Boiling Collection

Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. The Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Womens Institute activities during the First World War, making jam and wicker baskets to help with the war effort. 1915

Macbeth / Witches / Cauldron
Act IV, Scene I The witches in their cavern, gathered around the boiling cauldron; " in the poisn d entrails throw"

Advert for Cadburys cup chocolate
Hot Chololate instantly by simply shaking the soft flakes into a cup of boiling hot milk. 1930

Distillation, 16th century woodcut
Distillation. Coloured 16th century woodcut depicting apparatus used for distillation. Two liquids to be distilled are being heated in large flasks (bottom left and right)

Advertisement for Doctors China Tea by Gladys Peto, done in her characteristic decorative style. Date: c.1924

Frys Chocolates
Advertisement for Frys Chocolate and Cocoa Manufactory in Bristol showing illustrations of the roasting room, boiling sugar, grinding chocolate, the pan room

Sir James Dewar / Cig Card
SIR JAMES DEWAR Scottish chemist and physicist

Model Maid-Of-All-Work
The model maid of all work is kept busy in the scullery cleaning boots, boiling kettles and pans, and responding to the bells that are constantly rung for her

Siege of a medieval castle. Knights in armour, archers and soldiers on ladders storm a castle defended by soldiers throwing rocks and boiling oil

Cockle gathering at Penclawdd 1857
Eight miles from Swansea on the Loughor river, women gathering and preparing cockles for market. Date: 1857

Te Tarata hot springs, Rotomahana, New Zealand
View of the Te Tarata hot springs by Lake Rotomahana, North Island, New Zealand -- thermal springs with encrusted terraces

Castle Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Brewery Boiling the Beer
Boiling the beer in an American brewery

Bubbling mud pot in the Whakarewarewa thermal area at Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, Japan
A sign advertising the option to boil an egg at the Beppu Hot Springs, Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred

Afar man looking at the smoke coming out from Erta Ale volcano caldera, Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Strokkur Geyser eruption at dawn, Haukadalur Geothermal Area, Haukadalur, Arnessysla, Sudurland, Iceland, Europe

Africa, Benin, Grand Popo. Salt Making in a little village by the mono river

Distillation of alcohol. 19th century (engraving)
672887 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)

19th century soap boilers
673324 19th century soap boilers; (add.info.: a nineteenth century Soap Boiler); Universal History Archive/UIG

Distillation of alcohol. 19th century (engraving)
672881 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)

The Tale of a Tea-kettle (London, 1844). Wood engraving
541201 The Tale of a Tea-kettle (London, 1844). Wood engraving.; (add.info.: James Watt as a boy watching the kettle boiling in the fire)

Boiling, a form of puddling, at Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. From The Science Record, New York, 1873
530438 Boiling, a form of puddling, at Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. From The Science Record, New York, 1873; Universal History Archive/UIG

A tramp lighting a fire, 1850
3478316 A tramp lighting a fire, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a tramp lighting a fire ready to brew up a cup of tea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Advert for H. W Johns, asbestos materials for roofing 1875
Company based in New York, advertising asbestos roofing, used in roof coating, cement, paint, boiling felt and steam packing. 1875

Caricature of Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-94), 1793 (colour litho)
CHT224185 Caricature of Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-94), 1793 (colour litho) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Inferno Crater, Waimangu Volcanic Valley, near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

The Wider Image: In the Sierra Maestra, Castro revolution lives
Bananas are being prepared for lunch in the kitchen of a house in the village of Santo Domingo, in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, March 29, 2018

Hot spring splashing at Strokkur against cloudy sky during sunset, Geysir, South Iceland, Iceland

Hot spring splashing at Strokkur during sunset, Geysir, South Iceland, Iceland

Iceland, Geysir area, Stokkur geyser

Iceland, Geysir area, Stokkur geyser erupting in a sunny day

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)

Distillation of alcohol. 19th century (engraving)
672891 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)

Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reamur (1683-1757) French physicist. 1874 (wood engraving)
541180 Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reamur (1683-1757) French physicist. 1874 (wood engraving, from Vies des Savants Illustres by Louis Figuier)

Making a Christmas Pudding, Christmas card, 19th century
BAL48943 Making a Christmas Pudding, Christmas card, 19th century; Private Collection

Martyrdom of a Christian saint, 1497. Creator: Master of Anne de Bretagne
Martyrdom of a Christian saints, 1497. Illustration from a Book of Hours. Latin text: Initium sancti evangelii secundum Johannem

Wife of Sangoro Scalds Her Husband's Face with Boiling Water, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Wife of Sangoro Scalds Her Husband's Face with Boiling Water, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 600

Interior with a woman reading the newspaper, 1854-1892. Creator: Gerke Henkes
Interior with a woman reading the newspaper, 1854-1892

Boiling
Mohammadreza Momeni

Lady Knox Geyser eruption, Waiotapu, New Zealand

Artist's Palette Pool in Waiotapu Thermal Reserve, Rotorua, New Zealand

Artist's Palette pool, hot thermal spring, Rotorua, New Zealand

Hot spring in volcanic valley, New Zealand

Inferno Crater Lake in Waimangu volcanic valley, New Zealand

Champagne Pool in Waiotapu Thermal Reserve, Rotorua, New Zealand

Pohutu Geyser, Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley, Rotorua, New Zealand

Champagne Pool, hot thermal spring, Rotorua, New Zealand

Salt Workers Droitwich
Droitwich in Worcestershire was the centre of extensive works producing salt from brine. Conditions in the brine boiling sheds were arduous

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

Deposits of travertine colored by thermophilic bacteria, Upper Terraces Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. Date: 21-09-2019

Colorful travertine formations at Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park. Date: 16-09-2019

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Caribbean, St. Lucia, Soufriere. Sulphur springs, boiling mud pools Date: 30/08/2007

Trial by the ordeal of boiling water, 1920s (litho)
832986 Trial by the ordeal of boiling water, 1920s (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation)

Travertine deposits colored by thermophilic bacteria, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Palette Spring Terraces composed of travertine deposits colored by thermophilic bacteria. Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Dead trees entombed in travertine deposits colored by thermophilic bacteria. Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Dead trees entombed in travertine deposits, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Deposits of travertine colored by thermophilic bacteria, Upper Terraces Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Clepsydra Geyser along the Fountain Paint Pot Trail, Yellowstone National Park

Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone National Park

Colorful travertine formations at Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

Boiling mud pots in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, Potosi Department, Bolivia, South America

molasses making
Gilcan Mete

Two of Irish, Sweet and Hot (coloured photo)
3643172 Two of Irish, Sweet and Hot (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two of Irish, Sweet and Hot)

Gustave Dores Don Quixote: "A vast lake of boiling pitch, in which an infinite multitude of fierce
6008373 Gustave Dores Don Quixote: " A vast lake of boiling pitch, in which an infinite multitude of fierce and terrible creatures are traversing backwards and forwards" (engraving)

A Visit to the Confectioner (engraving)
6003636 A Visit to the Confectioner (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Visit to the Confectioner)

Fukuroi: Tea Stall (Fukuroi, dejaya no zu) (colour woodblock print)
5043651 Fukuroi: Tea Stall (Fukuroi, dejaya no zu) (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Mouson and Companys Perfumery and Toilet Soap Steam Works at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany (engraving)
1622696 Mouson and Companys Perfumery and Toilet Soap Steam Works at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany (engraving) by English School

Prices Patent Candle Companys works; The steam boiling and engine house (engraving)
608714 Prices Patent Candle Companys works; The steam boiling and engine house (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Harvesting maple sap to make maple syrup, United States (chromolitho)
1094057 Harvesting maple sap to make maple syrup, United States (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harvesting maple sap to make maple syrup)

Boiling springs, fumaroles, and geysers on the Waikato River, New Zealand (engraving)
967949 Boiling springs, fumaroles, and geysers on the Waikato River, New Zealand (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boiling springs, fumaroles)

Denis Papin and the pressure cooker (chromolitho)
968581 Denis Papin and the pressure cooker (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Denis Papin and the pressure cooker)

Salt: boiling brine, Luneburg, Germany (chromolitho)
1093260 Salt: boiling brine, Luneburg, Germany (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salt: boiling brine, Luneburg, Germany)

Volcano, Hawaii, 1888 (oil on canvas)
PNH367113 Volcano, Hawaii, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Tavernier, Jules (1844-89); 15x30 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; French, out of copyright

"There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386626 " There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Absence of Mind (engraving)
2781286 Absence of Mind (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Absence of Mind. Illustration for Chatterbox (1899).); © Look and Learn

Boiling down Sheep in Australia (engraving)
1611389 Boiling down Sheep in Australia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boiling down Sheep in Australia)

Trades in Regency England: Ale-house, silk mill and stocking weaver. Customers drinking Burton ale outside a pub 49, workers dying and drying silk in a mill in Derby 50

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"Boiling: A Journey Through Time and Culture" Step into the world as we explore its fascinating history and diverse applications. From Diego Velazquez's captivating painting, "Old Woman Cooking Eggs, " to the Women's Institute activities during World War I, it has played a crucial role in our daily lives. In Macbeth, the iconic witches stir their cauldron, symbolizing both mystery and power. Similarly, distillation in 16th-century woodcuts showcases the scientific advancements that led to new discoveries. Even Cadbury's cup chocolate advert highlights how they are create delicious treats for all to enjoy. During medieval times, boiling was used strategically during sieges of castles, demonstrating its significance in warfare tactics. Frys Chocolates further exemplify how this technique revolutionized confectionery production. Sir James Dewar is remembered not only for his contributions to science but also through cigarette cards depicting him with his famous vacuum flask – a testament to his pioneering work on insulation through boiling techniques. The Model Maid-Of-All-Work represents an era when boiling became more accessible for household chores, simplifying tasks previously done manually. Meanwhile, Gladys Peto's advertisement for Doctors China Tea reminds us of the soothing effects that hot water brings when infused with aromatic herbs or tea leaves. From cockle gathering at Penclawdd in 1857 to Te Tarata hot springs in New Zealand today, natural sources of heat have been harnessed for centuries by various cultures worldwide. These thermal wonders allow us to experience firsthand nature's incredible ability to boil water effortlessly. Join us on this captivating journey through time and culture as we delve into the artistry behind Diego Velazquez’s masterpiece and uncover how boiling has shaped our past while continuing to impact our present-day practices.