Food Collection

Beer Street, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Beer Street, 1751. Working people enjoying a tankard of beer outside the Barley Mow public house. The figures include two women with baskets of fish and a butcher holding a joint of meat

The King and Queen of Hearts in Court, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
The King and Queen of Hearts in Court, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Stonehouse themed pub, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. Artist: Michael Walters
The Stonehouse themed pub, Sheffield, 1971. Popular with both students from the local university and drinkers taking advantage of the busy night life Sheffield had to offer

Mayonnaise Sauce, 1938. Creator: Prokoptsev, Stepan Stepanovich (1905-1943)
Mayonnaise Sauce, 1938. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

A Feast. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, late 11th century, (1944). Creator: Unknown
A Feast. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, late 11th century, (1944). Scene from the embroidery depicting the Norman Invasion of England in 1066

Galley, Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, 1933. The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful airship ever built. Between its first flight in 1928 and retirement in 1937

The Last Supper, 1800. Creators: Raphael Morghen, Teodoro Matteini
The Last Supper, 1800

Advertising Poster for Pelmeni, 1936. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Rupe Rupe (Fruit Gathering), 1899. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Rupe Rupe (Fruit Gathering), 1899. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Great Lozenge-Maker. A Hint to Paterfamilias, 1858. Artist: John Leech
The Great Lozenge-Maker. A Hint to Paterfamilias, 1858. This cartoon indicts the sweet-making industry. At the time, many strange, and possibly noxious ingredients were used in sweets

Reform Clubs kitchens, Westminster, London, 1842. Artist: John Tarring
View of the Reform Clubs kitchens, Westminster, 1842; with a plan and key below. The principle kitchen is in the centre; staff are busy at work in the kitchen and there is an area for meat preparation

Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Langfier Photo
Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

The Gulf Stream, 1899, (1943). Creator: Winslow Homer
The Gulf Stream, 1899, (1943). A man drifts on his fishing boat which has lost its mast. Sharks surround the boat, and a waterspout approaches ominously

Kitchen Scene, 1620s. Creator: Peter Wtewael
Kitchen Scene, 1620s. meat on a skewer. The grins of housemaid and errand boy indicate their enjoyment of one anothers company

The Dissolute Household, ca. 1663-64. Creator: Jan Steen
The Dissolute Household, ca. 1663-64

Oscar Peterson looking forward to dinner after a concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955
Oscar Peterson looking forward to dinner at Marcos Restaurant after a concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955

Alfred in the neatherds cottage, c878 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Alfred in the neatherds cottage, 1864. King Alfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Here, sitting in a cottage he is interrupted by the neatherds wife

Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. Artist: Wide World Photos
Two Mashona tribeswomen pounding maize and millet, Zimbabwe, Africa, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

St. Alkmunds, Shrewsbury, 1801, (1938). Artist: John Varley I
St. Alkmund s, Shrewsbury, 1801, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Napoleon I crowns himself King of Italy in 1805, (c1900). French advertising for Liebigs extract of meat

Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921

Minoan fresco showing a boy with fishes, 20th century
Minoan fresco from Thera showing a boy with fishes, 20th century

Scene from All About Eve, Twentieth Century Fox film, 1950. Artist: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Scene from All About Eve, Twentieth Century Fox film, 1950. Starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. Producer: Darryl F Zanuck. Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz

The Child Bartholomews Dream, 1889-1890, (1965). Creator: Mikhail Nesterov
The Child Bartholomews Dream, 1889-1890, (1965). Scene depicting an episode from the life of the Venerable St Sergius of Radonezh (c1321-1391), baptised Bartholomew (or Varfolomei)

Artichoke, 1613. From Hortus Eystettensis by Basil Besler (1561-1629)

Gipsy girl eating, Lewes, Sussex, 1964

Whites, London, 1891
White s, London, 1891. Whites is a gentlemens club, established at 4 Chesterfield Street in 1693 by Italian immigrant Francesco Bianco

A customer inspects a haggis, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Christ in the house of Mary and Martha, c1618-1622 Artist: Diego Velasquez
Kitchen Scene with Christ in the house of Mary and Martha, c1618-1622. Martha supervises work in the kitchen. A young servant girl, wearing an unhappy expression

Armour & Co. Extrait de Viande, 1891. Creator: Guillaume, Albert (1873-1942)
Armour & Co. Extrait de Viande, 1891. Private Collection

Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625. Creator: Unknown
Preparations for a Feast, 1575-1625

Cooling off in the Evening at Shijogawara, ca. 1834. ca. 1834. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Cooling off in the Evening at Shijogawara, ca. 1834

The Triumphal entrance of a Peck loaf into Grandchester, c1787. Creator: Unknown
The Triumphal entrance of a Peck loaf into Grandchester, c1787. Mr. Peck, his Man, Pony, and Dog. Mr. Peck, and his servant (clinging onto Pecks coat), returning to Grantchester from a shopping trip

Members of the Polar Party Having A Meal in Camp, c1911, (1913)
Members of the Polar Party Having A Meal in Camp (Left to right - P.O. Evans, Bowers, Wilson, Scott. Enlarged from a cinematograph film), c1911, (1913)

Leadenhall Market, London, 1865. Artist: Andries Scheerboom
Leadenhall Market, London, 1865; showing poulterers with customers

Oyster-Catcher - Haemat opus ostral egus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Oyster-Catcher - Haemat opus ostral egus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Children feeding the swans on the Serpentine, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sevastopol, 1855. Artist: William Simpson
A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sevastopol, 1855. Troops celebrating Christmas during the Crimean War. Found in the collection of the State Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855

Mrs. Robt. Sylvester, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Robt. Sylvester, between c1915 and c1920.

Cattle on their way to Tamatave, Madagascar, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Cattle on their way to Tamatave, Madagascar, 1864. 'Madagascar...does a considerable trade in live beef...It exports 30,000 head of cattle in a year...The ox is there commonly represented by

The War in Denmark: Prussian troops leaving Altona for Schleswig...at the railway station, 1864
The War in Denmark: Prussian troops leaving Altona for Schleswig - the officers taking a hasty meal at the railway station, from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

U.S. field kitchen in France, 11 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. field kitchen in France, 11 Mar 1918. American soldiers of the Machine Gun Battalion, Company G, Second Brigade, gathered around outdoor kitchen in Hermitage

L.I.R.R. Food Train, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
L.I.R.R. Food Train, 1918. The Long Island Railroad "Victory Special", organized by the women of the Long Island Food Reserve Battalion during World War I.

Farewell banquet to the 109th Regiment at Kurrachee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Farewell banquet to the 109th Regiment at Kurrachee, [modern Karachi, Pakistan], 1864. '...the European residents...gave a farewell entertainment to that gallant corps...the whole regiment

Prize animals at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 1864. Creator: Harrison Weir
Prize animals at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 1864. 'Mr. John Overman's Southdown and Leicester wedders [or wethers - castrated male sheep]...Mr

King Cheer - drawn by James Godwin, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
King Cheer - drawn by James Godwin, 1864. Illustration to a poem by George MacDonald. 'King Cheer he reigned in Aureoland

The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Meals for unemployed Lancashire mill workers

At table, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
At table, between c1915 and 1918. Students seated at a table at the New York Cooking School, 126 East 59th Street. The school trained soldiers to cook for the Navy during World War I.

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