Knife Grinder Collection

A scissor grinder, Early 18th cen. Creator: Cipper, Giacomo Francesco (1664-1736)
A scissor grinder, Early 18th cen. Private Collection

In Damascus, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
In Damascus, between c1915 and c1920. Shows a knife grinder in a public square in Damascus, Syria

Russian Peddler, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Peddler, between c1915 and c1920. Shows an itinerant, door-to-door knife grinder

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M

Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

The Knife Grinder, c1682. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Knife Grinder, c1682

The Quack, c.1619-c.1625. Creator: Anon
The Quack, c.1619-c.1625

A Street at Schumla, 1856. Creator: Unknown
A Street at Schumla, 1856

Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind, published 1795. Creator: Giovanni Vendramini
Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind, published 1795

Knife grinder in Passy, 1890. Creator: Adolphe-Ernest Gumery
Knife grinder in Passy, 1890

Knives, Scissors, and Rotors to Grind, January 1795. Creator: Giovanni Vendramini
Knives, Scissors, and Rotors to Grind, January 1795

The Scissors-Grinder, 1741. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
The Scissors-Grinder, 1741

The Knife-Grinder, 1850. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
The Knife-Grinder, 1850

Army Repair Shop, February 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Army Repair Shop, February 1864. Albumen print, pl. 70 from the album " Gardners Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

An allegory relating to the fortunes of the Turks, ca. 1692

Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens
Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859

The Knifegrinder, before 1862. Creator: Meyerheim, Wilhelm Alexander (1815-1882)
The Knifegrinder, before 1862. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Enraged Musician, November 30, 1741. Creator: William Hogarth
The Enraged Musician, November 30, 1741

A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door, 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door, 1787

The Knifegrinder, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Knifegrinder, 1610-85

The Enraged Musician, ca. 1800. Creator: Dent
The Enraged Musician, ca. 1800

Musee du Louvre;collection des dessins, Le Remouleur
Musee du Louvre; collection des dessins, Le Remouleur, par Watteau; from Magasin Pittoresque, ca. 1852

Figure 66: Head of Arrotino (the spy, the knife grinder, and so on), 1854-56, printed 1862

Guildford: High Street, with the Town Hall, 1886. Artist: John Fulleylove
Guildford: High Street, with the Town Hall, 1886. The Guildhall in Guildford, Surrey, which dates back to the 14th century. The facade was constructed in 1683 and features an iconic projected clock

Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind, Cries of London, c1870
Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind. A knife grinder beneath a lamp in the street with two women, one of whom holds a pair of scissors to be sharpened. From Cries of London, c1870

Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind, Cries of London, c1795. Artist: Vogel
Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind. A knife grinder beneath a lamp in the street with two women, one of whom holds a pair of scissors to be sharpened. From Cries of London, c1795

Knives to Grind, Cries of London, 1804
Knives to Grind. A knife grinder sharpening a knife on Whitehall. From Cries of London, 1804

Knives or Cisers to Grind, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Knives or Cisers to Grind. A knife and scissors grinder at work, with his grindstones on a barrow improvised to transport them. He is smoking as he works. From Cries of London, c1750

Knives to Grind, Cries of London, c1750. Artist: JM
Knives to Grind, c1750. A knife grinder at work, with his grindstones on a barrow improvised to transport them. From Cries of London, c1750

Knives to Grind!, Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones
Knives to Grind! A knife grinder with his machine. From Cries of London, c1840

Knives or Sizars to Grind, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Knives or Sizars to Grind. A knife and scissors grinder at work, with his grindstones on a barrow improvised to transport them. He is smoking as he works. From Cries of London, c1750

The Enraged Musician, 1741. Artist: William Hogarth
The Enraged Musician, 1741; showing a musician unable to concentrate by the din outside in the street, which emanates from an oboe player, a dustman, knife-grinder, paviour, milkmaid

Gipsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1963

Gipsy knife-grinder with his handcart, Horley, Surrey, 1964

Gypsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1964

A Sketch of a Knife Grinder, 1753

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)

The Knife-grinder of Teniers, c1630-1690, (1843). Artist: J Jackson
The Knife-grinder of Teniers, c1630-1690, (1843). 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

St Jamess in October... 1750
St Jamess in October. The King at Hanover. MDCCL (7 months absent), 1750. Possibly a satirical criticism of King George IIs prolonged absence in his home country

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

The Modernisation of the Street Traders: the Knife-Grinders Car, 1911. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd September 1911

Knife grinder, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Knife grinder, 1808. An itinerant knife grinder using a treadle to turn his grindstone mounted on a barrow. His dog lies patiently at front right

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

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

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