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Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engraving by A. Walker.
Reference: 1763i
Pictures
William Pitt the younger leads a group of ministers out of the Treasury as the Opposition in the guise of the rabble are held back by a grenadier sentry holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585509i
Pictures
Online
A butcher threatening a doctor with revenge for poisoning his wife. Etching by J. Kent, 1782, after P.V.
V. P.Date: 25 January 1782Reference: 10975i
Ephemera
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Bought of F. Grove, butcher : familes supplied, South Down, Scotch, Dartmoor and Welsh mutton, Highland Scot & Aberdeen beef of best quality : home killed meat.
Grove, F.Date: [between 1910 and 1919]
Ephemera
Online
Bot. of E. & A. Purser , purveyors of English meat, fish, game, poultry & provision stores : 127, & 129, High Street, Slough : Windsor & Maidenhead : proprietors of dairies ... / E. & A. Purser.
E. & A. Purser (Firm)Date: 1900
Pictures
The Duchess of Devonshire kisses a fat butcher as a plump dishevelled looking woman approaches followed by a gesticulating small man with jack boots. Etching by Rowlandson, 1784.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: April 12 1784Reference: 585318i
Ephemera
Online
How does a beefsteak roll? / Bovril Limited.
Bovril Limited.Date: [1939?]
Ephemera
Online
A. J. Bateson : family butcher, 271 Dunstable Road, Luton : cooked ham, pressed beef etc. : always in cut.
Bateson, A. J.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]
Pictures
Online
Jacob Powell, weighing nearly forty stone. Pen and ink drawing.
Reference: 4088i
Pictures
Online
A woman wearing a fine dress with pearls around her neck, a very elaborate hair style and beauty spots, checks her appearance in a mirror before going out to the new fashionable resort of the Pantheon in London. Mezzotint by P. Dawe, 1772.
Dawe, Philip.Date: Sep.r 3 1772Reference: 35493i
Pictures
Online
A butcher disembowels a sheep while a wild boar threatens the rest of the flock. Etching by W. S. Howitt.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.Date: 1 January 1811Reference: 42322i
Ephemera
Online
Easter, 1899 : F. Monk begs to announce that he is providing for Easter consumption several very choice consignments of English lamb direct from the farms at Wallingford, Chichester and Bridewater / F. Monk, London Road, Kingston-on-Thames.
Date: 1899
Pictures
Online
A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins, 1813.
Collins, William, 1788-1847.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 27529i
Pictures
Online
A local doctor asking a mother what career she thinks her son will pursue, she insists he is going to be a butcher due to his love of animals and the time he spends at the slaughter-house. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1899.
Partridge, Bernard, 1861-1945.Date: 1899Reference: 15206i
Ephemera
Online
To W. B. Moss & Sons : ham and bacon curers : our speciality: first crop teas.
W.B. Moss & Sons.Date: [1900?]
Ephemera
Online
Bot. of Cope Bros., cheesemongers, porkmen, poulterers, & fishmongers, licensed dealers in game : the favour of your recommendation is respectfully solicited : chief office, 7, Russell Gardens, Addison Rd., Kensington, W.
Cope Brothers.Date: [between 1900 and 1909]
Pictures
Online
A butcher swinging a string of sausages from a knife rides on the back of a large black boar. Etching, 1774.
Date: Sep 4/ [17]74Reference: 29841i
Books
L'alimentation à Compiègne.
Date: 1897
Books
Online
Butchers, packers and sausage makers : fixtures, tools, machinery and supplies, sausage casings, spices, refrigerators and all styles of ice boxes / McArthur, Wirth & Co.
McArthur, Wirth & Co.Date: 1900
Ephemera
Online
Bought of Smith Bros : wholesale and retail dealers in fish, game, poultry, venison, &c., Wenham Lake ice, native oysters.
Smith Bros. (Scarborough, England)Date: [1910?]
Ephemera
Online
Bot. of W. B. Moss & Sons : grocers and provision merchants : central offices, bacon curing factory and stores: Portmill, Hitchin.
W.B. Moss & Sons.Date: [1900?]
Pictures
Online
A butcher's boy describes his ailment to a doctor in terms of cuts of meat. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by Crété after B.A. Rabier, 1903.
Rabier, Benjamin, 1864-1939.Date: 7 June 1903Reference: 17195i
Ephemera
Online
Dr. to H. F. Richards : Poulterer, game, butter & egg dealer & provision merchant : terms monthly.
Richards, H. F.Date: [between 1900 and 1909]
Pictures
Online
An Indian butcher and wife offering betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 29034i
Pictures
Online
A pork-butcher's shop: two butchers are working with knives and cleavers as another makes sausages, a woman has come to buy and is holding some money in her hand. Coloured etching, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 31254i