Scissors Collection (page 3)

240 ways to spell scissors, newspaper cutting from 1829, copied in 1963. Artist
240 ways to spell scissors, newspaper cutting from 1829, copied in 1963. A newspaper cutting from 1839 telling of the 240 possible variations on the way to spell scissors

Letter rack, ca 1698. Artist: Collier, Edward (active 1662-1708)
Letter rack, ca 1698. Found in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia

Trompe-l??il, 1737. Artist: Hofverberg, Carl (1695-1765)
Trompe-l??il, 1737. Found in the collection of the Livrustkammaren, Stockholm

Trompe-l oeil, 1696. Artist: Collier, Edwaert (1642-1708)
Trompe-l oeil, 1696. Private Collection

Trompe-l oeil, 1698. Artist: Collier, Edwaert (1642-1708)
Trompe-l oeil, 1698. Private Collection

Still Life with Scissors, 1916. Artist: Capek, Josef (1887-1945)
Still Life with Scissors, 1916. Private Collection

Trompe-l??il. Artist: Hoogstraten, Samuel Dirksz, van (1627-1678)
Trompe-l??il. Found in the collection of Dordrechts Museum

Trompe-l??il with musical score, drawings and keys, c. 1800. Artist: Anonymous
Trompe-l??il with musical score, drawings and keys, c. 1800. From a private collection

Morocco, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

The Tailor (Il Tagliapanni), c1565, (1911). Artist: Giovanni Battista Moroni
The Tailor (Il Tagliapanni), c1565. After an oil painting by Giovanni Battista Moroni (c1520-1579). Original housed in the National Gallery, London. From A History of Painting Vol

A Dutchwoman Cutting Cloth, 1889. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

Scissors Or Knives, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Scissors Or Knives, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

The Diligent Mother, 1740, (1885). Engraving based on an original painting by Jean Simeon Chardin. A mother examines the sub-standard piece of cloth produced by her daughter

Roman Tools

Samson and Delilah, c1500. Artist: Andrea Mantegna
Samson and Delilah, c1500. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

They spruce themselves up, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
They spruce themselves up, 1799. Plate 51 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

The Tailor, 1918. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
The Tailor, study for the decoration of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle) Square in Petrograd, 1918

Still Life, c1900. Artist: Guillaume Apollinaire
Still Life, c1900. Bottle, vase flowers, glass, pair of scissors. From a private collection

The Young Virgin, c1632-33. Artist: Francisco de Zurbaran
The Young Virgin, c1632-33. According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where she devoted herself to praying and sewing vestments

Caricature of Raoul Rigault, 14th May 1871. Artist: Bertall
Caricature of Raoul Rigault, 14th May 1871. Rigault was one of the leaders of the Paris Commune. He was shot on 24th May 1871 by government troops sent to suppress the Commune. From Le Grelot

Tailor, c1845. In the centre the tailor is using a flat iron to press a jacket on an ironing board. At the bottom is a sheep, source of the wool from which the cloth for the jacket was woven

The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, c1584
The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, 1493. Seen here using a quill pen and a writing slope, Bede was a monk at Jarrow, Northumberland

Feather-dresser, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Peter I, the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia, cutting a Boyars (nobleman) beard. Peter became Tsar in 1682. He embarked on a campaign to modernise and Europeanise Russia, socially

Delilah cutting Samsons hair, thus taking away his strength, 1820. Artist: William Marshall Craig
Delilah cutting Samsons hair, thus taking away his strength, 1820. From the Bible

Circumcision set, Dutch, 1827. Photograph

Flower Arrangement, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Itchinsai
Flower Arrangement, 19th century

Special Pleaders in the Court of Requests, May 28, 1802. May 28, 1802
Special Pleaders in the Court of Requests, May 28, 1802

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