Sharpening posters & prints

Knife Sharpeners English School

The tongue sharpeners Franco Estius

A knife sharpener Unknown

The Ashantee War: Sharpening Cutlasses in the Camp at Prah-Su 1874 Anonymous

Knife Sharpener, 1742 Caylus

Two Men Sawing Lumber from a Large Log and a Man Sharpening a Saw While a Woman, Carrying an Infant... Anonymous

Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind Giovanni Vendramini

Pencil cutter J. van Taerlingh

Reaper/haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century Unknown

Knife and scissors grinder, London McLeish

Gypsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1964 Tony Boxall

The Knife Grinder French School

Afghan Sketches: A Goorkha Sharpening His Kookree 1879 Anonymous

Illustration of Lead Pencil Sharpener Anonymous

Knives to Grind, Cries of London Anonymous

Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind, Cries of London Vogel

Knives to Grind Anonymous

Gipsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1963 Tony Boxall

Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind, Cries of London Anonymous

The Cutler, 1823 Unknown

Gipsy knife-grinder with his handcart, Horley, Surrey, 1964 Tony Boxall

Man Sharpening a Quill, 1632 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Workshop and main tools of jewellery, 1810 French School

The Knife-Grinder, c.1808-12 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

The farmer prepares the scythe for haymaking Italian School

Scholar sharpening a quill pen Gerard Dou

Sharpening The Scythe Ralph Hedley

Knives or Cisers to Grinde, Cries of London, (1688?) Anonymous

Sharpener Car Gerrit Jan Ginnink

Sharpening the Scythe, 1864 Eastman Johnson

Sharpening The Scythe, 1897 Ralph Hedley

Modernisation of the street jobs, the knife grinder in his car French School

The knives are out! Nick Diggory

A Writer Sharpening his Quill; Der Schreiber, eine Feder schneidend Carl Spitzweg

Mouth of Great White Shark Anonymous

Harvesting - Member of the Leicester Women's Volunteer Reserve helping a farmer, War Office photographs, 1916 English Photographer