Kindling Collection (page 8)

Iron against fire (Colour Litho)
2778581 Iron against fire (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Iron against fire)

Police pursuing people gathering wood in the Foret de Meudon near Paris (engraving)
2789337 Police pursuing people gathering wood in the Foret de Meudon near Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pernambuco tree (chromolitho)
2788867 Pernambuco tree (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pernambuco tree. Transporting tree trunks for processing)

Andrees Polar Balloon, 1897 (chromolitho)
2790413 Andrees Polar Balloon, 1897 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Andrees Polar Balloon, 1897)

Girl with a lute (b / w photo)
3096467 Girl with a lute (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with a lute. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Cragside, Rothbury (colour photo)
3094976 Cragside, Rothbury (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cragside, Rothbury. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Brantwood, Coniston (colour photo)
3094946 Brantwood, Coniston (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brantwood, Coniston. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Grand Hotel and bridge, Scarborough (colour photo)
3094902 Grand Hotel and bridge, Scarborough (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grand Hotel and bridge, Scarborough)

Ecclestone Glen, Hastings (colour photo)
3094854 Ecclestone Glen, Hastings (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ecclestone Glen, Hastings)

New years card with soldier (colour photo)
3094501 New years card with soldier (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New years card with soldier)

Walking couple (colour litho)
3095866 Walking couple (colour litho) by Wichera, Raimund Ritter Von Brennerstein (Raimund Wichera) (1862-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Walking couple)

Baby farm (colour photo)
3094179 Baby farm (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baby farm. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Windsor Great Park, Virginia Water (colour photo)
3093689 Windsor Great Park, Virginia Water (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Windsor Great Park, Virginia Water. Postcard, early 20th century)

Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire (b / w photo)
3094718 Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire)

La fete des grands-parents (colour litho)
3095703 La fete des grands-parents (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La fete des grands-parents)

Ulverston, Cumbria (colour photo)
3093998 Ulverston, Cumbria (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ulverston, Cumbria. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

They consulted the wooden idols (colour litho)
3098413 They consulted the wooden idols (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: They consulted the wooden idols)

Weird Monster from the Underworld of Egyptian Mythology (colour litho)
3099427 Weird Monster from the Underworld of Egyptian Mythology (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Three Little Pigs (colour litho)
3092866 The Three Little Pigs (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Three Little Pigs. Educational poster, c 1930.); © Look and Learn

Dutch Reformed Church (b / w photo)
3092300 Dutch Reformed Church (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch Reformed Church)

Removal of another Obelisk from Alexandria, for Transport to New York (engraving)
1613968 Removal of another Obelisk from Alexandria, for Transport to New York (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Harrington (fl.1842-86) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

From the Thames to Siberia (engraving)
1602788 From the Thames to Siberia (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the Thames to Siberia)

Relics from Uriconium, Found in the Recent Excavations at Wroxeter (engraving)
1609926 Relics from Uriconium, Found in the Recent Excavations at Wroxeter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relics from Uriconium)

Shrewsbury School (engraving)
1606051 Shrewsbury School (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shrewsbury School. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 5 December 1896)

Churchyard Bottom Wood, Highgate, Alexandra Palace from the Outskirts of the Wood (litho)
1597536 Churchyard Bottom Wood, Highgate, Alexandra Palace from the Outskirts of the Wood (litho) by Holland Tringham, Joseph (1861-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Churchyard Bottom Wood)

Sketches on the River Congo (engraving)
1591656 Sketches on the River Congo (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches on the River Congo)

Logging in Australia (b / w photo)
1597422 Logging in Australia (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Logging in Australia. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 1 May 1897)

The House in the Wood, Garden Front (litho)
1598722 The House in the Wood, Garden Front (litho) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The House in the Wood, Garden Front)

The War, Passage of the Balkans (engraving)
1589608 The War, Passage of the Balkans (engraving) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War, Passage of the Balkans)

San Rocco (limewood)
ALI275991 San Rocco (limewood) by Stoss, Veit or Wit (1438 or 1447-1533); Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: patron saint of plague victims and protector of the sick; ); Alinari

The secret discovered
LLM338822 The secret discovered by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The secret discovered. Paynes Universum (1847).); © Look and Learn

Winter Landscape with Peasants Chopping Wood
KSG38271 Winter Landscape with Peasants Chopping Wood by Grimmer or Grimer, Abel (1570-1619); Private Collection; Flemish, out of copyright

Trades in Regency England
6340266 Trades in Regency England by Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807); (add.info.: Trades in Regency England. Sail cloth, stone quarries and timber for ship building)

Franklinia tree, Gordonia pubescens (engraving)
5855008 Franklinia tree, Gordonia pubescens (engraving) by Redoute, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840); (add.info.: Flower, leaves, seed vessel and seed of the Franklinia tree)

Large magnolia tree, big laurel, Magnolia grandiflora (engraving)
5855000 Large magnolia tree, big laurel, Magnolia grandiflora (engraving) by Redoute, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840); (add.info.: Leaf, cone and flower of the large magnolia tree, big laurel)

The Coachman with Kindling (litho)
1195719 The Coachman with Kindling (litho) by Orlowski, Alexander (Alexandr Osipovich Orlovsky) (1777-1832) (after); 50.2x65.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Orlowsky)

Wood carving: Leaf (engraving)
5226058 Wood carving: Leaf (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leaf. Illustration for Wood Carving by Charles G Leland)

Whistling through the wood (colour litho)
5227865 Whistling through the wood (colour litho) by Bromley, William III (c.1815-c.1888) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Whistling through the wood)

In the Primrose Wood (w / c with scratching out on paper)
CH401684 In the Primrose Wood (w/c with scratching out on paper) by Allingham, Helen (1848-1926); 36.3x28.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

The oldest house in the United States, built by the Spaniards in 1564 (litho)
6005046 The oldest house in the United States, built by the Spaniards in 1564 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The oldest house in the United States)

Cottage in the wood (engraving)
6010672 Cottage in the wood (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cottage in the wood. Illustration for The Infants Magazine (1886).); © Look and Learn

Mask in Wood, by Deme-Jioman (litho)
6005899 Mask in Wood, by Deme-Jioman (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mask in Wood, by Deme-Jioman)

The Saw Shop (engraving)
6011487 The Saw Shop (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Saw Shop. Illustration for The United States Magazine, Vol I (J M Emerson)

Victoria And Albert Museum: Cross, cedar wood, covered with gold filigree work, the figure in walrus ivory
6011328 Victoria And Albert Museum: Cross, cedar wood, covered with gold filigree work, the figure in walrus ivory, the label and emblems of the Evangelists of cloisonne enamel, Byzantine

Victoria And Albert Museum: Coffret, box wood with ivory fillets, Italian, 16th century (engraving)
6011269 Victoria And Albert Museum: Coffret, box wood with ivory fillets, Italian, 16th century (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coffret)

Water, bright water!, In the wood, "Flowers for my wife", The sewing lesson (engraving)
6010632 Water, bright water!, In the wood, " Flowers for my wife", The sewing lesson (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Water, bright water)

Wood-gatherer, The Queens harpist, Coachman, Trumpeter (engraving)
6010596 Wood-gatherer, The Queens harpist, Coachman, Trumpeter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wood-gatherer, The Queens harpist, Coachman, Trumpeter)

Britains mechanized army, a tank under cover of a wood during manoeuvres in Hampshire (b / w photo)
6009206 Britains mechanized army, a tank under cover of a wood during manoeuvres in Hampshire (b/w photo) by European Photographer

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"Kindling: Igniting the Flames of History and Imagination" A symmetrically stacked pile of logs for use as firewood represents the timeless tradition of kindling, ready to bring warmth and comfort on a chilly evening. Dorking Church, captured in a watercolor from 1767-1816, stands as a testament to the enduring role in providing light and heat within sacred spaces. George Rennie's painting "Cupid Rekindling the torch of Hymen" symbolizes how love can reignite even the coldest hearts, much like kindling sparks new life into dying embers. The captivating black-and-white photo showcases a Woman of the Crow Tribe skillfully gathering wood for kindling, honoring her ancestral connection to nature's resources. In a wood bas-relief depicting a dispute between monks and Jews, with burning heretical books in flames, we witness how ideas can be both fuel for intellectual fires and catalysts for conflict. "The Flagellation of Saint Engracia, " an oil painting from c. 1475 on wood panel, illustrates both physical pain endured by saints and metaphorical suffering that ignites spiritual growth. A wooden square work table with painted top adorned with homemade fringe reminds us that creativity knows no bounds – even simple objects like this can inspire artistic endeavors or provide space for crafting kindling bundles. Randolph Caldecott's illustration brings alive the tragic tale of "The Babes (or Children) in the Wood, " where innocence is lost but ultimately redeemed through unexpected acts fueled by remorse and compassion. Amidst a vibrant mushroom patch captured in color photography lies an adorable baby – reminding us that even amidst nature's beauty, we must gather our own metaphorical kindling to grow strong and resilient. Watch-boxes proliferated during Queen Anne's reign.