Wooden Barrel Collection (#5)

Illustration for Letter O, P and Q "Alphabet des insectes", 1883 (print)
DUV4199584 Illustration for Letter O, P and Q "Alphabet des insectes", 1883 (print); 10.7x7.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter T)

A Monk holding keys to the cellar
3478100 A Monk holding keys to the cellar; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting a Monk holding keys to the cellar. He is tasting the liquor as he fills the jug from the barrel)

First World War: France, Map draws showing the French "D" system at the service of the hairy and war, 1915
LUX4736518 First World War: France, Map draws showing the French "D" system at the service of the hairy and war

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: family harvest in Ballan Mire, 1900
LUX4759399 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: family harvest in Ballan Mire, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: family harvest in Ballan Mire

A mortar firing partridges
864346 A mortar firing partridges'; (add.info.: A mortar firing partridges, showing the barrel in cross-section. A large bomb was placed in the centre chamber)

Distillation of alcohol. 19th century (engraving)
672878 Distillation of alcohol. 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture)

Dutch cartoon protesting against Oliver Cromwell's rule in Britain. It shows him as Hercules clad in a lionskin
528111 Dutch cartoon protesting against Oliver Cromwell's rule in Britain. It shows him as Hercules clad in a lionskin, breaking open the royal money barrel, thus ending the Long Parliament

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630775 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Humorous cat postcard (colour litho)
8643372 Humorous cat postcard (colour litho) by Wain, Louis (1860-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous cat postcard. Early 20th century.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

Man getting his wife drunk in hopes of a kiss (coloured photo)
8656321 Man getting his wife drunk in hopes of a kiss (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: I'll give all the beer you can drink old dear)

The Great Barrel, collocated in the building known as Fassbau, in the Ottheinrichsbau
3570367 The Great Barrel, collocated in the building known as Fassbau, in the Ottheinrichsbau, palace erected by Elector Otto Henry and placed in the eastern side of Heidelberg Castle

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A front of a food store with cans, drinks and household items
LUX4754233 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A front of a food store with cans, drinks and household items, 1885 - Store Fulpin specialote de cafe

Transport tobacco to sell it on the market in Virginia, America. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4825414 Transport tobacco to sell it on the market in Virginia, America. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Transport tobacco to sell it on the market in Virginia, America)

First World War: Patriotic map showing a German soldier in uniform with his legendary clocks
LUX4745417 First World War: Patriotic map showing a German soldier in uniform with his legendary clocks and his tip helmet deception contemplating an empty barrel of sauerkraut and declaring

Alpine scene with itinerant barrel seller. Man carrying barrels, basins and sneakers meeting peasants
FLO4646412 Alpine scene with itinerant barrel seller. Man carrying barrels, basins and sneakers meeting peasants and dairy farmers

Food and Beverage. Vinegar making. the Schutzenbach barrel used for maceration
3434928 Food and Beverage. Vinegar making. the Schutzenbach barrel used for maceration. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll)

Halley's diving bell, 1850
3359192 Halley's diving bell, 1850; (add.info.: Representation of Halley's diving bell, showing how the barrel of air was lowered to the sea bed and connected to bell by a pipe)

Engraving depicting Marin Mersenne performing an experiment to prove the rotation of the earth
UIG5425858 Engraving depicting Marin Mersenne performing an experiment to prove the rotation of the earth: ball fired from vertical cannon did not fall back down the barrel

Old Tom Gin, 1880 (poster)
FGL5460763 Old Tom Gin, 1880 (poster); (add.info.: English brand); Fototeca Gilardi

Gothic architecture. History of Lubin (Saint). (detail): man pulling wine. Stained glass from the Lower North Coast
JEB4844725 Gothic architecture. History of Lubin (Saint). (detail): man pulling wine. Stained glass from the Lower North Coast. Cathedrale de Chartres.; (add.info.: Gothic architecture)

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company
LUX4801298 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company, wine cellar, 1890 - photo by Rothier; (add.info.: France, Champagne-Ardenne)

Farmyard Friends, 1937 (oil on canvas)
828471 Farmyard Friends, 1937 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Edgar (1876-1953); 30.5x45.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Farmyard Friends. Edgar Hunt (1876-1953). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1937

pepper harvest in south of India, 15th century (illumination)
1744356 pepper harvest in south of India, 15th century (illumination); (add.info.: pepper harvest in south of India, illustration from Book of Marvels of Marco Polo 15th century); Photo: Tallandier

English gentlemen slumming it in a gin shop with beggar and baby, cobblers and thieves
FLO4661942 English gentlemen slumming it in a gin shop with beggar and baby, cobblers and thieves. Tom and Jerry taking Blue Ruin after the Spell is broke up

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company, bottling
LUX4801333 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company, bottling, 1890 - photo by Rothier; (add.info.: France, Champagne-Ardenne)

Canal du Midi (Canal of the Two Seas) 1907 (postcard)
PCT4273954 Canal du Midi (Canal of the Two Seas) 1907 (postcard); (add.info.: Canal du Midi (Canal des Deux Mers) - Castelnaudary (Aude, Lauragais)

Cooper's Workshop
3782238 Cooper's Workshop by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Cooper from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Oblique Arch in the Viaduct on the London and Birmingham Railway at Watford, Herts
7424487 Oblique Arch in the Viaduct on the London and Birmingham Railway at Watford, Herts, c.1845 (Hand coloured lithograph on paper) by Sharp

Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917), French painter. Drawing by Adrien Barrere (1874-1931) from FANTASIO, 1916
JAB4120522 Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917), French painter. Drawing by Adrien Barrere (1874-1931) from FANTASIO, 1916 by Barrere, Adrien (1874-1931); (add.info.: Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917), French painter

Boiler for asphalt to sink it on the sidewalk. Engraving 1880
JAB4120497 Boiler for asphalt to sink it on the sidewalk. Engraving 1880 by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Boiler for asphalt to sink it on the sidewalk)

Crossroad of the Tison and Jean Bailleul street, 1831(w/c)
902372 Crossroad of the Tison and Jean Bailleul street, 1831(w/c) by Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-74); 25.9x35.3 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Pump to pull beer in 1876 (engraving)
JAB4120056 Pump to pull beer in 1876 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Pump to pull beer in 1876: Pump load with carbon acid gas from Hermann - Lachapelle engraving from 1876)

Tapestry depicting Vintagers, from Tournai, c. 1460-70 (wool)
3576112 Tapestry depicting Vintagers, from Tournai, c.1460-70 (wool) by Belgian School, (15th century); 338.6x535.4 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

A Town Gate in Leerdam, c. 1868-70 (oil on canvas)
7414914 A Town Gate in Leerdam, c.1868-70 (oil on canvas) by Weissenbruch, Jan (1822-80); 77--104 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: by Jan Weissenbruch)

Peasants Smoking in an Inn, c. 1640 (oil on wood)
XOS5886595 Peasants Smoking in an Inn, c. 1640 (oil on wood) by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90); 46.5x37 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by David Teniers)

Tapestry depicting the Wine Pressers, from Tournai, c. 1460-70 (wool)
3576106 Tapestry depicting the Wine Pressers, from Tournai, c.1460-70 (wool) by Belgian School, (15th century); 378.4x518.1 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

A sperm whale washed up on the beach at Noordwijk, 28 December 1614, 1614-26 (oil on panel)
7412460 A sperm whale washed up on the beach at Noordwijk, 28 December 1614, 1614-26 (oil on panel) by Savery, Hans I (1597-1654); 53--85 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The tower of Babel, c. 1490 (oil on panel)
7412162 The tower of Babel, c.1490 (oil on panel) by Anonymous; 20.5--17.9 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: anonymous artist Flemish artist)

Cotton Dye Works, from the series Empire Trade is Growing (colour litho)
MAN464403 Cotton Dye Works, from the series Empire Trade is Growing (colour litho) by Lintott, Edward Barnard (1875-1951); Manchester Art Gallery

Water carriers with pig skin vessels, c. 1910 (b/w photo)
2920883 Water carriers with pig skin vessels, c.1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Repeal of Prohibition, 1933 (b/w photo)
2603731 Repeal of Prohibition, 1933 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: American barman exhausted by clearing up the empty bottles after the celebration of the laws)

Drunkenness of Noah, 1530 circa (marble)
7146195 Drunkenness of Noah, 1530 circa (marble) by Bandinelli, Baccio (1488-1560); Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Drunkenness of Noah, 1530 circa)

Western Railway Station, Frontier Days, c. 1901 (oil on canvas)
XZL149438 Western Railway Station, Frontier Days, c.1901 (oil on canvas) by Berninghaus, Oscar Edward (1874-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: original painting for a poster for Anheuser-Busch;)

New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during
1127461 New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition, c.1921 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Letter V: Harvest, Harvesters, Wine, Car, Vulture; X: Xilophagus, Xiphias. engraving in " Alphabet"
DUV4209891 Letter V: Harvest, Harvesters, Wine, Car, Vulture; X: Xilophagus, Xiphias. engraving in " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse Lemerre

The wicked mother-in-law was put into a barrel full of boiling oil and venomous snakes
492387 The wicked mother-in-law was put into a barrel full of boiling oil and venomous snakes. Illustration by Arthur Rackham from Grimm's Fairy Tale, The Twelve Brothers

Letter V: Harvest, Harvesters, Wine, Car, Vulture. engraving in " Alphabet"
DUV4209892 Letter V: Harvest, Harvesters, Wine, Car, Vulture. engraving in " Alphabet". Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse Lemerre, bookseller-publisher

Military camp, 17th century (tapestry)
CUL4909397 Military camp, 17th century (tapestry) by Le Clerc, Jerome (fl.17th century); Neues Schloss Schleissheim, Bavaria, Germany; (add.info.: by LE CLERC, Jerome); Photo © Maeyaert/AIC

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"The Timeless Charm of the Wooden Barrel: A Journey Through History" Step back in time to the 15th century, where we find ourselves in Tournai, witnessing a significant event - The Bishop of Tournai receiving the tithe of beer. As we delve deeper into history, a tapestry depicting Vintagers from the same era captures our attention. The intricate woolen masterpiece showcases the artistry and importance of wine production during that period. Fast forward to Leerdam in the late 19th century, where an oil painting titled "A Town Gate" transports us to a quaint Dutch town with its charming architecture and bustling streets. Meanwhile, another oil painting takes us inside an inn circa 1640, revealing peasants enjoying their leisurely moments while smoking pipes. This scene reminds us that wooden barrels were not only vessels for transportation but also played a role in creating spaces for socializing and relaxation. Returning to Tournai's rich heritage, we encounter yet another captivating tapestry depicting Wine Pressers. Created using wool fibers like its predecessor, this artwork highlights how winemaking was deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of this region. Shifting gears entirely, we stumble upon an intriguing piece from 1614-26 - an oil painting capturing a sperm whale washed up on Noordwijk beach. Although seemingly unrelated at first glance, it serves as a reminder that wooden barrels were essential containers used for storing various goods including precious whale oil. Venturing further into art history brings us face-to-face with "The Tower of Babel, " painted around 1490. This biblical narrative reminds us that even ancient civilizations recognized wood as one of humanity's most versatile resources – utilized not just for construction but also for crafting barrels vital to their daily lives. As industrialization takes hold across continents and centuries pass by rapidly before our eyes; cotton dye works come alive through vibrant color lithographs showcasing Empire Trade's growth.