Sewer Collection (page 2)

Julie Pissarro Sewing beside a Window, 1877 (painting)
7202657 Julie Pissarro Sewing beside a Window, 1877 (painting) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 54 x 45 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Untitled, 1893 (w / c on paper)
OVR368845 Untitled, 1893 (w/c on paper) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 27x22 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: from the series Do the Animals have a Soul.); Photo © O. Vaering

L assiette au beurre, Satirical in Colours, 1902
ICA4884273 L assiette au beurre, Satirical in Colours, 1902 by Lefevre, Camille (1853-1933); (add.info.: Maternity, Milk - Illustration by Camille Lefevre (1853-1933)); Photo © Caricadoc

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Mask and surgical gloves on top of urban sewer grid. Single-use masks, gloves and bottles of sanitizer shielding us from the spread of COVID-19 are ending up on the streets

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Mask and surgical gloves on top of urban sewer grid. Single-use masks, gloves and bottles of sanitizer shielding us from the spread of COVID-19 are ending up on the streets

Ancient Rome, archaic period: view from the mouth of the Cloaca Maxima
GIA4703629 Ancient Rome, archaic period: view from the mouth of the Cloaca Maxima (Cloaca Massima or Cloaque Maxime), drain collector begins under Tarquin the old and ends under Tarquin the superb

Indus Valley Civilization: view of the sewer system and the buddhist stupa (2500-2000 BC)
LRI4733737 Indus Valley Civilization: view of the sewer system and the buddhist stupa (2500-2000 BC) by Harappan; Mohenjo-Daro, Sindh Province

Transformations of Paris under the Second Empire, Haussmann Paris
XEE4404833 Transformations of Paris under the Second Empire, Haussmann Paris. The sewer from the Strasbourg train station to the Seine

Section of a Sewer in Paris, 1894 (b / w photo)
6166215 Section of a Sewer in Paris, 1894 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); UIG; French, out of copyright

View of the Cloaca Maxima, 1833 (etching with brown wash)
STC384952 View of the Cloaca Maxima, 1833 (etching with brown wash) by Tofanelli, Agostino (1770-1834); Private Collection; (add.info)

Unidentified sewer workers pose above ground, New York, c. 1911 (b / w photo)
1078798 Unidentified sewer workers pose above ground, New York, c.1911 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Worker inside the W. 129th Street sewer, New York, c. 1911 (b / w photo)
1078797 Worker inside the W. 129th Street sewer, New York, c.1911 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Barrow-hoist on the southern high-level sewer at Peckham (engraving)
587119 Barrow-hoist on the southern high-level sewer at Peckham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Metropolitan traffic relief (coloured engraving)
560274 Metropolitan traffic relief (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Sewer-Hunter, from the daguerreotype by Richard Beard
STC421741 The Sewer-Hunter, from the daguerreotype by Richard Beard, illustration from London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew, pub

Comic postcard, Sewage worker and boss in the street Date: 20th century

Section of the Thames Embankment
A section of the Thames Embankment, taken by the Charing Cross railway bridge, showing; (1) the subway, designed to hold the gas pipes, the water pipes, perhaps the telegraph wires

Rome - mouth of the Roman Great Sewer or Cloaca Maxima
Rome - the mouth of the Roman Great Sewer or Cloaca Maxima where it empties into the river Tiber. Vintage 19th century photograph

Light sources: illumination by acetylene used in drums. Anonymous illustration from 1925
XEE4140366 Light sources: illumination by acetylene used in drums. Anonymous illustration from 1925. Private collection. by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: Light sources)

Paris: A Section of a Sewer in Paris, 1894 (b / w photo)
6007990 Paris: A Section of a Sewer in Paris, 1894 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Section of a Sewer in Paris)

The senses: smelling (engraving)
609215 The senses: smelling (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The senses: smelling; from The Penny Illustrated Times)

Advert, Peter & Mark Hurll, Brick and Sewer Pipes, Glenboig
Advert for Peter & Mark Hurll, Brick and Sewer Pipe Works, Glenboig and Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

In London Sewers (engraving)
3642536 In London Sewers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In London Sewers. Illustration for The Boys Own Annual, 1881.); © Look and Learn

Tammany Street Cleaning before Warings Day, in front of 9 Varick Place, c
3122658 Tammany Street Cleaning before Warings Day, in front of 9 Varick Place, c.1890 (b/w photo) by Riis, Jacob August (1849-1914); Museum of the City of New York, USA; (add.info.: George E)

Four adventurous Milanese boys, armed with lines and a candle, descended from a... (colour litho)
2783632 Four adventurous Milanese boys, armed with lines and a candle, descended from a... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Section of the Holborn Viaduct, showing the subways, taken by permission from Mr. Haywoods report. Date: 19th Century

Flushing the sewers 1860s
With the population expanding and dumping coursing blockages below the depths of London, men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels to unblock the sewers with a combing

Sewer hunter 1860s
Sewer hunters who made their money by combing through the sewers beneath London streets, sieving through the raw water for a small opportunity of finding something valuable like a ring that somebody

Bab-Darb Quarter of Biskra Old Town, Algeria Date: circa 1910s

Stench of people been flushed away. Date: 1853

For the sudden collapse of the floor in the crowded room of a trattoria in Guardia Vomano... (colour litho)
2778245 For the sudden collapse of the floor in the crowded room of a trattoria in Guardia Vomano... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Viennese police have managed to capture in a sewer a gang of thieves who for seven years... (colour litho)
2777937 The Viennese police have managed to capture in a sewer a gang of thieves who for seven years... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Tunnel under the Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, 1869 (w / c & pencil on paper)
PEF316706 Tunnel under the Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, 1869 (w/c & pencil on paper) by Simpson, William Crimea (1823-99); Palestine Exploration Fund, London, UK; ePalestine Exploration Fund; Scottish

Father Thames waving a skull and crossbones (engraving)
609217 Father Thames waving a skull and crossbones (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Father Thames waving a skull and crossbones; from Punch)

Transformations of Paris under the Second Empire, Haussmann Paris
XEE4137592 Transformations of Paris under the Second Empire, Haussmann Paris. Construction of the Sewer Collector, 1858: the rat hole

The Little Sewer, (oil on canvas)
991360 The Little Sewer, (oil on canvas) by Lebasque, Henri (1865-1937); 33x41 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Little Sewer; La Petit Couseuse. Henri Lebasque (1865-1937). Oil on canvas

Une Visite aux egouts de Paris (engraving)
3645568 Une Visite aux egouts de Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Une Visite aux egouts de Paris. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1870)

Section of the Thames Embankment, 1867 (engraving)
608482 Section of the Thames Embankment, 1867 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Section of the Thames Embankment, 1867, showing the subway)

Constructing the invert for the southern high-level sewer (engraving)
587118 Constructing the invert for the southern high-level sewer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sewage works in the Rue de la Bucherie in Paris, 1889 (b / w photo)
CHT271710 Sewage works in the Rue de la Bucherie in Paris, 1889 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, Paris

A gutter, High Imperial Period (27 BC-395 AD)
GDG267054 A gutter, High Imperial Period (27 BC-395 AD) by Roman Imperial Period (27 BC-476 AD); Djemila, Algeria; (add.info)

The sewer-hunter (engraving)
970535 The sewer-hunter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The sewer-hunter. Illustration for Palace)

The Escape of Lions from the Menagerie at Birmingham (engraving)
1046638 The Escape of Lions from the Menagerie at Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Escape of Lions from the Menagerie at Birmingham)

Fashion plate depicting a lady crossing a sewage stream, 1811 (colour engraving)
CHT187117 Fashion plate depicting a lady crossing a sewage stream, 1811 (colour engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

The Thames and its Tributaries (engraving)
5213472 The Thames and its Tributaries (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Thames and its Tributaries)

Cover of "Le Don Quixote", number 953, Satirique en Colours
ICA4925708 Cover of " Le Don Quixote", number 953, Satirique en Colours, 1892_10_2: Projet de statue - Medical, Cholera, Seine (river)

Cover of "Le Don Quixote", number 281, Satirique en Couleurs
ICA4926468 Cover of " Le Don Quixote", number 281, Satirique en Couleurs, 1879_11_7: Escape him, little one! - Anticlericalism - Teaching - Jesuites - Illustration by Charles Gilbert-Martin

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"Unveiling the Hidden World Beneath: Exploring Sewers from Jerusalem to London" From the ancient streets of Israel's Jerusalem, where the Via Dolorosa intertwines with the Arch of Ecce Homo, to the bustling cityscape of London's Thames Embankment designed by Bazalgette in 1867, sewers have silently played a vital role in our daily lives. Like a mischievous Milky Monkey swinging through utility pipes turned artwork, these underground networks have been witness to tales both extraordinary and mundane. Just as Ernest Flammarion captured Parisian sewer cleaners diligently at work in 1931, we too must acknowledge their tireless efforts that keep our cities clean. In Jean de La Fontaine's fable "The Rat that Withdrew from the World, " we find parallels between its protagonist seeking solace underground and those who venture into labyrinthine tunnels beneath London's streets. Clad in heavy oilskin protective clothing reminiscent of textile mountains, these brave men comb through blockages dating back to 1881. Amidst this subterranean world lies an unexpected juxtaposition - a woman sewing amidst it all. Her needle dances delicately as she mends fabrics aboveground while others delve deep below for different purposes altogether. As we reflect on historical milestones like Fleet Street Sewer's construction in 1845 or ongoing works across London today, let us appreciate how far we've come since Joseph Bazalgette revolutionized urban sanitation. These once-forgotten spaces now serve as conduits for progress and cleanliness. So next time you stroll along Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa or gaze upon London's iconic Embankment lithograph from 1867, spare a thought for those hidden heroes navigating this intricate underworld. The sewers may remain unseen but their impact resonates throughout history – reminding us that even beneath our feet lies an essential part of civilization’s tapestry.