Washing Collection

Advertising card for Thoms Castile Soap of Manchester
Advertising card by Louis Wain for the Gold Medal-winning Thoms Castile Soap - the Best in the World - manufactured by David Thom & Co. Ltd. of Pendleton, Manchester

Advertisement for Pears Soap, 1898 (colour litho)
810275 Advertisement for Pears Soap, 1898 (colour litho) by English School

Poster advertising Sunlight Soap -- for rest and leisure. Date: early 20th century

Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s

Wrights Coal Tar Soap - WW1
Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar Soap from the Great War showing a soldier and his wife or sweetheart bidding farewell to each other

A windjammer looming over a London street
Harboured in Dockland - a windjammer looming over a street in by Millwall Dock, London

Brown Bear Ursos arctos Katmai Alaska August

Three young friends leap over a puddle outside a Govan tenement block in Glasgow. September 1956

Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan. Artist: Yoshiiku
Quarreling and scuffling in a womens bathhouse, Japan

Wringer, wet clothes dryer
Antique illustration of a wringer, wet clothes dryer

John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers
3786256 John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers; (add.info.: John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers, Groces & Co. Early 20th century advert)

Children on the Beach, St. Ives, 1886 (oil on canvas)
658034 Children on the Beach, St. Ives, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Forbes, Stanhope Alexander (1857-1947); 30.5x40 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Children on the Beach, St. Ives)

Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century

Children pony trekking, Horner, Somerset
Children pony trekking at Horner, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1980s

Bathers in front of big hotels on Playa Levante, Benidorm, Costa Blanca, Spain beach

Mute Swan - adult bird preening - Cleveland - UK
ROY-650 Mute Swan - adult bird preening Cleveland - UK Cygnus olor Roy Glen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown Bear With cubs
LA-363 European BROWN BEAR - with cubs by water Ursus arctos Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sea Otter - grooming. (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA) B2A4593
TOM-1425 Sea Otter - grooming

Horses - 2 x Norwegian Fjord Pony, grooming each other
USH-471 HORSE - Norwegian Fjord pony, two grooming Equus caballus sp. Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bathing, (oil on canvas)
989873 Bathing, (oil on canvas) by Irolli, Vicenzo (1860-1945); 137.8x105.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathing. Vincenzo Irolli (1860-1942). Oil on canvas

Le Linge (The Laundry), 1875. Creator: Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)
Le Linge (The Laundry), 1875. Found in the Collection of The Barnes Foundation

Wrights Coal Tar Soap advertisement, WW1
Lucky Beggar!...Send a bar to YOUR soldier friend. Advertisement for Wrights coal tar soap with a soldier the envy of all his comrades as he is enjoying a wash with a whole bar sent to him from home

Ariel low temperature washing powder gel - Close up of plastic bottle UK
MAB-1220 Ariel low temperature washing powder gel - Close up of plastic bottle UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Lion - 5-6 week old cub with mother in den - Masai Mara Reserve - Kenya
SE-399 Lion - 5-6 week old cub with mother in den Maasai Mara Reserve - Kenya Panthera leo Suzi Eszterhas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Jersey calves On a Waikato dairy farm, New Zealand
DH-3145 Jersey calves On a Waikato dairy farm, New Zealand Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Naked woman showering, rear view

Romanesque Bas Relief Sculpture of Saint Peter Washing Christ's Feet Showing Humility, Saint Gilles Church Abbey c12th Saint-Gilles France

Monday, Bryan Pearce (1929-2007)
Oil on board, 1959. Bryan Pearce was born in St Ives in 1929 and suffered from the then unknown condition Phenylketonuria, which affects the normal development of the brain

Little one-yr-old, Georgina Rumph, likes to be in the swim. In fact she just loves a tub with some-water in it. However, a showers another thing

Miners in the pithead baths following a shift underground at Mosley Common Colliery Lancashire England, showering after their shift August 1954

Parliament in session, Mevagissey, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A group of men seated at the bottom of a footpath on the north side of the harbour. Photographer: Unknown

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - girls and women - washing and getting their hair done

Scotlands top lady footballers will leave their Captain on the touchline when they run on to the field for their most important match of the season

Scenes in Chinatown, Singapore. 6th February 1962

Some of the residents in a street in Pendleton, Greater Manchester. July 1932

Housing slums in the Dalmarnock district of Glasgow the deralict tenament housing with its windows broken a load of washing is hung out to dry October 1963

WW2 - Laundry - It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line
WW2 humour - " Two British soldiers doing their laundry comment that " It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line!". Date: circa 1944

Traditional Japanese bathing in upright wooden tub, heated by a small side stove Date: 1930

Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW London
A girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Early Washing Machine
circa 1860: An early labour-saving machine for clothes washing, comprising a water barrel, water boiler, agitator and mangle. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Parisian Luxury
circa 1824: A Parisian gentleman takes a bath attended by his barber and manicurist. George Cruikshank (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mary anointing the feet of Jesus Christ
Mary of Bethany anointing the feet of Jesus Christ in gratitude for his raising of her brother Lazarus (and in preparation for his impending death and burial). Date: circa 1850

Capriccio Landscape, by Jean Victor Bertin (1767-1842). Date: circa 1810

British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by Matania
The only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in

Sea Otter - grooming in water (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA) B2A5726
TOM-1438 Sea Otter - grooming in water Enhydra lutris (Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma)

Advertisement for Pears soap depicting a child at bath time (chromolitho)
6030602 Advertisement for Pears soap depicting a child at bath time (chromolitho) by English School

The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music Sheet
The Poor Washerwoman - sung with typhoons of applause by Henri Clark - Music Sheet, written by Walter Hadtings and composed by W. T. Webb

Advertisement for Lifebuoy soap with the message that the soap fights dirt and disease (colour litho)
6030590 Advertisement for Lifebuoy soap with the message that the soap fights dirt and disease (colour litho) by English School

Bath house scene, a print by Toyohara Kunichika, 19th century. Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Bath house scene, a print by Toyohara Kunichika, 19th century

Mary Magdalene annointing the feet of Jesus, c1880. From the Bible (John 12)

War Lane and Victoria Road, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1908

Advert for Wrights coal soap 1916
Advertisement for Wrights Coal Tar soap, the soldiers soap suitable for all, from private to general. 1916

Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs, soap dishes, and a slop pail far too nice to put slops in. Date: circa 1880s

Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmates at Work in Laundry
Staff supervise inmates ironing washing in laundry of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory. Date: 1908

Victorian Scrap, Pears Soap -- a mother monkey washes her dirty son. circa 1880s

Water Baby by Muriel Dawson -- a little child in a bathtub. Date: 1939

Cupecoy Beach, Saint Martin, French Antilles
A long exposure of Cupecoy Beach coastal surf taken after sunset at twilight. Saint-Martin is one of five island dependencies of Guadeloupe. Situated in the French Antilles (French West Indies)

John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers
3786257 John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers; (add.info.: John Peck & Co: Coats and Aprons for Butchers, Groces & Co. Early 20th century advert)

Anna by the Water, 1878 (oil on canvas)
OVR364987 Anna by the Water, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Sinding, Otto Ludvig (1842-1909); 65x45 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Anna ved vannet); Photo © O. Vaering

Poster for Le Fauteuil soap (colour litho)
PER233992 Poster for Le Fauteuil soap (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Savon ideal Le Fauteuil extra garanti pur; Paranque et cie, Marseille; ); French

The District Nurse: General scenes of District Nurse Muggeride out on her rounds visit her elderly patients. Seen here bathing a patients feet. Circa 1960

San Sebastian, Spain - The Beach and the Casino - Beach Huts
San Sebastian - The Beach and the Casino - Spain - mobile beach huts. Note the striped swimming costumes hung out to dry on a rudimentary washing line. Date: 1906

Advertisement for Sunlight household soap, c1890. The advertisement recommends the soap it to the housewife by claiming it would make life easier

Hereford Industrial School Washroom
Boys washing at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s

Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes
Four Belgian boy scouts camping in the Ardennes

Toddler sitting next to bowl
Toddler sitting next to a bowl. Date: 1920s

Public laundry of St. Brigida, Genoa, Italy Date: circa 1890

Boys from the Gravesend Sea School, Kent, dry their washing on a flag hoist. 5 June 1937

Picture No. 10783466
European Badger - resting (Meles meles) Date:

An adult elephant (Elephantidae) washes in the river, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka, Asia

Proboscis Monkey JPF 10496 Adult male crossing Kinabatangan River
JPF-10496 Proboscis / Long-nosed MONKEY - Adult male crossing Kinabatangan River

Olive Thrush - bathing in birdbath - East and southern Africa
ASW-4850 Olive Thrush - bathing in birdbath Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Turdus olivaceus East and southern Africa, especially highland areas. Alan J. S

Suricate / Meerkat - adult grooming young Kalahari South Africa
CH-4438 Suricate / Meerkat - adult grooming young Kalahari South Africa Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Horse - new born thoroughbred foal
JD-734 Horse - new born thoroughbred foal John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mother and her daughter, Frederick Douglass housing project
Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Mother and her daughter

Washing Day, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Washing Day, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

The Little Miss Pussy Cats helping in the kitchen (colour litho)
7157455 The Little Miss Pussy Cats helping in the kitchen (colour litho) by Wain, Louis (1860-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Little Miss Pussy Cats helping in the kitchen)

Jesus Christ anointed by a sinful woman at the house of Simon the Pharisee (engraving)
7172445 Jesus Christ anointed by a sinful woman at the house of Simon the Pharisee (engraving) by European School

Girl Leaning Over Sink Little Mischief (chromolitho)
733486 Girl Leaning Over Sink Little Mischief (chromolitho) by American School

Bathroom Scene - Lisbeth, pub. in Lasst Licht Hinin
STC61910 Bathroom Scene - Lisbeth, pub

Pears soap advertisement. Matchless for the complexion (colour litho)
560423 Pears soap advertisement. Matchless for the complexion (colour litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pears soap advertisement)

Soldiers at a Stream, 1920 (w / c on paper)
3493887 Soldiers at a Stream, 1920 (w/c on paper) by Carrington, Dora (1893-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Travelling through Spain to visit Gerald Brenan, Carrington)

Young lavandiere Painting by Ernest Hebert (1817-1908) 19th century Sun
JLJ4571732 Young lavandiere Painting by Ernest Hebert (1817-1908) 19th century Sun

Christ Washing the Apostles Feet, c. 1618. Creator: Jacques Callot
Christ Washing the Apostles Feet, c. 1618

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"Washing Through the Ages: From Coal Tar Soap to Sunlight Soap, a Journey of Cleanliness" In the midst of WW1, Wrights Coal Tar Soap became an essential companion for soldiers, ensuring cleanliness even in the harshest conditions. Step into a women's bathhouse in Japan as Yoshiiku captures the quarreling and scuffling that sometimes accompanies communal washing rituals. The vibrant poster advertising Sunlight Soap invites you to experience the refreshing power of this cleansing agent that brings sunshine into your daily routine. Bathers on Playa Levante in Benidorm, Costa Blanca, Spain enjoy a day at the beach while their laundry flutters in front of big hotels - a picturesque scene blending relaxation and domestic chores. Thoms Castile Soap from Manchester takes center stage on an advertising card, promising purity and gentleness for all your washing needs. A majestic windjammer looms over a London street as if guarding against dirt and grime - reminding us that even amidst urban chaos, cleanliness is paramount. The wringer stands tall beside a wet clothes dryer - symbols of hard work and efficiency as they aid in transforming damp garments into fresh ones ready to be worn again. Children frolic on St Ives Beach in 1886 while their mothers diligently wash clothes nearby - capturing both innocence and responsibility within one idyllic seaside setting. Edouard Manet's "Le Linge (The Laundry)" transports us back to 1875 Paris where washerwomen meticulously scrubbed garments by hand along bustling riverbanks – an ode to their tireless efforts behind clean wardrobes. Witnessing an adult Mute Swan preening its feathers or observing Brown Bears grooming themselves reminds us that animals too understand the importance of personal hygiene – nature's own version rituals.