Filthy Collection

Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)
6034701 Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames)

Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Chimneysweep / Mayhew 1864
Back bent by the weight of his brushes, a young chimneysweep stands before the grate

Daniel Cropp, filthy street-crossing sweeper on Charles Street and Rathbone Place
FLO5000897 Daniel Cropp, filthy street-crossing sweeper on Charles Street and Rathbone Place. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana

New student moving into filthy rooms in a college at Oxford University. College Comforts
FLO4618879 New student moving into filthy rooms in a college at Oxford University. College Comforts, a Freshman taking possession of his Rooms

Anxious Expectation
Jan Slotboom

The Filthy Man, n.d. Creator: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
The Filthy Man, n.d

Viewless
Rob Olivier

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A view of some of the makeshift buildings that have grown among the rubbish tips. This is where the better off Zabballeen people live circa 1995

South East Asia, Thailand, Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) wallowing in mud

Dirty Father Thames 1848
Dirty Father Thames stands in the river water hooking detritus and rubbish that's floating there: old shoes and boots, dead fish, bottles, dead mice and rats

Cartoon depicting the Thames and the Lea Rivers being attacked because of their filthy condition
5308613 Cartoon depicting the Thames and the Lea Rivers being attacked because of their filthy condition by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925); (add.info)

Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving)
6034652 Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Punch, Volume 18)

Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving)
6034641 Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop)

Have you used Pears soap? (colour litho)
1064194 Have you used Pears soap? (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for advertisement, Have you used Pears soap)

Punch cartoon: Contamination - two chimney sweeps (engraving)
6034745 Punch cartoon: Contamination - two chimney sweeps (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Contamination - two chimney sweeps)

A Typical Weavers loft of the Early Industrial Revolution (etching)
STC312826 A Typical Weavers loft of the Early Industrial Revolution (etching) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

The Friend of the People & his Petty New Tax Gatherer, paying John Bull a visit
NCO190417 The Friend of the People & his Petty New Tax Gatherer, paying John Bull a visit, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1806 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

The swallows of winter (colour litho)
2782328 The swallows of winter (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The swallows of winter. Les Hirondelles D Hiver)

Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner, satirical cartoon on culinary hygiene
CHT173795 Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner, satirical cartoon on culinary hygiene (coloured engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Punch cartoon: A Court for King Cholera (engraving)
6034685 Punch cartoon: A Court for King Cholera (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: A Court for King Cholera)

Punch cartoon: Dirty Father Thames (engraving)
6034634 Punch cartoon: Dirty Father Thames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dirty Father Thames)

After the Mudbog
Jay Heiser

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Ireland, North, Belfast, Dublin Road, Filthy Mc Nastys Liquor Saloon interior

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Ireland, North, Belfast, Dublin Road, Filthy Mc Nastys Liquor Saloon entrance

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by two donkeys stops in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A man catches a pig by the leg. It will be eaten. There is little time for religious niceties among the poverty and filth of the rubbish tip

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 6
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small girl child dodges past a donkey cart in the rubbish-strewn streets Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A cart pulled by three small donkeys carries rubbish and three men from the tip Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 5
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. Three young girls sift though the smoking rubbish Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 2
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A femae child wearing what might once have been a pretty pink dress. It is now ragged and filthy Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 4
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy carries a tin can into which he will put small metal items he finds among the rubbish Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 3
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A small boy scrabbles in the rubbish with his bare hands. More children work behind him Date: circa 1995

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 1
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A ragged child finds a piece of bread among the rubbish and offers it to her sister, who clings to her brother Date: circa 1995

Filthy streets, Mokattam, Cairo
The filthy street of Mokattam in the middle of the rubbish tips of Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995

Rubbish tip Zabbaleen children, Cairo
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995

Rubbish tip Zabbeleen children, Cairo
Zabbaleen children on the rubbish tips of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1995

slum child with dog
A dirty, barefoot boy eats a biscuit while standing on the doorstep of his slum home with a dog. Brinksway, Stockport Cheshire Date: circa 1970

Slum child eating
A small, dirty, barefoot boy on the doorstep of his slum home in Brinksway, Stockport Cheshire Date: circa 1970

Slum child
A small fair-haired dirty boy wipes away tears with his thumb as he looks at the camera. Brinksway, Stockport condemned housing. North of England slums Date: circa 1970

Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
" Why greedily thus bendest more on me, than on these other filthy ones, thy ken?", c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil encounter Alessio Interminei of Lucca immers d in ordure

Oil Refinery

German caricature of Russian soldiers, WW1
German caricature of Russian soldiers in 1914 at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 1914

Safe and sound and watching the building work from a safe distance!...... " Harriet" the cat who went missing for days under the carpet

The London Bathing Season, filthy River Thames
The London Bathing Season cartoon. The figure of Father Thames, filthy and carrying a dead cat, a bent kettle, and other detritus from the river, beckons to a small boy on the quayside, " Come

Path of a Drunkard
The path of a drunkard is a story of degradation from polite civility to filthy clothes and unruly behaviour. Date: 1866

Its My Turn. Stockton-on-Tees 1970s 1970s

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"Filthy: A Journey Through History and Geography" Step into the past with a Punch cartoon, as Faraday presents his card to Father Thames, a symbol of the polluted waters that once flowed through London. The hands-on image of Southbank Middlesbrough in the 1970s reveals an era when industrial grime coated every surface. Travel further back to Mayhew's depiction of a chimneysweep in 1864, capturing the filth and hardship endured by these young workers. Dirty Father Thames from 1848 showcases how pollution plagued even iconic rivers. During World War I, a German caricature portrays Russian soldiers as filthy invaders. Contrastingly, witness the Zabbaleen of Mokattam in Cairo, Egypt - their lives revolve around sorting through garbage for survival. Venturing to Southeast Asia, behold an Asian water buffalo wallowing blissfully in mud; its muddy coat exemplifying nature's own version of "filthy. " Meanwhile, a cartoon highlights how both the Thames and Lea Rivers were attacked due to their deplorable condition. Sanitation becomes paramount with another Punch cartoon depicting sanitary and insanitary matters. Pears soap advertisement reminds us that cleanliness was sought after even then. Lastly, chimney sweeps are portrayed as agents of contamination in yet another engraving. In this captivating journey through time and space, we encounter various forms of filth - from environmental degradation to personal hygiene concerns. It serves as a reminder that throughout history and across continents, grappling with filth has been an ever-present challenge for humanity.