Craftsman Collection (page 3)

Finishing Touches, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Finishing Touches, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

The Carpenter, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The Carpenter, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Bronze-Workers, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Bronze-Workers, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

A Metal-Worker, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Metal-Worker, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Martin and Co. Promenade, Cheltenham, 1909. Antique magazine advert of Martin and Co. Jewellery, Cheltenham. From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

Rope Making, 1797. From Encyclopaedia Britannica. [Andrew Bell, London, 1797]

Bead Stringers, c1880, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Bead Stringers, c1880, (1904). From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904]

Bead Stringers, Venice, c1904. Artist: Thomas Robert Way
Bead Stringers, Venice, c1904. After James McNeil Whistler (1834-1903). From The Studio Volume 32. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1904]

Workshop of the Arts and Crafts technical school, Flensburg, Germany. c1908.Workshop of the Kunstgewerbliche Fachschule at Flensburg. From The Studio Volume 44

Navajo Silver and Turquoise Jewellery, 1931. From The Studio Volume 102, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1931]

The Modeller, 1891. Artist: Charles Shannon
The Modeller, 1891. Housed at the Tate Britain, London. From The Studio Volume 46. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

Artificers, 14th century, (1910). The costume of artificers (skilled craftsmen) of the reign of Edward III (ruled 1327-1377)

Craftsmen, tentmakers bazaar, Cairo, Egypt, c1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
Craftsmen, tentmakers bazaar, Cairo, Egypt, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Paulus and Adam van Vianen, Dutch silversmiths, c1870. Artist: H Sluyter
Paulus and Adam van Vianen, Dutch silversmiths, c1870. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, AW Sijthoff, c1870)

A potter and his wheel, fashioning a vase of Awata porcelain, Kinkosan works, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Artisans from Burma (Myanmar), 1895. Artist: E Ronjat
Artisans from Burma (Myanmar), 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Tinsmiths in a tinsmiths shop, India, 1922. Artist: R Gorbold
Tinsmiths in a tinsmiths shop, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Tradesman, 19th century. Possibly a blacksmith

Clockmaker, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Clockmaker, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Craftsmen, Cairo, Egypt, Africa, 1936. Artist: Donald McLeish
Craftsmen, Cairo, Egypt, Africa, 1936. Age-old designs woven on modern cloth. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

William Morris, Poet, Socialist, and Craftsman, (1923). Artist: Rischgitz Collection
William Morris, Poet, Socialist, and Craftsman, (1923). Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

A watch cap maker at work, 1911-1912. Artist: AL Hitchin
A watch cap maker at work, 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)

Engine-Room Artificer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Engine-Room Artificer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Turning wooden bed legs, c1942. From The Studio Volume 124. [The Studio Ltd, London & New York, 1942]

Glassmakers in the 14th century, (c1900). Fire in the artistic industry, French advertising for Liebig Meat Extract

Clog makers, Japan

A Cooper, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
A Cooper, 1737-1742. An itinerant barrel-maker with his tools. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

A coopers workshop, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
A coopers workshop, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Artificers, 15th century, (1910). A group of workmen with their tools from the time of Edward IV (1461-1483). Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London)

Mercury and His Children. Illustration from the Housebook, 1480s. Artist: Master of the Housebook
Mercury and His Children. Illustration from the Housebook, 1480s. From a private collection

Portrait of the Jeweller Johann Melchior Dinglinger, c1721. Artist: Antoine Pesne
Portrait of the Jeweller Johann Melchior Dinglinger, c1721. Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731) was one of Europes greatest goldsmiths

Italian musical instrument maker Antonio Stradivari in his workshop, (1926). Artist: Aleksey Kravchenko
Italian musical instrument maker Antonio Stradivari in his workshop, (1926). Stradivari (1644-1737) is regarded as the greatest craftsman of stringed musical instruments

Goldsmith, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Goldsmith, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Fabric Painters, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Fabric Painters, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Shoemaker, c1845. A shoemaker sits by his bench working on a boot or shoe, his tools on a tray beside him. On the bench stand the leather and the sole for a boot

Making pots without a wheel, Nigeria, c1966

Brush Maker, 1823. A craftsman at a bench prepares brushes to receive backing. Around the workshop are brooms, brushes and mops of various sizes. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823)

Button Maker, 1823. Stamping out metal buttons. A blank is held in place and a weight holding the die for the pattern being worked is raised by a rope and pulley wheel and dropped onto the blank

The Cutler, 1823. Knife blades are shaped at a forge in the background and sharpened on a grindstone turned by a wheel operated by the boy on the right

Shoe Maker, 1823. A master craftsman in tailored coat and yellow waistcoat (vest) cuts leather from skin. In the background a boy apprentice in apron and drab jacket sits making up a shoe

Weaver at his loom, 1823. This man would be a piece-worker with his loom in his house, and would produce lengths of cloth for a merchant who often supplied him with his yarn

Potter at work at the Wedgwoods Etruria factory, Hanley, Staffordshire, c1830. An assistant turns a wheel to operate the belt driving the potters wheel

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

Stocking Knitters Cottage, Sutton Bonington, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Stocking Knitters Cottage, Sutton Bonington, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England, 20th century. One of several restored 17th century cottages which had Stockingers shops attached

Relief of a Roman shoemaker and ropemaker, from the National Museum in Rome

Stele of Pepi, chief of the potters, Ancient Egyptian, 18th century BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Egyptian relief showing vase painters, 14th century BC
Egyptian relief from a tomb showing vase painters at work, 14th century BC

Stonemasons, c1845. Masons wearing heavy leather safety aprons, sawing stone blocks and shaping them with mallet and chisel. Top: breaking stone with fire and water

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