Grinding Collection (page 2)

In Professor Herkomers enamelling studio, grinding colours, 1899. A photograph from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

A woman grinding corn, c2650 BC (1936). Limestone statuette. Found in the collection of the Agyptisches Museum. Plate taken from The Art of Ancient Egypt, published by the Phaidon Press (Vienna, 1936)

Village life, India, 1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Village life, India, 1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Indian women grinding corn between two round stones, Delhi, India, 1900s. Artist: Rose Stereographs
Indian women grinding corn between two round stones, Delhi, India, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A wooden, horse-powered suger cane crushing mill, West Indies, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A nomad maid of the mill preparing couscous, Algeria, 1922. Artist: A Bougaut
A nomad maid of the mill preparing couscous, Algeria, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind, 1795, (1929). Artist: Giovanni Vendramini
Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind, 1795, (1929). Illustration from The Cries of London in the Apollo Volume X, no 59, (November 1929)

Knife and scissors grinder, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Knife and scissors grinder, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Sesame mill painted in honour of a Hindu goddess, India, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Sesame mill painted in honour of a Hindu goddess, India, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Doctor and servant, 13th century, (1910). The doctor wears a Phrygian cap, mantle, dalmatica with embroidered girdle and hem, and a tunic underneath. The servant wears a single tunic

Women grinding at the mill, Palestine, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Women grinding at the mill, Palestine, 1900. Stereoscopic slide (detail). From a series called Travelling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope, by Jesse Hurlbut

Hull of the fork-grinders, Sheffield steel manufactures, 1866. Artist: Palmer
Hull of the fork-grinders, Sheffield steel manufactures, 1866. A print from the Illustrated London News, 10th March 1866

The Art of Grinding and Polishing of Plate-Glass, 1748

Grinders at work on a wheel, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Lens manufacture, Paris World Exposition, 1889, (1900). Artist: L Sabattier
Lens manufacture, Paris World Exposition, 1889, (1900). Grinding a glass block to make lenses for giant telescopes

Knife Grinder, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Knife Grinder, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

Knives to Grind, Whitehall, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

The Herb Tea Vendor, c1725-1778 Artist: Francois Duparc
The Herb Tea Vendor, c1725-1778. Found in the collection of the Musee de Longchamps, Marseilles

Needle-making equipment, 1819. The large machine at bottom right is George Priors dry grinder with a box partly enclosing the grindstone to minimise dust (1813)

Grinding and polishing plate glass, 1760. From The Universal Magazine London 1760

The Cutler, 1823. Knife blades are shaped at a forge in the background and sharpened on a grindstone turned by a wheel operated by the boy on the right

Pen grinding room, Hanks, Wells & Cos factory, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1851. More than 50 women sit at individual grindstones finishing metal pen nibs

Greek terracotta statuette of a woman cooking, from the Louvres collection

Egyptian tomb figure of a woman grinding corn using a saddle quern, c2500 BC. Photograph taken c1910

Aztec education of boys (left) and girls (right). Boys are shown being punished by a father who holds him over a fire of burning chillies while lecturing him

Itinerant knife grinder sharpening a blade by turning a grindwheel with a treadle, c1867. The red can over the grindwheel contains lubricant. A brazier hangs on the handle of the cart

Grinding needle points, Redditch, England, c1830. A grindstone driven by water or steam. Needle grinding was well-paid work but the lives of grinders were short owing to the inhalation of dust

Rice Mill, 1813. Blindfolded mules harnessed to a mill grinding rice into flour. From China: Its Costume, Arts and Manufactures by M Breton. (London, 1813)

Wood Model of Woman Grinding Corn, Egyptian Tomb Finding, c1900 BC. Middle Kingdom at British Museum

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 Amman
The 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)

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