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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

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Filthy Collection: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)
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Filthy Collection: Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s
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Filthy Collection: Chimneysweep / Mayhew 1864
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Filthy Collection: Viewless
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11
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Filthy Collection: South East Asia, Thailand, Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) wallowing in mud
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Filthy Collection: Dirty Father Thames 1848
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Filthy Collection: Cartoon depicting the Thames and the Lea Rivers being attacked because of their filthy condition
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Filthy Collection: Punch cartoon: Sanitary and Insanitary Matters (engraving)
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Filthy Collection: Punch cartoon: The Wonders of a London Water Drop (engraving)
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Filthy Collection: Have you used Pears soap? (colour litho)
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Filthy Collection: Punch cartoon: Contamination - two chimney sweeps (engraving)
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Filthy Collection: A Typical Weavers loft of the Early Industrial Revolution (etching)
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Filthy Collection: The Friend of the People & his Petty New Tax Gatherer, paying John Bull a visit
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Filthy Collection: The swallows of winter (colour litho)
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Filthy Collection: Dinners Drest in the Neatest Manner, satirical cartoon on culinary hygiene
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Filthy Collection: Punch cartoon: A Court for King Cholera (engraving)
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Filthy Collection: Punch cartoon: Dirty Father Thames (engraving)
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Filthy Collection: After the Mudbog
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Filthy Collection: Anxious Expectation
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Filthy Collection: EyeUbiquitous_20100633
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Filthy Collection: EyeUbiquitous_20100632
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 10
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 8
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 9
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 6
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 7
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 5
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 2
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 4
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 3
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Filthy Collection: Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 1
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Filthy Collection: Filthy streets, Mokattam, Cairo
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Filthy Collection: Rubbish tip Zabbaleen children, Cairo
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Filthy Collection: Rubbish tip Zabbeleen children, Cairo
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Filthy Collection: slum child with dog
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Filthy Collection: Slum child eating
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Filthy Collection: Slum child
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Filthy Collection: Why greedily thus bendest more on me?, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
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Filthy Collection: Oil Refinery
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Filthy Collection: German caricature of Russian soldiers, WW1
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Filthy Collection: Safe and sound and watching the building work from a safe distance
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Filthy Collection: The London Bathing Season, filthy River Thames
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Filthy Collection: Path of a Drunkard
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Filthy Collection: Its My Turn. Stockton-on-Tees 1970s
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Filthy Collection: Boy drying his face on a towel


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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.