Handywork Collection (#8)

Butter cream cake (photo)
6018341 Butter cream cake (photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Butter cream cake)

Ornamental moulds for creating iced foods in the shape of a pineapple, peaches and two doves (chromolitho)
6015049 Ornamental moulds for creating iced foods in the shape of a pineapple, peaches and two doves (chromolitho) by English School

Organized for maximum efficiency, A modern bakery (b / w photo)
6008246 Organized for maximum efficiency, A modern bakery (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Organized for maximum efficiency, A modern bakery)

Moulded Ices (photo)
5993334 Moulded Ices (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moulded Ices. Illustration for The Modern Baker Confectioner and Caterer and John Kirkland)

Artistic Designs for Cake Tops by E Gerber (photo)
5993332 Artistic Designs for Cake Tops by E Gerber (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artistic Designs for Cake Tops by E Gerber)

Specimens of Chocolate Painting (photo)
5993330 Specimens of Chocolate Painting (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Specimens of Chocolate Painting)

A Three-Tier Wedding Cake (photo)
5993329 A Three-Tier Wedding Cake (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Three-Tier Wedding Cake)

Paintings on Rice Paper for Childrens Birthday Cakes (photo)
5993327 Paintings on Rice Paper for Childrens Birthday Cakes (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paintings on Rice Paper for Childrens Birthday Cakes)

Types of Dessert Fancies (photo)
5993326 Types of Dessert Fancies (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Types of Dessert Fancies)

Cold Entremets (photo)
5993315 Cold Entremets (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cold Entremets. Illustration for The Modern Baker Confectioner and Caterer and John Kirkland)

Barley Water for the Invalid (b / w photo)
5989819 Barley Water for the Invalid (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barley Water for the Invalid)

A Restaurant Interior (photo)
5993407 A Restaurant Interior (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Restaurant Interior)

High Class Restaurant (photo)
5993406 High Class Restaurant (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: High Class Restaurant)

High Class Confectioners Tea Room (photo)
5993403 High Class Confectioners Tea Room (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: High Class Confectioners Tea Room)

Boars Heads (photo)
5993399 Boars Heads (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boars Heads. Illustration for The Modern Baker Confectioner and Caterer and John Kirkland)

A Restaurant Dining-Room (photo)
5993396 A Restaurant Dining-Room (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Restaurant Dining-Room)

Dining Hall, Bakers Guild Hall, London (photo)
5993364 Dining Hall, Bakers Guild Hall, London (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dining Hall, Bakers Guild Hall, London)

Specimens of Modelling in Sugar (photo)
5993335 Specimens of Modelling in Sugar (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Specimens of Modelling in Sugar)

Illustration for The Courtin by James Russell Lowell (litho)
5992134 Illustration for The Courtin by James Russell Lowell (litho) by Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " You want to see my Pa, Is pose)

The Fiends Frying Pan, or Annual Festival of Tomfoolery & Vice under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor
6000831 The Fiends Frying Pan, or Annual Festival of Tomfoolery & Vice under the Sanction of the Lord Mayor and the Worshipful Court of Aldermen! In the Age of Intellect!

A scene from the Stone Age (litho)
5996928 A scene from the Stone Age (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A scene from the Stone Age)

The Black Kitchen of Death (colour litho)
6000143 The Black Kitchen of Death (colour litho) by Seitz, Otto (1846-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Black Kitchen of Death)

Studies in freehand piping in colours, on cake (colour litho)
5998356 Studies in freehand piping in colours, on cake (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Studies in freehand piping in colours, on cakes)

Bakers Vans, Grocers Vans, Trade Vans (engraving)
5998355 Bakers Vans, Grocers Vans, Trade Vans (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bakers Vans, Grocers Vans, Trade Vans)

Baker with cake with 21 candles (colour litho)
5998350 Baker with cake with 21 candles (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baker with cake with 21 candles)

Ancient Roman street scene (colour litho)
5999080 Ancient Roman street scene (colour litho) by Williamson, J. (active c. 1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Roman street scene. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

An Early English Hall (lithograph)
5999290 An Early English Hall (lithograph) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Early English Hall)

Menu illustration: Ireland (colour litho)
6029955 Menu illustration: Ireland (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ireland. Menu illustration published by Marcus Ward, late 19th century)

Menu illustration: Sage and onions (colour litho)
6029950 Menu illustration: Sage and onions (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sage and onions)

Menu illustration: Salt (colour litho)
6029940 Menu illustration: Salt (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salt. Menu illustration published by Marcus Ward, late 19th century)

Menu illustration: Pepper (colour litho)
6029936 Menu illustration: Pepper (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pepper. Menu illustration published by Marcus Ward, late 19th century)

The Arctic Expedition, Apparatus to be used by the Explorers (engraving)
1053531 The Arctic Expedition, Apparatus to be used by the Explorers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Arctic Expedition)

Fresh Air and Healthy Work for City Arabs, Notes at the Lancashire Branch of the Childrens Home, Crowthorne, Edgworth
1055722 Fresh Air and Healthy Work for City Arabs, Notes at the Lancashire Branch of the Childrens Home, Crowthorne, Edgworth, near Bolton (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J

The Late Chevalier Blondin (litho)
1036802 The Late Chevalier Blondin (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Late Chevalier Blondin)

The Great Fire at Surat, Western India (engraving)
1626511 The Great Fire at Surat, Western India (engraving) by Loye, Charles Auguste (Montbard) (1841-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Fire at Surat, Western India)

Lecture on cookery at the International Exhibition (engraving)
609206 Lecture on cookery at the International Exhibition (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A visit to Greenwich Hospital: The west kitchen (engraving)
608915 A visit to Greenwich Hospital: The west kitchen (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A visit to Greenwich Hospital)

The bakers Sunday triumph (engraving)
608815 The bakers Sunday triumph (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bakers Sunday triumph; from Town and Country Magazine)

Interior of a Kitchen of the Sixteenth Century (engraving)
668403 Interior of a Kitchen of the Sixteenth Century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Whitechapel in Wales (engraving)
1046458 Whitechapel in Wales (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whitechapel in Wales, how Five Medical Students took a Class of Poor Whitechapel Boys to Wales)

With the Nile Expedition, Baking Bread for the Army in the Nuzzul at Kosheh (litho)
1050871 With the Nile Expedition, Baking Bread for the Army in the Nuzzul at Kosheh (litho) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: With the Nile Expedition)

A Trip up the River Thames (engraving)
1049327 A Trip up the River Thames (engraving) by Morgan, Walter Jenks (1847-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Trip up the River Thames)

Salmon-Fishing on the Restigouche, New Brunswick (engraving)
1043888 Salmon-Fishing on the Restigouche, New Brunswick (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salmon-Fishing on the Restigouche, New Brunswick)

Game and poultry (colour litho)
981744 Game and poultry (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Game and poultry.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Rotisserie (chromolitho)
961351 Rotisserie (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rotisserie. A rotisserie shop in the Middle Ages)

Artistic emblematic grosses pieces (chromolitho)
976499 Artistic emblematic grosses pieces (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artistic emblematic grosses pieces: military and naval)

Theodore Francis Garrett (chromolitho)
976497 Theodore Francis Garrett (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theodore Francis Garrett)

Paper cases, ornaments, etc (chromolitho)
976496 Paper cases, ornaments, etc (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paper cases, ornaments, etc)

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"Unveiling the Artistry: A Glimpse into Regency Era Handywork" Step back in time and witness the exquisite craftsmanship of the Regency era. From opulent window curtains to tantalizing menu illustrations, every detail was meticulously designed to captivate and inspire. The vibrant hues of a mustard-colored lithograph bring life to a menu illustration, enticing diners with its artistic flair. Meanwhile, a black and white photograph transports us to a French kitchen, where culinary magic unfolds amidst an atmosphere steeped in tradition. Delving deeper into history's tapestry, engravings reveal poignant moments from bygone eras. "Le Secours du potage" depicts Parisians finding solace through soup during the famine of 1709 while an oil painting on cork portrays starving conquistadors resorting to dog meat for survival in 1698. Venturing further across continents, an engraving exposes the Maipuri Indians roasting their fallen enemies along the Upper Orinoco River in 1781. The clash between Bohemian gendarmes and gypsies echoes through another lithograph as terror spreads among unsuspecting villagers. Amidst these tales of strife and conflict, glimpses into everyday life emerge. Colorful lithographs shed light on women's roles within society - from homemakers crafting delectable cakes in intricate engravings to servant girls perched upon men's knees within bustling kitchens captured by monochrome photographs. Yet not all is despair; acts of compassion shine through vividly illustrated scenes depicting Fraterni rescuing victims from raids on Milan. And punctuality reigns supreme as a colorful lithograph reminds us that dinner shall be served promptly at one o'clock. Handywork transcends time, revealing stories etched onto canvas or paper with meticulous care. Each piece whispers secrets from centuries past - tales of triumphs and tribulations woven together by skilled hands.