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Shoeing, 1844, (1938). Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer

Shoeing, 1844. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle, Ltd, London, 1938.]

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Wooden carving from Hylestad stave church, Norway, 12th century. Artist: Werner Forman

Wooden carving from Hylestad stave church, Norway, 12th century. Scene from the story of Sigurd: Regin the smith and Sigurd in the forge. Stave churches are wooden medieval churches of post and beam construction. All but one of the surviving examples are in Norway. From the Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo

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John Gutenberg Showing Part of the First Printed Book to Faust, (14th century), c1910

John Gutenberg Showing Part of the First Printed Book to Faust, c1910. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c1398-1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. Gutenberg?s work with mechanical movable type printing initiated a mass communication revolution in Renaissance Europe. Here we see Gutenberg with his business partner Johann Fust or Faust (c1400-1466). From a Pictorial Record of Remarkable Events in The History of the World, published by James Sangster and Co., c1910

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