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Spreading Collection (#2)

"Spreading: From Justice to Nature, from Health to Industry" The Scales of Justice above the Old Bailey Law Courts in London stand tall

Background imageSpreading Collection: Plowing and spreading manure Nebraska USA early 1900s

Plowing and spreading manure Nebraska USA early 1900s

Background imageSpreading Collection: Rope spreading, The Belfast Ropework Company Ltd

Rope spreading, The Belfast Ropework Company Ltd. Belfast, Ireland, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Background imageSpreading Collection: Illustration, The Story of Peter Pan

Illustration, The Story of Peter Pan
Peter Pan spreading his coat to the wind, he sailed merrily Date: 1929

Background imageSpreading Collection: Music cover, The Chestnut Tree

Music cover, The Chestnut Tree, the Novelty Singing Dance Sensation. Date: 1938

Background imageSpreading Collection: German 'Bluffikultur': caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II as the sower of false news, World War I

German "Bluffikultur": caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II as the sower of false news, World War I
6000294 German "Bluffikultur": caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II as the sower of false news, World War I, 1915 (colour litho) by Damblans

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading his Coat to the Wind, he sailed merrily (colour litho)

Spreading his Coat to the Wind, he sailed merrily (colour litho)
2794448 Spreading his Coat to the Wind, he sailed merrily (colour litho) by Woodward, Alice Bolingbroke (1862-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spreading his Coat to the Wind)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Collared earthstar (Geastrum michelianum) on forest floor, dispersing spores

Collared earthstar (Geastrum michelianum) on forest floor, dispersing spores. This species disperses its spores when raindrops strike the fruiting body

Background imageSpreading Collection: Cartoon by Phil May, from the 1890s (litho)

Cartoon by Phil May, from the 1890s (litho)
3621441 Cartoon by Phil May, from the 1890s (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cartoon by Phil May)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading lime (b / w photo)

Spreading lime (b / w photo)
6010093 Spreading lime (b/w photo) by Burdekin, Harold (1899-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spreading lime. Illustration for The Farming Front by Fred Kitchen with photographs by Harold)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Wolverine; sitting on its haunches, cleaning its fur with its teeh, Hessen, Germany

Wolverine; sitting on its haunches, cleaning its fur with its teeh, Hessen, Germany Date: 06-Oct-15

Background imageSpreading Collection: Food in Ireland (engraving)

Food in Ireland (engraving)
1594007 Food in Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Food in Ireland. Illustration for The Pictorial Times, 28 February 1846)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Advert for Milton against influenza 1918

Advert for Milton against influenza 1918
Advertisement for Milton sterilising fluid, recommended for preventing and relieving influenza at a time when Spanish flu was rapidly spreading across the world. 1918

Background imageSpreading Collection: Prices Patent Candle Companys works; The spreading and stripping department (engraving)

Prices Patent Candle Companys works; The spreading and stripping department (engraving)
608713 Prices Patent Candle Companys works; The spreading and stripping department (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Late purple American-aster, Symphyotrichum patens

Late purple American-aster, Symphyotrichum patens (Spreading hairy-stalk d starwort, Aster patens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading loosestrife, Lythrum diffusum

Spreading loosestrife, Lythrum diffusum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading bellflower, Campanula patula

Spreading bellflower, Campanula patula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Background imageSpreading Collection: Sage or Salvia species

Sage or Salvia species
Brilliant-flowered sage, Salvia fulgens, spreading sage, Salvia patens, Mr. Grahams sage, Salvia grahami, and narrow-leaved sage, Salvia angustifolia

Background imageSpreading Collection: Pasqueflower species

Pasqueflower species
Alpine pulsatilla, Pulsatilla alpina, spreading pasqueflower, P. patens, meadow pasqueflower, P. pratensis, spring pasqueflower, P. vernalis, and common pasque flower, P. vulgaris

Background imageSpreading Collection: Vesircaria, rocket, toothwort and wallcress species

Vesircaria, rocket, toothwort and wallcress species
Globe-podded vesicaria, Vesicaria utriculata, yellow rocket, Barbaria vulgaris, rock alyssum, Aurinia saxatilis, mountain alyssum, Alyssum montanum, five-leaved toothwort, Dentaria pentaphylla

Background imageSpreading Collection: Calceolaria and achimenes species

Calceolaria and achimenes species
Crenate-flowered calceolaria, Calceolaria crenatiflora, cobweb calceolaria, Calceolaria arachnoides, long-flowered achimenes, Achimenes longiflora, spreading achimenes, Achimenes patens

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading violet, Viola debilis

Spreading violet, Viola debilis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading sage, Salvia patens

Spreading sage, Salvia patens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading penstemon, Pentstemon diffusum

Spreading penstemon, Pentstemon diffusum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hookers Botanical Magazine, London, 1838

Background imageSpreading Collection: Craftsmen at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London

Craftsmen at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London
Craftsmen at work in the printing room of the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. They are spreading paint on printing blocks

Background imageSpreading Collection: The Troubles of a Police Commissioner, an incident of Tropical Travel (litho)

The Troubles of a Police Commissioner, an incident of Tropical Travel (litho)
1039422 The Troubles of a Police Commissioner, an incident of Tropical Travel (litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Troubles of a Police Commissioner)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 656

Curtis British Entomology Plate 656
Hymenoptera: Rhopalum tibiale = Rhopalum coarctatum [Plant: Torilis arvensis (Caucalis infesta, Spreading Hedge-parsley)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageSpreading Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 407

Curtis British Entomology Plate 407
Hymenoptera: *Lampronota crenicornis Hal. mss. (According to Fitton et al. Lampronota Curtis = Lissonata, but they do not list this specific name) [Plant

Background imageSpreading Collection: Outside the Church (colour litho)

Outside the Church (colour litho)
3108124 Outside the Church (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Outside the Church. Hors de l Eglise)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Sowing Tares: Fear that Socialism was spreading amongst the British labour force

Sowing Tares: Fear that Socialism was spreading amongst the British labour force
527710 Sowing Tares: Fear that Socialism was spreading amongst the British labour force. John Tenniel cartoon from Punch, London, 27 February 1886

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading straw in London streets for a patient (b / w photo)

Spreading straw in London streets for a patient (b / w photo)
3627030 Spreading straw in London streets for a patient (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spreading straw in London streets for a patient)

Background imageSpreading Collection: A near threatened Arabian Bustard spreading its wings, close to the ground

A near threatened Arabian Bustard spreading its wings, close to the ground
3116080 A near threatened Arabian Bustard spreading its wings, close to the ground, amongst a patch of long grass, London Zoo, July 1925 (b/w photo) by Bond

Background imageSpreading Collection: The Sherry Vintage in the Cerro de Obregon Vineyard, Jerez (engraving)

The Sherry Vintage in the Cerro de Obregon Vineyard, Jerez (engraving)
1602537 The Sherry Vintage in the Cerro de Obregon Vineyard, Jerez (engraving) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sherry Vintage in the Cerro de Obregon Vineyard)

Background imageSpreading Collection: The cock went on crowing all the time Elfstrom sawed and hammered (colour litho)

The cock went on crowing all the time Elfstrom sawed and hammered (colour litho)
1630691 The cock went on crowing all the time Elfstrom sawed and hammered (colour litho) by Larsson, Carl (1853-1919); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSpreading Collection: The crusading Church (colour litho)

The crusading Church (colour litho)
3095573 The crusading Church (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The crusading Church. Eglise militante)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Spreading Flax in the North of Ireland (engraving)

Spreading Flax in the North of Ireland (engraving)
1098230 Spreading Flax in the North of Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spreading Flax in the North of Ireland)

Background imageSpreading Collection: A hooded vulture, standing on a log with outstretched wings

A hooded vulture, standing on a log with outstretched wings
3116200 A hooded vulture, standing on a log with outstretched wings, enjoying an April shower at London Zoo, before 1930 (b/w photo) by Bond

Background imageSpreading Collection: Airy Nothings, or scraps and naughts and odd-cum-shorts, in a circumbendibus hop, step

Airy Nothings, or scraps and naughts and odd-cum-shorts, in a circumbendibus hop, step
708884 Airy Nothings, or scraps and naughts and odd-cum-shorts, in a circumbendibus hop, step, and jump by Olio Rogmarole, print made by George Hunt, 1825 (hand-coloured engraving) by Egerton, M

Background imageSpreading Collection: Feeding Chickens, Christmas Card (chromolitho)

Feeding Chickens, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731217 Feeding Chickens, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feeding Chickens)

Background imageSpreading Collection: Punch cartoon: Sowing Tares - the fear of the spread of Socialism amongst British workers

Punch cartoon: Sowing Tares - the fear of the spread of Socialism amongst British workers (engraving)
6035004 Punch cartoon: Sowing Tares - the fear of the spread of Socialism amongst British workers (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Background imageSpreading Collection: The Parable of the Sower (April or September) (oil on panel)

The Parable of the Sower (April or September) (oil on panel)
BWM152545 The Parable of the Sower (April or September) (oil on panel) by Grimer, Abel (c.1570-p.1619); The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK; eBowes Museum; Flemish, out of copyright

Background imageSpreading Collection: Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing and the Flowerpot Man

Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing and the Flowerpot Man
6340380 Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing and the Flowerpot Man by Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807); (add.info.: Watering the Streets, Little Boy at the Crossing and the Flowerpot Man)




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"Spreading: From Justice to Nature, from Health to Industry" The Scales of Justice above the Old Bailey Law Courts in London stand tall, symbolizing the spreading of fairness and equality within society. Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) statue in Rio de Janeiro overlooks the city, its outstretched arms representing a message of love and peace spreading across South America. Planting asparagus crowns in a trench involves carefully spreading their roots out evenly, ensuring healthy growth and abundant harvest. A Valtra T151 tractor with a muck spreader is hard at work on an arable field in England, efficiently spreading nutrient-rich muck to nourish crops. A JCB Loadall telehandler assists by loading muck into the spreader, contributing to the process fertility onto the fields during March in England. Infections can easily spread through sneezing; anti-flu masks act as barriers against these airborne particles, helping prevent illness from spreading further. Firefighters bravely spring into action during World War II's Mitcham incident, battling flames that threatened to spread destruction throughout Surrey. Cephos cold and flu powder advertisement reminds us how quickly illnesses can spread but also offers solutions for relief and prevention. A majestic peacock sculpture spreads its vibrant feathers wide open, captivating viewers with its beauty while symbolizing nature's ability to enchant and captivate our senses. An old map from "On the Mode of Communication of Cholera" depicts how this deadly disease once rapidly spread across regions before modern understanding helped contain it more effectively. The Northern Ireland Flax Spinning Industry played a vital role in economic development by skillfully spinning flax fibers into textiles that were then distributed worldwide.