Sweeping Collection

The March of Intellect, (1828?). Artist: Robert Seymour
The March of Intellect, (1828?); showing a juggernaut figure with London University on its head and balloons issuing from its pipe, sweeping and kicking to one side lawyers, vicars, and quack doctors

Eve-of-the-Wedding Party, 1889. Artist: Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin
Eve-of-the-Wedding Party, 1889. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

An Orderly Boy and his cart sweeping a street, Liverpool, 1935

A Japanese Couple and Their Child, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
A Japanese Couple and Their Child, about 1873-1883

Beating the Rice, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Beating the Rice, about 1873-1883

Making Mats, about 1873-1883. Creator: Shinichi Suzuki I
Making Mats, about 1873-1883

Cantor, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Cantor, between c1915 and c1920. Shows singer Eddie Cantor (ca. 1892-1964)

A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters, 1725-1770. 1725-1770. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters, 1725-1770

White Wings under police protection, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
White Wings under police protection, 1911. Shows men dressed in white uniforms and hats sweeping garbage in the streets, during a New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911

White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
White Wings who have not struck, 1911. Shows men in white uniforms and hats with brooms in the street to sweep trash during the New York City garbage strike, Nov. 8-11, 1911

Woman Sweeping the Yard outside the Inn at Vaugirard, 1865. Creator: Leon Bonvin
Woman Sweeping the Yard outside the Inn at Vaugirard, 1865

Shinchunagon Taira no Tomomori Sweeping the Deck, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shinchunagon Taira no Tomomori Sweeping the Deck, 1886. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Un locataire qui a eu un oubli le 1er janvier, 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un locataire qui a eu un oubli le 1er janvier, 1847. A tenant who forgot something on January 1st

Ice fun on the corner of Spui and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, 1773-1838

Maid sweeping the hallway of a house, 1837. Creator: Louis Henri de Fontenay
Maid sweeping the hallway of a house, 1837

The interior of Saint Bavo's Church in Haarlem, 1660-1703. Creator: Isaak van Nickele
The interior of Saint Bavo's Church in Haarlem, 1660-1703. The Grote Kerk (or St.-Bavokerk) was consecrated as a cathedral in 1559

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

View from across street of a woman cleaning the sidewalk, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

A Village Scene in India [verso], 1814/1824. Creator: George Chinnery
A Village Scene in India [verso], 1814/1824

The George Inn, Beaconsfield, 1908. Creator: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
The George Inn, Beaconsfield, 1908

The sweeper, c.1670. Creator: Pieter Janssens Elinga
The sweeper, c.1670

Child, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Child, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Child, 1913

Women Admiring Peonies, c. 1789/1801. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Women Admiring Peonies, c. 1789/1801. Detail from a larger artwork

Sleeve-Letter Takasago (Sodefumi Takasago), no. 2 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays, c. 1716/35

Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d. Creator: Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovski
Scenes from Russian Folk Life, n.d

The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms, Plate 5 from " The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595

Government charwoman cleaning after regular
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman cleaning after regular working hours. [Mrs Ella Watson]

Grandchild of Mrs. Ella Watson
Washington, D.C. Grandchild of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, taking her afternoon nap

Government charwoman cleaning after regular working hours
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman cleaning after regular working hours. [Mrs Ella Watson]

Shows pickers tents, power unit and shower bath unit beyond. Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp

Women Admiring Peonies, c. 1789 / 1801. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Women Admiring Peonies, c. 1789/1801

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, c. 1797 / 99
House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, c. 1797/99

Shikata nue, from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays
Shikata nue, from the series " Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)", c. 1705/06

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, late 1790s

A Priest Sweeping in the Snow, 1731. Creator: Torii Kiyonobu II
A Priest Sweeping in the Snow, 1731

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets, c. 1767/68

Woman with Broom and Little Girl, n. d. Creator: Catherine Greenaway
Woman with Broom and Little Girl, n.d

Moso (Chinese: Meng Zong), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of
Moso (Chinese: Meng Zong), from the series " Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)", c. 1770/72

Pilgrim Bottle Vase, Stoke-on-Trent, 1880 / 90. Creator: Minton
Pilgrim Bottle Vase, Stoke-on-Trent, 1880/90

Gioco Delle Donne, E Sue Facende (Game of Wives, And Their Chores), 1654-1718
Gioco Delle Donne, E Sue Facende (Game of Wives [or Women], And Their Chores), 1654-1718. Board game: a woman spends all day doing housework, only to be beaten with a stick by her husband

The Man Sweeping the Interpreters Parlor, c. 1820 / 1822. Creator: William Blake
The Man Sweeping the Interpreters Parlor, c. 1820/1822

Winter Morning on the Quay, Paris, 1883. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
Winter Morning on the Quay, Paris, 1883

The Hotpot Carried to the Newlyweds; or The Racket, ca. 1633. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Hotpot Carried to the Newlyweds; or The Racket, ca. 1633

Charivari, ca. 1633. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Charivari, ca. 1633

The Poets Cabin in Tatsumi, 1845. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Poets Cabin in Tatsumi, 1845

Ely Cathedral, from the Grammar School, 1857. Creator: Roger Fenton
Ely Cathedral, from the Grammar School, 1857

Scavengers Cart, 1788. 1788. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Scavengers Cart, 1788

Road in Etten, 1881. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
Road in Etten, 1881

Painting, 19th century. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Painting, 19th century

The Crossing Sweeper, ca. 1860s. Creator: Seymour Joseph Guy
The Crossing Sweeper, ca. 1860s

The Money-Tree, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Money-Tree, 1922. According to Chinese legend, the money tree brings fortune and is a symbol of affluence, nobility and auspiciousness. From " Myths and Legends of China", by E. T. C

The Western Doorway, Rochester Cathedral, c1870. Rochester Cathedral built by Gundulf from 1080, and later remodelled is a Grade I listed building

Gateway into the Garden at St. John s, c1870. The garden at St Johns College, Oxford, founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White. From " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. II"

Using water to put out fire, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Using water to put out fire, c1910. Scene from " The Pilgrims Progress", by John Bunyan

Road Sweeper, . Creator: Unknown
Road Sweeper. Indian man sweeping the street. Postcard

Sweeper, 1746. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Sweeper, 1746

The Young Servant, 1882. Artist: Camille Pissarro
The Young Servant, 1882. From the Tate Gallery, London

The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

Combat No. 2. Creator: Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
Combat No.2 (w/c on paper)

Spring cleaning, 1944. Creator: Shirley Markham
Spring cleaning, 1944. Painting done age 13. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Sandringham House, c1896. Artist: T Smith & Sons
Sandringham House, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Electric tram running through the Hernani street in San Sebastian, 1900

Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street, London, 1811. Rear view of Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street

A crossing-sweeper, 1791
A crossing-sweeper clearing the street for a fashionably dressed woman, 1791

The Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, London, c1840. Artist: Frederick Napoleon Shepherd
The Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, London, c1840. View of the courtyard of the Blue Boar Inn; a woman and child feed chickens, with a coach and other figures in the background

Interior looking east, Church of St Stephen Walbrook, City of London, 1845. View with a cleaner sweeping up

Buy a Door-mat!, Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones
Buy a Door-mat! A doormat seller with mats draped over his body stands next to a woman with a bucket and broom. From Cries of London, c1840

The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

The Money Tree, 1922. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922

She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Feeding silkworms, 18th century(?). The Manner of Placing the Leaves on Scaffolds and Shelves to Feed Silkworms

A Good Riddance, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Cartoon that originally appeared in Punch showing King George V abolishing the German title held by members of the royal family

Road sweeper, London, 1926-1927. A print from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, Amalgamated Press, London, 1926-1927

Stand Coachman, or The Haughty Lady Well Fitted, 1750. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

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

Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. 1) The Great Tree of the Banyans

A street in Ortelsburg, Eastern Prussia, World War I, August 1915. The town of Ortelsburg was almost destroyed by the Russians early in the First World War

There they go, plucked, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
There they go, plucked, 1799. Plate 20 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Le Sou de la Delivrance caricature and song sheet, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871

The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. Artist: Benjamin Cole
The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. A silkworm farm, showing the interior of the rearing house or Magnangerie and the collection of mulberry leaves on which the caterpillars (worms) were fed

The Holy Family, 19th century. St Joseph works as carpenter in the background, while Mary sews and the boy Jesus sweeps the room

Aztec education of boys (left) and girls (right)

Clearing snow on the Champs Elysees, German-occupied Paris, winter, 1941

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

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