Blacksmith Collection (page 4)

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

Blacksmith at work, England, c1922. Artist: Sidney H Nicholls
Blacksmith at work, England, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Village Blacksmiths, 1883. A print from The Life and explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. compiled from reliable sources, Adam and Co, 14 Ivy Lane, London and Newcastle, 1883

The Little Forge, c1860 (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Little Forge, c1860 (1904). Etching. An early proof before a monogram. Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

The Forge, c1860 (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Forge, c1860 (1904). Etching Plate taken from Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black (London, 1904)

Shoeing horses at Naauwpoort, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Shoeing horses at Naauwpoort, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Stereoscopic card

The blacksmiths forge at Gosau, Salzkammergut, Austria, c1900s. Artist: Wurthle & Sons
The blacksmiths forge at Gosau, Salzkammergut, Austria, c1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A Japanese blacksmith at his forge, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A Japanese blacksmith at his forge, Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Notes of Travel

Scene from the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 (1900)
Scene from the Irish Rebellion of 1848 (1900). The Young Irelander Rebellion was also known as the Famine Rebellion. From The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson (1900)

A smithy, St Johns Gate, Clerkenwell, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Professional tradesmen, 14th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original manuscript illustration held by the Bibliotheque Royale in Brussels

The Smithy, 1911-1912. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1911-1912)

The blacksmiths shop on board the battleship HMS Nelson, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Smith, 15th century (1893)
Smith, 1893. From an edition of Game and Playe of the Chesse printed by William Caxton. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition

Experimental Gunnery, 19th century. Artist: William Greatbach
Experimental Gunnery, 19th century

Trotting Cracks at the Forge, 1869. Artist: Currier and Ives
Trotting Cracks at the Forge, 1869

The village blacksmith

Personification of music, with the auxiliaries, the poet and musicians, 1508, (1870). Facsimile of a wood engraving from the Margarita Philosophica Nova

A Forge, 1648. Artist: Pieter Meulener
A Forge, 1648. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

A Country Blacksmith Disputing upon the Price of Iron... c1807. Artist: JMW Turner
A Country Blacksmith Disputing upon the Price of Iron, and the Price Charged to the Butcher for Shoeing his Poney, c1807. From the Tate collection, London

The Smithy, 1901. Artist: Waldemar Titzenthaler
The Smithy, 1901. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts. published by AW Penrose & Co, (London, 1901)

St Denis sends out missionaries, 1317. St Denis, accompanied by St Rusticus and St Eleutheriusm sends bishops and priests to evangelise Gaul, (France)

River Landscape with Rustics and Horses, c1860. Artist: Edward Charles Williams
River Landscape with Rustics and Horses, c1860. A moonlit rural scene by a river. A half-timbered cottage with a tiled roof stands near the water and mature woodland reaches down to the riverbank

The Railway Carriage Companys works, Oldbury, West Midlands, 1869. The forge, showing the mass production of components at about 40 identical forges

Craftsmen at Work, Blacksmiths, Carriage-Maker and one asleep, c1372BC-1354BC. From an Egyptian Limestone Relief from a tomb, 18th Dynasty, Florence Archaeological Museum

Roman smith at work, 2nd century
Roman relief of a smith at work, 2nd century

Roman tombstone of a Smith, pictured with his tools
Roman tombstone of a Smith with hammer, tongs and anvil, from Dringhouses, York. In the collection of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Museum, York

Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Artist: Charles Green
Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Joe Gargery, the gentle giant, is provoked into violence in his smithy

Forging a magnet, 1600. The piece of metal on the anvil is aligned north/south. From De Magnete by William Gilbert. (London, 1600)

Blacksmith, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Blacksmiths at work, 1715. Note the heavy leather aprons worn as protection from hot metal and charcoal. From Magia Naturalis by Johannes Baptista della Porta, originally published in Naples in 1558

Artists reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age, 1889. In the left background metal is being heated in a furnace, while at the right molten metal is being poured into a mould

Artists reconstruction of a late Iron Age forge, 1890. In the centre a smith is hammering iron, while in the background another is working at the furnace

A Smith, detail of a Greek Cup, (Kylix), c6th century BC
A Smith, detail of a Greek Cup (Kylix), c6th century BC

Hero of Alexandrias mechanical blacksmiths, (1st century) 1647
Hero of Alexandrias mechanical blacksmiths, (ist century) 1647. Woodcut from Gli Artificiose e curiosi moti spiritale de Herone, Bologna

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