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Douglas Stott & Co. advertisement, 1910. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]
Bar and Grill Room - Hotel Florida - Havana - Cuba, c1910. [Compania Litografica de La Habana, Havana, Cuba, c1910]
A Bustling Woman, 1829. Artist: George CruikshankA Bustling Woman, 1829. From Scraps & Sketches by George Cruikshank. [George Cruikshank, London, 1829]
Interior of Grand Trunk Railways new London offices with tempera frieze by Frank Brangwyn, c1909. The Grand Trunk Railway London headquarters were at Cockspur Street
Inside a big provision stores, Hammersmith, London, 1901 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]
Horatio Sparkins, c1900. Artist: George CruikshankHoratio Sparkins, c1900. An illustration for Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. From Hard Times and Sketches by Boz, Volume XI, by Charles Dickens. [Blackwood, Le Bas & Co. London, c1900]
The Pawnbrokers Shop, c1900. Artist: George CruikshankThe Pawnbrokers Shop, c1900. An illustration for Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens. From Hard Times and Sketches by Boz, Volume XI, by Charles. Dickens [Blackwood, Le Bas & Co. London, c1900]
A Struggle for Supremacy, 1875 (1891). Artist: George du MaurierA Struggle for Supremacy, 1875 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891
Femme Dansant Devant un Comptoir, 19th century, (1930). Artist: Constantin GuysFemme Dansant Devant un Comptoir, 19th century, (1930). Woman dancing in front of a counter. Illustration from The Painter of Victorian Life
Le Comptoir, 19th century, (1930). Artist: Constantin GuysLe Comptoir, 19th century, (1930). The Counter. Illustration from The Painter of Victorian Life, a study of Constantin Guys with an introduction
Dammerung, c1887-1898, (1898). Artist: Robert Hermann SterlDammerung, c1898. After an Auto-Lithograph by Robert Hermann Sterl (1867-1932). From The Studio Volume Twelve by [London Offices of the Studio V, London, 1898]
I never at saw sewing so small, c1900-1950
The Rival Milliners, 1770. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)
A Milliners Shop; Mrs Monopolize, the butchers wife, purchasing a modern head dress, 1772. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century
A Milliners Shop, 1787A Milliners Shop. 1787. From Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseud Emily Morse Symonds]. [London, 1905]
Les Galeries de Bois during the reign of Louis XIII, 17th century, c1870-1950. Artist: Ferdinand Sigismund BacLes Galeries de Bois during the reign of Louis XIII, 17th century, c1870-1950. French shoppers in the Galeries de Bois shopping arcade next to the Palais-Royal in Paris
Fabric Shop, (1885). Artist: BonnardotFabric Shop, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)
Pottery Shop, (1885). Based on an original drawing by Christoph Kilian, taken from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, Paris, 1885
Meat counter in a Soviet food store, USSR, 1960s. From a private collection
New auxiliary post offices, Paris, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894
French women enlisting for war work in Germany, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250
L Epicier, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
The apothecary using pestle and mortar to prepare drugs, 1823. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823)
Counters and counting system, 16th centuryCounters and counting system, from Munich, 16th century
Roman food-shop in Herculaneum, 1st centuryRoman food-shop in Herculaneum, a Roman town buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Sunken holes in the counter were intended to hold food
The Royal Game of Ur, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. This game board is one of several with a similar layout found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur
A Roman snack-bar, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st centuryRoman food shop with its thermopolium (marble counter with sunken terracotta storage jars called dolia to hold hot or cold food), Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century
Roman relief of an Apothecary Shop
Bakery in Pompeii, 1st centuryBakery in the Roman town of Pompeii, showing corn-mill, oven, and food counter, 1st century
French druggist and grocer, 16th century. In the foreground a boy uses a pestle and mortar to grind ingredients. In the right background a balance for weighing goods hangs over the counter
The Druggists Shop, 1568. Artist: Jost AmmanThe Druggists Shop, 1568. The druggist is grinding down ingredients with a pestle and mortar. Illustration by Jost Amman for his The Book of Trades. (Frankfurt am Main, 1568)
The Block System, 1882. Artist: Joseph SwainThe Block System, 1882. Punch highlights the perils of being caught in the queue behind an elderly lady who has all the time in the world. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1882
Murder Made Easy, 1882. Artist: Joseph SwainMurder Made Easy, 1882. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 14, 1882
The Vatican Hatter, 1874. Artist: Joseph SwainThe Vatican Hatter, 1874 - who looks very like Pope Pius IX - shows the new Archbishop of Westminster a cardinals hat and apologises that he hasn t got one to fit Dr Manning
Two men and a woman playing cards at a table, one man pressing his nose toward the womans forehead, from a series of ten scenes of musicians and couples dancing, drinking, playing music
