Leather Collection (page 19)

Exhibition of the competition sketches for altar-piece, 1845
The exhibition of the competition sketches for the altar-piece of St Jamess Church, Bermondsey, at the Leather Market, 1845. Date: 1845

Postman delivering flowers on a Victorian greetings card
Postman delivering flowers on a three-dimensional Victorian greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

W G Grace, some of his cricket bats and balls
W G Grace, legendary cricketer -- some of his bats and balls. late 19th century

Greetings card in the shape of a leather hatbox with lock and handle. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a suitcase, open to reveal a cat and four kittens inside. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Closeup of white horse in bridle
Closeup of a white horse in a bridle, probably with the Devon and Somerset Staghounds at Cloutsham, near Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s

Advert for Le Pages liquid glue 1884
Sold in a tin can, can mends everything from wood, leather, paper, ivory, glass, china, furniture, bric-a-brac. Date: 1884

ROMANS BOXING
Romans box with the CESTUS, a leather glove

Soldier, Canadian 53rd Field Artillery, WW1
Soldier of the Canadian 53rd Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Force, towards the end of the First World War. circa 1918

Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition, South-East Portion of the Nave (engraving)
1102546 Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition, South-East Portion of the Nave (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition)

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove childrens footwear 1927
Selection of childrens footwear from 1927. Date: 1927

Page of fashion adverts - October 1927
Page of four fashion adverts for womens clothing, for Autumn, from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 1927

Motoring attire for women 1905
Edwardian womens clothing for motoring excursions, left; model wearing leather jacket, right; motoring toque hat with veil over face. 1905

Walnut Wood Box of Oil Colours. circa 1880s

David Frances Barry photo - Two young chiefs
Two young chiefs wearing American traditional dress, including beaded moccasin, beaded leather belts, hairpipe buffalo-bone breastplate and choker. The chief on the left is holding an axe

David Frances Barry photo - Chief Hand Horn
Chief Hand Horn and his two wives in full traditional native American dress including beaded moccasins and leather belt. Hand Horn is wearing tights and a roach headdress

David Frances Barry photo - Chief Hand Horn & his son
Chief Hand Horn and his son wearing full traditional native American dress including beaded moccasins, a leather belt and roach headdresses

David Frances Barry photo - Little John aka Little Soldier
Little John, labelled as Little Soldier of the Mandan tribe, Sioux, Dakota. He is wearing moccasins and an otter𦵲 turban

The tools of the cobbler (chromolitho)
977697 The tools of the cobbler (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tools of the cobbler)

Leather seller, trade card (engraving)
983947 Leather seller, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leather seller, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

First edition of Samuel Johnson s, A Dictionary of the English Language
1195470 First edition of Samuel Johnson s, A Dictionary of the English Language, 1755 (leather, paper boards, paper) by English School

Upper cover, with an illustration of the Piper followed by children
1195362 Upper cover, with an illustration of the Piper followed by children, 1893 (dark brown morocco with single gilt fillet border and onlaid dec) by Thomson

The Song of Solomon, lacquer by Jean Dunand (1877-1942), 1925 (lacquer)
CH438752 The Song of Solomon, lacquer by Jean Dunand (1877-1942), 1925 (lacquer) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tanner (engraving)
2802007 Tanner (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tanner. Illustration for An Illustrated Vocabulary For The Use Of The Deaf And Dumb (SPCK)

Campaign dressing case (mixed media)
1778418 Campaign dressing case (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: This is the dressing case used by General Rowland Hill while he was fighting)

The Tanner (engraving)
3646639 The Tanner (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tanner. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg Hirth)

Just pop these into your bag and catch the first train (colour litho)
3641668 Just pop these into your bag and catch the first train (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Unhairing a Goat-skin (engraving)
3654629 Unhairing a Goat-skin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unhairing a Goat-skin. Illustration for The Penny Magazine (1842).); © Look and Learn

Sumach Tan-tub (engraving)
3654628 Sumach Tan-tub (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sumach Tan-tub. Illustration for The Penny Magazine (1842).); © Look and Learn

Leather-splitting Machine (engraving)
3654626 Leather-splitting Machine (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leather-splitting Machine)

Old Pair of Boots, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731136 Old Pair of Boots, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Pair of Boots)

The Cobbler (chromolitho)
733274 The Cobbler (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cobbler.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Christmas card with red belt (chromolitho)
731677 Christmas card with red belt (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas card with red belt)

The arctic fox (chromolitho)
736000 The arctic fox (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The arctic fox. Liebig card)

Grand Album of Elisa Baciocchi (leather & iron)
698761 Grand Album of Elisa Baciocchi (leather & iron) by French School, (19th century); 25.5x36x3.7 cm; BibliothAque Paul-Marmottan, Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt, Academie des Beaux-Arts

Boy Chariot Racing With Boot (chromolitho)
733328 Boy Chariot Racing With Boot (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy Chariot Racing with Boot.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Department of Haute-Garonne (chromolitho)
724695 Department of Haute-Garonne (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Department of Haute-Garonne)

Department of Aude in south-central France (chromolitho)
724682 Department of Aude in south-central France (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Department of Aude in south-central France)

European war combat helmet, c. 500 (metal)
XPH311136 European war combat helmet, c.500 (metal) by German School; Museum fur Ur- und Fruhgeschichte, Weimar, Germany; (add.info.: Spangenhelm vom Baldenheimer Typ Stoessen, Sachsen-Anhalt)

Pair of razors with holders, found at The battlefield at Heliopolis (mixed media)
CZA228930 Pair of razors with holders, found at The battlefield at Heliopolis (mixed media) by Egyptian; Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland; Egyptian, out of copyright

Chromium Comfort, detail from How to Live in a Flat
STC269996 Chromium Comfort, detail from How to Live in a Flat, published 1936 (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Poor Steel, detail from How to Live in a Flat, published 1936 (litho)
STC269995 Poor Steel, detail from How to Live in a Flat, published 1936 (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Fur Trappers in Canada, 1880 (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT163738 Fur Trappers in Canada, 1880 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Engraved shield (detail of 373689) (hide & silver)
MGS373690 Engraved shield (detail of 373689) (hide & silver) by Ethiopian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spoil of the Abyssinian War; inscribed N.H)

Powder Flask, c. 1560-1570 (leather (cuir bouilli) with embossed and fluted decoration
490994 Powder Flask, c.1560-1570 (leather (cuir bouilli) with embossed and fluted decoration; brass funnel) by Italian School, (16th century); h:17.20 w:11.90 Wt:24 kg cm; Cleveland Museum of Art

Scraping the hide, c. 1902-11 (b / w photo)
DPL415555 Scraping the hide, c.1902-11 (b/w photo) by Throssel, Richard (1882-1933); Denver Public Library, Western History Collection; eDenver Public Library; American, out of copyright

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