hides contraband. High customs duties meant that smuggling was rife

Serving out porter on a troop-ship, 1878. A print from The Illustrated London News, (13 April 1878)

Trade: trading post in Africa, c1900. Colonial trading post. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

A Brewhouse, 1747. Designed and engraved for the Universal Magazine, (January 1747). Hand-coloured later

Amsterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Amsterdam, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Council held by the Rats. Scene from a poem by Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)

Robinson Crusoe Saving His Goods out of the wreck of the Ship, c1719. Illustration from Daniel Defoes The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner

Travelling vinegar manufacturer, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Travelling Vinegar Manufacturer, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

German table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper, late 16th century, (1870). Artist: Franz Kellerhoven
German table ornament of enamelled and gilt copper, late 16th century, (1870). Ornament in the form of a man carrying a barrel, and holding a staff entwined with a vine

A coopers workshop, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
A coopers workshop, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

A royal picnic, 1575, (1910). A 19th-century depiction taken from the Noble Art of Venerie by G Turberville, (1572). Elizabeth Is hat consists of a tall cylindrical crown

A ferry on the Vaal River, Transvaal, South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Stern men with drawn swords closed in upon him, 1605, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
Stern men with drawn swords closed in upon him, 1605, (1905). The Gunpowder Plot; Guy Fawkes is discovered in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament

Initial letter U, early 14th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Initial letter U, early 14th century, (1843). Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843)

The Battle of the Kegs, 6 January 1778, (1872). Scene during the American Revolution when a particular British fleet of ships terrorized the colonists and resided in Philadelphias port

King William Street and St Mary Woolnoth, London, 19th century. Artist: J Woods
King William Street and St Mary Woolnoth, London, 19th century. The Baroque church of St Mary Woolnoth, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, dates from 1716-1727

The Labours of the Months: December, c. 1580. Artist: Italian master
The Labours of the Months: December, c. 1580. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Labours of the Months: April, c. 1580. Artist: Italian master
The Labours of the Months: April, c. 1580. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

September (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro Bassano
September (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

August (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro Bassano
August (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

Poster for the New Bavaria brewery, 1896. Artist: Ivan Bilibin
Poster for the New Bavaria brewery, 1896. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Russian author Alexander Kuprin with his wife in Yalta, Crimea, early 20th century. Kuprin (1870-1938) was a short story writer described by Vladimir Nabokov as the Russian Kipling

A peasant, 1890s. Found in the collection of The Russian State Library, Moscow

People salvaging items from a shipwreck on the Isle of Wright, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th April 1902

The barrel fete, Russia, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 7th April 1901

The Luxembourg pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Japanese tea production, 1874. Preparations before sowing the tea seed; manuring the plant; planting out in the third year; picking the leaves; sifting the leaf; separating the leaves after firing;

Landing of the Senegalese Troops at the New Wharf in Cotonou, Benin, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Landing of the Senegalese Troops at the New Wharf in Cotonou, Benin, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 21st May 1892

Turpentine Distillery, North Carolina, 1870. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey
Turpentine Distillery, North Carolina, 1870. By 1870 there were 147 turpentine distilleries in North Carolina, USA. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Grape harvest, 1775. A print from La nouvelle maison rustique, ou economie generale de tous les biens de campagne : la maniere de les entretenir et de les multiplier donnee ci-devant au

Sailor smoking a pipe and drinking rum, 1900. From a private collection

The Rocket, Liverpool and Manchester Railways, 1829, (20th century)

Salting, washing, packing sardines, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Three Women and a Man in a Courtyard behind a House, c1657-1659. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
Three Women and a Man in a Courtyard behind a House, c1657-1659. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Entering Holland from the Belgian frontier, 1915. About a million refugees crossed the border from German-occupied Belgium into the neutral Netherlands during the First World War

St Denis before Sisinnius, 1317. St Denis, St Eleutherius and St Rusticus are taken before Sisinnius, attended by his high priest

St Denis before Sissinius, 1317. The saint and his companions St Eleutherius and St Rusticus, are brought before Sisinnius in chains

St Denis is thrown into the furnace, 1317. St Eleutherius and St Rusticus, in chains, look on as their companion is tortured on the orders of Sisinnius

St Denis preaching, 1317. In the background are Parisians breaking idols. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves, a monk at the Abbey of St Denis

St Denis, 1317. St Denis, accompanied by St Rusticus and St Eleutherius, commissions St Saintin and St Antonin to write the story of his life

October, wine-making, early 16th century. Grapes are pressed and wine is drawn from a barrel. Below: skittles with knuckle-bones. From a Flemish calendar in the collection of the British Library

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