Drying Collection

Hams air drying, Graubunden region, Switzerland, Europe

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

Jesus Washing the Feet of his Disciples, 1898 (oil and grisaille on paper)
3086711 Jesus Washing the Feet of his Disciples, 1898 (oil and grisaille on paper) by Edelfelt, Albert Gustaf Aristides (1854-1905); 58x47 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Finnish

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)

Drying Octopus, Mandrakia, Milos, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Sugar bags hanging out to dry, North Quay, West India Docks, 1900

Laundry hanging from window in the Ribeira Quarter, Oporto, Portugal, Europe

Bathing / In Bathroom / 1926
A woman drying herself in front of the bathroom mirror

Public Drying Ground
The only public laundry Drying Ground in Scotland, on Glasgow Green. Behind is the John Templeton carpet factory, designed after the Doges Palace, Venice

USA, New Mexico, Santa Fe: Downtown Santa Fe, Chili Pepper Ristras / Wreaths

Double-crested Cormorant - West Coast nonbreeeding adult with wings spread open - Range: coasts, inland lakes
FG-ED-034 Double-crested Cormorant - West Coast nonbreeeding adult with wings spread open Range: coasts, inland lakes, rivers of North America Phalacrocorax auritus Francois Gohier Please note that

Chili ristras, Chimayo, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Drying Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. After the wool has been dyed, it is put out on a fence to dry

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Lake District Farmhouse
Low Tilberthwaite Farm & Barn, a typical farmhouse in the Lancashire part of the Lake District, England. Note the spinning gallery, used for drying out wool. Date: 17th century

Chili peppers on adobe wall, Tubac, Greater Tucson Region, Arizona, United States of America, North America

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

Dunure Fishing Ropes
Fishing ropes drying in a corner of the little harbour at Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland, with its castle in the background. Date: 1950s

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland - Fishing Stages. A fishing stage is a wooden vernacular building, associated with cod fishing in Newfoundland, Canada

Octopuses hung up to dry on washing lines, Chania, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

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

Tenements In New York City
Photograph shows laundry drying on clotheslines in the backyards of New York City tenement slums, circa 1900. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

USA-ARIZONA-Tubac: South Arizonas Premier Craft Town Chili Ristra Wreath
USA, Arizona, Tubac: South Arizonas Premier Craft Town Chili Ristra Wreath

NATIVE AMERICAN BARBECUE. Florida Native Americans curing fish and game on a barbecue. Colored engraving, 1591, by Theodor de Bry after a now lost drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

DRYING DISMAL DESMOND
A little girl pegs out her freshly washed Dismal Desmond toy dalmatian dog to dry on the washing line in her back yard! Date: early 1930s

Stockfish, Norway
Stockfish. Cod drying on wooden racks on the Lofoten Islands, Norway. Stockfish is unsalted fish that is allowed to dry in cold air and wind

Columbia River campsite of Native American fishermen
Native American fishing camp on the banks of the Columbia River. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Peat cutting with blocks drying Isle of Skye, Scotland
MAB-20 Peat cutting with blocks / briquettes drying Isle of Skye, Scotland Extracting fuel fossil seam. Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Dried seahorses for sale in seafood shop, Chinatown, Singapore, South East Asia

Drying Clothes / Allingham
A woman in a pink bonnet check her washing line to see if her washing is dry

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Washing lines
Gloria Salgado Gispert

The Dogs Bath Club in Beauchamp Place, London where every imaginable facility was available for pampered pooches. Owners could relax in the cosy lounge with cocktail bar which was decorated with a

Cleanliness - Health - The Truest Wealth - promotional postcard for the Health & Cleanliness Council (HCC) - 5 Tavistock Square, London. Date: circa late 1920s

BRAZIL: COFFEE PRODUCTION. Spreading coffee beans for drying at a farm in Brazil. Photograph, c1940

Stockfish or cod hanging to dry, Portuguese production method, Porto de Camara de Lobos, Camara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal

Dried seaweed, Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region, Chile

Florida Native Americans curing fish and game on a barbecue. Colored engraving, 1591
NATIVE AMERICANS: BARBECUE, 1591. Florida Native Americans curing fish and game on a barbecue. Colored engraving, 1591, by Theodor de Bry after a now lost drawing by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

Drying off, thermogram
Drying off. Thermogram of a man drying himself in front of a radiator, using a towel. The colour- coding shows variations in temperature

Dried red chillies, Chili Ristras, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Making Raisins
Drying grapes to make raisins for export at Izmir (Smyrna)

Fishermen on the River Volga at Samara
Fishermen relaxing after a hard days work on the River Volga at Samara, Russia

Washing day, Burano Island, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Great Cormorant - female with wings outstretched to dry - Cleveland - UK
ROY-528 Great Cormorant - female with wings outstretched to dry Cleveland - UK Phalacrocorax carbo Roy Glen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Potters Quarter, Bhaktapur (Bhadgaun), Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Women Washing Dishes
Three young women (" Three Lions", perhaps in some way connected with womens services during World War Two) washing and drying dishes together in a large kitchen

Just Out of the Sea, 1915 (oil on canvas)
IND112780 Just Out of the Sea, 1915 (oil on canvas) by Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (1863-1923); 130x15.5 cm; Museo Sorolla, Madrid, Spain; Index Fototeca

Atelier pour la dessiccation et la compression des legumes par le procede Chollet et Morel-Fatio (engraving)
2787561 Atelier pour la dessiccation et la compression des legumes par le procede Chollet et Morel-Fatio (engraving) by French School

Leather Dyeing for Making Gloves, Bevington and Sons, 1861-62 (sepia photo
STC221845 Leather Dyeing for Making Gloves, Bevington and Sons, 1861-62 (sepia photo) (see also 232992) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho, ca. 1857. ca. 1857. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho, ca. 1857

Drying and Repairing Eel Nets at Maghery, Loch Neagh
Drying and Repairing Eel Nets at Maghery, L. Neagh - a view of a man spreading eel nets out in a field to dry. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Maghery). Date: circa early 1900s

Woman drying herself after a dip in the sea outside her hut
Woman drying herself with a beach towel after a dip in the sea In her trendy striped bathing costume) outside her hut which is named Burleigh after a village in Berkshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY, 1738. Fishing for, curing and drying codfish in Newfoundland. Color English engraving, 1738

New York, New York. Getting a manicure while drying hair at Francois de Paris, a hairdresser on Eighth Street. Date 1942 Sept

Drying Hops 1906
Three men drying hops inside a Kentish oast house

Tea leaves drying, Longjing, Hangzhou, China, Asia

Southern Hawker Dragonfly USH 122 Aeshna cyanea © Duncan Usher / ARDEA LONDON
USH-122 Southern HAWKER Dragonfly - newly emerged UK Aeshna cyanea Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Blue-tailed Damselfly - covered with dewdrops
USH-1268 Blue-tailed DAMSELFLY - covered with dew drops Ischnura elegans Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Facade of a house in the Moorish quarter of Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Picked red chilli peppers laid out to dry, Rajasthan, India

A boy hanging sisal out to dry on the road to Quindio in Colombia, South America

Bathing Child 1852
A mother bathes her two children: the elder, a toddler, sits drying on a table, while baby stands in the bath tub

The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas! Date: 1961

Tenement buildings, East London
Tenement buildings in East London, with washing drying, and children playing. Date: circa 1950s

Norway, Troms, Havnnes, Air dried Stockfish cod heads primarily for West Africa, principally Nigeria, where they are used in soup

High angle view of colorful flowers in storage compartments drying in the souks of medina, Marrakech, Morocco

Aerial view of people working in a rice mill field, Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Incense workers sits surrounded by thousands of incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau, Hanoi, Vietnam

Man carrying big wicker baskets for dried red chili peppers, near Kalaw, Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar

Woman on a boat checking freshly dyed fabric hanging from bamboo poles to dry. Lake Inle, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar

Woman in a window checking freshly dyed fabric hanging from bamboo poles to dry on a house. Lake Inle, Nyaungshwe Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar

Burundi. Fish hung out to dry on the shores of lake Tanganyika

Provence, France. Garlic hanging in a shop in Sault in the south of France

Living on a skyscraper, c1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Living on a skyscraper, c1919. Boys playing marbles on roof of skyscraper

The Dead Sea
Tal Paz-Fridman

Quiet Time
Shihya Kowatari

Majestic 7R48858
joanaduenas

A salad drainer
5307352 A salad drainer.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a salad drainer which was used to drain excess water from lettuce and other salad vegetables. Dated 19th century)

Workers at a machine, from L'Univers Illustre, pub. June 1863
3473170 Workers at a machine, from L'Univers Illustre, pub. June 1863; (add.info.: Workers at a machine which consisted of two wooden rolls between which pieces of material passed when they)

Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870
866044 Hanging up sheets of handmade paper to dry. Engraving c1870; Universal History Archive/UIG

The Bath, 1909 (oil on canvas)
823561 The Bath, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Noci, Arturo (1874-1953); 110x160 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bath. Arturo Noci (1874-1953). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1909

Tobacco in Kent, 1886 (engraving)
1574562 Tobacco in Kent, 1886 (engraving); (add.info.: Growing tobacco in Kent, England: hanging picked lef on frames in the field ready to be taken to the oast house for drying)

Man drying silkworm cocoons over a charcoal pan surrounded by bamboo screen and using blanket
531652 Man drying silkworm cocoons over a charcoal pan surrounded by bamboo screen and using blanket and fan to regulate draught

Paper making, China: forming and drying sheets from pulp. Engraving c1810
866079 Paper making, China: forming and drying sheets from pulp. Engraving c1810.; Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Drying: A Timeless Ritual of Renewal and Nourishment" In a world where time seems to fly by, the act brings us back to simpler times, and is a reminder that even in our fast-paced lives, there are moments when we must slow down and appreciate the beauty in everyday tasks. Imagine walking down a bustling street, your eyes drawn to a vibrant poster advertising Sunlight Soap. The image depicts clothes hanging on a line, gently swaying in the breeze as they dry under the warm sun. This simple scene transports you to another era, evoking feelings of nostalgia and tranquility. Further along your journey through art history, you stumble upon an exquisite painting titled "Jesus Washing the Feet of his Disciples. " Here, amidst this sacred moment captured on canvas with oil and grisaille technique, you notice water droplets falling from freshly washed feet onto towels carefully laid out for drying. In this act of humility and service, Jesus teaches us not only about cleansing but also about finding solace in simplicity. As you continue your exploration into different mediums and locations across continents, scenes unfold before your eyes like chapters in a storybook. Children frolic on St. Ives Beach while their damp swimsuits hang nearby - evidence of joyful memories made under sunny skies. On North Quay at West India Docks stands an intriguing sight - sugar bags suspended mid-air as if dancing with anticipation for their transformation from sticky sweetness to crystalline perfection. Nearby hangs laundry from windows overlooking Ribeira Quarter's narrow streets; each garment tells its own tale as it flutters freely against centuries-old architecture. Venturing further eastward towards Greece's Aegean Sea reveals Mandrakia village's picturesque charm - octopuses gracefully draped over lines like intricate works of art awaiting their turn to be savored by locals or visitors alike. Across the Atlantic Ocean lies Santa Fe's downtown area adorned with chili pepper ristras, proudly showcasing New Mexico's vibrant culture and culinary traditions.