Historical Craftsmen at Work

Illustrations of artisans in traditional workshops, including lathe operators and pewterers. The images capture the essence of craftsmanship and vintage occupations.

A Printing Shop, Engraving on paper, England, Print, Print
A Printing Shop, Engraving on paper, England, Print, Print
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Aberdeen, UK, Herring cleaners at work, 1885
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Knife cutter at work at a shoemaker, Adriaen van Ostade, 1669 - 1673 print A knife grinder grinds the tools of a shoemaker who is in his small workshop in front of a house. Haarlem paper etching sharpening, grinding (industrial processes). tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: grindstone. male sex; man. shoe-maker, cobbler
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Weaver's Workshop, Cornelis Gerritsz Decker, 1659, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Two weavers have a conversation at a loom. At left is a spinning wheel, and at right a crib indicating the shop is in part of a home (BSLOC_2016_3_208)
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Irish bricklayer's labourer at work on a London building site. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Henry Pyne's The World in Miniature: England, Scotland and Ireland, Ackermann, 1827.
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Making 'Cavendish', a tobacco for chewing: Cope Brothers cigarette and tobacco factory, Liverpool, England. From ''The English Illustrated Magazine'', London, 1892.
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Plate V: A Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breakng the Flax with groved Rollers, and Scutching it with Blades first on a Shaft, both turn'd by the Main Wheel, Great Improvements in the Method of Braking and Scutching of Flax, William Hincks, 1752-1797, after William Hincks, 1752-1797, 1791, Stipple engraving
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Interior of a farm at Hilversum.
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The Worsted Winder. From William Henry Pyne 'The Costume of Great Britain', London,1805. Woman winding worsted thread on to bobbins ready for lace making. Aquatint
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Weaver's Workshop. Dating: 1659. Measurements: h 45 cm × w 57 cm; d 7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Cornelis Gerritsz Decker.
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INDIAN COTTON, THE WEBS OF DACCA
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Workers who draw a rope, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1931 print A worker who wears a hat and boots has a sleek rope. A worker with a cap also grabs the rope. On the left in the foreground a sitting worker and in the background a hill, a hut, a machine and two standing workers. Japanese paper (handmade paper) working class, labourers. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope
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Asphalt mine at Avejan, Saint- Jean de Maruejols, Gard (France) - interior : making the briquettes Date: circa 1910
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Glazier and paper hanger working in a house. From 'Alphabet des Arts et Metiers' (Paris, 1867).
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A Weaver's Workshop, Johannes Dircksz. van Oudenrogge, 1652
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Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.
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Venetian glass blowers. Venice, Italy 1884
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Three men are working at benches hammering out and filing metal objects such as colanders, sifters, funnels and graters. Coloured etching.
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Knife sharpener at work at a shoemaker; De Scharleenep. A knife sharpener grinds the tools of a shoemaker who is in his small workshop for a house.
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Building the El. Bernard Gussow (1881-1957). Oil on canvas. 61 x 76.2cm.
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Sølvertsen entering the mine cart. Dated 1890
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Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet, Printers at Work pl4, c 1580 1590 Printers at Work: pl.4
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Building workers working on Heiwerk, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1931 print Two workers together place a pole in the ground. They both wear a hat. Right behind them a machine and another worker. paper counterproof working class, labourers. ramming, driving piles (~ building activities)
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South Staffordshire Coal Field, England. Holers at work in a thick seam of coal, worked in a pillar and stall system, leaving pillars of coal to support the roof. The scene depicted is lit by a candle stuck in a wooden stand, a dangerous practice in coal mines where there is always a danger of the presence of the inflammable gas, methane (fire-damp). The invention of the miner's safety lamp in 12815 or 1816 made mine explosions less frequent. From 'The Popular Encyclopaedia', London, 1888.
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Rhineland trading cart, basket trader, the cart is highly loaded with baskets of various sizes, wickerwork, wicker basket, mobile trader, around 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Rhineland trading cart, basket trader, the cart is highly loaded with baskets of various sizes, wickerwork, wicker basket, mobile trader, around 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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In the Carpenter's Shop. Alfred Wolmark (1877-1961). Oil on canvas. 37 x 36in
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Irish Linen manufacture, 1782. A scutch mill (at left) had rollers and blades to break and beat flax to remove the woody fiber called the boon. The scutch mill introduced in the early 18th century and was powered by a waterwheel.
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Sugar refinery, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop or), after Jan van der Straet, c. 1593 - c. 1598 print In a workshop, sugar cane is chopped into pieces and brought to a water mill in baskets. The sugar cane is ground there. The ground pulp is then crushed and syrup is brewed. The syrup is then crystallized and cast in cones. Harvesting sugar cane in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a nineteen -part series about new inventions and discoveries. paper engraving invention, discovery ~ science and technology. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: press (+ plant material ~ crafts, industries, agriculture). sugar. plants and herbs: sugarcane. workshop
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Prospectors extracting gold- bearing ore, Klondike Date: 1904
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Rock Salt: Refining salt, Northwich, Cheshire, England, c19th century. Artist: Unknown
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Itinerant knife grinder using treadle to turn his grindstone. His pet dog lies beside the barrow. From William Henry Pyne 'The Costume of Great Britain', London, 1808. Aquatint.
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Basket Weaver, China - Costumes & Occupations
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A metal utensil manufacturer in Constantinople in his workshop. A Turkish Tinker, a mender of metal objects. Date: circa 1907
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Women nail makers in the Black country (West Midlands, England), taking their weeks work to the Fogger; a small employer who supplied the workers with iron and who marketed what they produced 1860
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. In a workshop, sugar cane in pieces is minced meat and in baskets to a water mill. Sugar cane is ground there. The ground pulp is then crushed and syrup is brewed. The syrup is then crystallized and poured into cones. In the background harvesting sugar cane. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a ninetical series about new inventions and discoveries.
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Craftsman in his workshop. Engraving. 19th century.
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Seated blacksmith surrounded by tools. 1780 - 1858. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Occupations , India
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A brewer takes samples from his barrels. Date: 17th century
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Interior of an iron foundry, Pieter de Josselin de Jong, 1880 - 1906 drawing Interior of an iron foundry. Five workers wear a holder with melted metal. Part of the Pastels collection. paper. chalk. iron and steel industry. smelting, extracting from ore; blast-furnace
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Peckham's Portable Agricultural Furnace and Farmer's Boiler.. Peckham's Portable Agricultural Furnace and Farmer's Boiler.
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Japanese Shoemaker at Work, 1890, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia
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Japanese farmers at work at a treadmill; Peasant at His Work. Part of album with 69 photos of a journey through Japan.
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A carpenter turns wood supported using his feet Date: 1910s
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The Street Locksmith Made 1881 Scotland. Woodburytype, plate 17 in the book Street Incidents (1881) . John Thomson (Photographer)
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Medieval farmers working in the field. Peasants during the harvest and pressing of the grape. Conde Museum. Chateau of Chantilly, France.
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Measuring the Rice. Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835 - 1919)
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The Alchemist, Thomas Wijck, 1640 - 1677 painting An alchemist while writing to a desk in his workshop. In front of him is a boy with a big bowl. On the work table and on the floor are piles of books and papers, pots, boilers, a mortar and a globe. A stuffed crocodile hangs from the ceiling. In the background is a woman with a child next to a stove. panel. oil paint (paint) alchemist at work
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Brook's spool cotton. Brook's machine cotton.. Brook's spool cotton. Brook's machine cotton.
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Advertising of the products of the German company "Singer", the largest manufacturer of sewing machines.