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Background imageSweeping Collection: Road Sweeper, . Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847. Creator: George Cruikshank

The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

Background imageSweeping Collection: Combat No. 2. Creator: Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Spring cleaning, 1944. Creator: Shirley Markham

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Sandringham House, c1896. Artist: T Smith & Sons

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Electric tram running through the Hernani street in San Sebastian, 1900

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street, London, 1811

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: A crossing-sweeper, 1791

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: The Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, London, c1840. Artist: Frederick Napoleon Shepherd

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Interior looking east, Church of St Stephen Walbrook, City of London, 1845

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Buy a Door-mat!, Cries of London, c1840. Artist: TH Jones

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: The Morning Gossip, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: The Money Tree, 1922

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson

She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Feeding silkworms, 18th century(?)

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: A Good Riddance, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Road sweeper, London, 1926-1927

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Stand Coachman, or The Haughty Lady Well Fitted, 1750

Stand Coachman, or The Haughty Lady Well Fitted, 1750. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston

Background imageSweeping Collection: A Sweeper, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell

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. 2) A pagoda of the idol Mamaniva

Background imageSweeping Collection: A street in Ortelsburg, Eastern Prussia, World War I, August 1915

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: There they go, plucked, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya

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

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

Le Sou de la Delivrance caricature and song sheet, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. Marianne sweeping up coins leaking from a split sack

Background imageSweeping Collection: The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. Artist: Benjamin Cole

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: The Holy Family, 19th century

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Aztec education of boys (left) and girls (right)

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Clearing snow on the Champs Elysees, German-occupied Paris, winter, 1941

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

Background imageSweeping Collection: Carpet sweeper, c1900s

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

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

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



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