Brushing Gallery
Available as Prints and Gift Items
Choose from 9 pictures in our Brushing collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. All professionally made for Quick Shipping.
Waking Up: A Girl of the Koka Era (1844-1848), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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Winchester Cathedral , from the North-West, 1898. Creator: Unknown
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The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847. Creator: George Cruikshank
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Is the Labourer worthy of his hire?, 1829. Artist: George Cruikshank
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Featured Image
Hat Maker
Hat Maker'. Manufacture of beaver hats by felting material in a kettle (background) and blocking (shaping) the hat and brushing the pile. Although called beaver, little or no beaver fur was used. According to quality, nap on felt fabric was made of mixtures of beaver, musquash or rabbit fur, and cotton wool, Mercury was used in the kettle process and many hatters suffered from the uncontrollable shaking typical of mercury poisoning, which damaged the central nervous system. The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland exhibited these symptoms
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