Hygiene Collection (page 10)

Gold mining, California, USA, c1868. Miners using a hydraulic method invented in California, washing down gold-bearing ore with a jet of water

French Foreign Legion doing their washing, Casablanca, Morocco, 20th century. Artist: Boussuge
French Foreign Legion doing their washing, Casablanca, Morocco, 20th century. French postcard

Negro slaves washing for diamonds watched over by supervisors with whips, Brazil, 1815. Brazil was the largest market in the Americas for African slaves

Mistaking Cause for Effect, 1849. A boy thinks the Water Board man is turning on cholera. Cholera first appeared in Britain in 1831

Washing for tin, 1556. After digging out a substantial amount, miners would alter the course of the stream, washing away light material and leaving tin-bearing ore

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English nursing pioneer and hospital reformer. Florence Nightingale inspecting the wards of the military hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Mary Magdalene anointing the feet of Jesus, c1860. From the Bible (John 12)

Five Bathers, c1875-1877. Artist: Paul Cezanne
Five Bathers, c1875-1877. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Carpet sweeper, c1900s. A startled insect hurries to escape from a woman using a carpet sweeper, which the insect has confused with an automobile

Bissell carpet sweeper, American, c1887. This type of carpet sweeper was invented by Melville and Anna Bissell in 1876. As it is pushed along

King Gillettes safety razor with replaceable blade, 1905. King Camp Gillette developed the disposable blade safety razor during the 1890s with engineer William Emery Nickerson

Max von Pettenkofer (1818-1901), German chemist and physician, Professor of Hygiene, Munich University, from 1865. Engraving

Terracotta model of people at a basin, Cyprus, Middle Bronze Age, 2000-1600 BC. Now in The Louvre

Bathsheba at her Bath, 1654. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Bathsheba at her Bath, 1654. According to the Old Testament, Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah. She committed adultery with King David of Israel and became pregnant

Advertisement for The Vacuum Cleaner Company, 1906. This company adopted Hubert Cecil Booths patent of 1901 which used suction to collect dust

Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), English civil engineer, 1887. Bazalgettes major achievements were in the field of public health engineering

Water closet, 1556
Water Closet, 1556. A man sitting on a toilet being menaced by a demonic creature. From The Metamorphosis of Ajax by Sir John Harrington

Statue of Hygieia, Goddess of Health. Roman, after a Greek original of 3rd century BC. In Greek and Roman mythology Hygieia was the daughter of Asklepios, the God of Medicine

Pity The Poor Prisoners?, 1868. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Pity The Poor Prisoners?, 1868. A satirical look at the state of the nations prisons in the mid-Victorian period. Here, a group of lower-class prisoners, probably enjoying, (in the view of Mr Punch)

Washing the Blackamoor white, 1858. Sir Jung Bahadoor and his Knights Companions of the Bath. Sir Jung Bahadoor, a Nepalese prince

Bathtime (Gyozui), ca. 1801. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Bathtime (Gyozui), ca. 1801

The Dentist (reverse copy). n. d. Creator: Jan Muller
The Dentist (reverse copy).n.d. After Lucas van Leyden

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