Cutting Collection (page 5)

Idoles de Tabasco, 1723. Creator: Bernard Picart
Idoles de Tabasco, 1723. Idols of Tabasco. Gruesome scene of human sacrifice that supposedly took place in southern Mexico

Captif Sacrifie par les Antis, 1723. Creator: Bernard Picart
Captif Sacrifie par les Antis, 1723. Captive sacrificed by the Antis. Gruesome scene in the Americas, showing a man tied to a post being flayed and bled with knives

The Rape of the Lock, 1896, (1928). Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Rape of the Lock, 1896, (1928). The Baron (left) is snipping off a lock of Belindas hair with a pair of scissors. ( Rape in this case is derived from the Latin rapere, meaning to snatch, to grab)

The Woodcutter, 1812, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Woodcutter, 1812, (c1900). Man cutting and smoothing branches with a billhook, with his family sitting nearby. Print after a painting by Joshua Cristall

Lumbering on the Ottawa River, Canada, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Lumbering on the Ottawa River, Canada, c1900. Lumberjacks chopping up a felled tree. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

The Knight Errant, 1870, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Knight Errant, 1870, (c1902). After a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Victorian imagining of a medieval scene where a knight rescues a maiden in distress

A Fern-Cutters Child, c1800, (1925). Artist: Robert Mitchell Meadows
A Fern-Cutters Child, c1800, (1925). Countryside scene. From English Rural Life in the Eighteenth Century, by W. Gaunt. [The Connoisseur, London, 1925]

The Mower, 1919. Artist: Harry Becker
The Mower, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911. A nurse treats children whose hair is infested with lice and nits

Highgate Archway viaduct, London, c1820. View showing horse-drawn vehicles. The viaduct was designed by John Nash and built in 1813. It was demolished in 1901

London and Croydon Railway, New Cross, Deptford, London, 1839. Artist: Edward Duncan
London and Croydon Railway, New Cross, Deptford, London, 1839. View of the railway from the great cutting at New Cross Hill, looking towards the Greenwich Railway

Messrs J&R Morleys warehouses, corner of Wood Street and Gresham Street, London, c1840
Messrs J&R Morleys warehouses, corner of Wood Street and Gresham Street, City of London, c1840. View showing men cutting stone in the street

Money making; cutting strips of silver into disks, 20th century. The cutting machine stamps out a double row of disks

Installing a damp proof course in a house in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Installing a damp proof course in a house in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. A contractor using a cutting machine to create a channel in which to insert a damp proof membrane

Cutting steel rods to length, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Steel bars being cut to size at J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The finished steel bars being cut to size and marked up for dispatch

Page cutting guillotine in use at a South Yorkshire printing company, 1959. Artist
Page cutting guillotine in use at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Printed pages are cut to size

Workers at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Workers using a Knouse 3 knife trimming machine

Worker using a cutting machine, Egdar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. A technician at work on a Taylor Hobson optical profile cutting machine that was used for the precision

Dressing meat for sale, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Dressing meat for sale, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. At Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham

1 in 14 rail crossing, mould and pattern, Stanley Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Pattern making for a rail junction, Stanley Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. The pattern was made by hand from wood

Woman using Stanley electric garden shears, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Woman using Stanley electric garden shears, 1965. Although a common sight today, the electric garden shears were a new invention in the 1960s

Damp proofing, Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Damp proofing, Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. Two workers use a cutting machine used to create a channel in which to insert a damp proof membrane

Boy having a haircut, 1988

Pre-packed gammon steaks, Danish Bacon Company, Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Pre-packed gammon steaks, Danish Bacon Company, Yorkshire, 1964. A studio image shot to advertise the new range of pre-packed gammon steaks available from the Danish Bacon Company

240 ways to spell scissors, newspaper cutting from 1829, copied in 1963. Artist
240 ways to spell scissors, newspaper cutting from 1829, copied in 1963. A newspaper cutting from 1839 telling of the 240 possible variations on the way to spell scissors

Bottom of a Vessel with Scene of the Sacrifice of Isaac, 4th century. Artist: West European Applied Art
Bottom of a Vessel with Scene of the Sacrifice of Isaac, 4th century. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Glass with the double walls and a landscape composition, 1818. Artist: Master A. Vershinin (Early 19th century)
Glass with the double walls and a landscape composition, 1818. Found in the collection of the State V. Tropinin-Museum, Moscow

Slaves harvesting sugar cane in Louisiana, 1833. Note the serrated sickle being used. From Scenes of American Wealth and Industry. (Boston, 1833). (Colorised black and white print)

Arbeiter beim Anschneiden eines Gummibaumes (Spiralschnitt ist unwirtschaftlich und wird nicht mehr)
Arbeiter beim Anschneiden eines Gummibaumes (Spiralschnitt ist unwirtschaftlich und wird nicht mehr angewandt), 1926. Worker cutting a rubber tree

British Soldiers Cutting a Dam Constructed by Arabi at Mahuta, c1882. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Now for the cake, said Mas r George, 1929. A scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. Stowes anti-slavery novel was first published in 1852

A khaki wedding: Cutting the wedding cake with the bridegrooms sword, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol. II. - 1914-15. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

The Hairdresser, c1905, (1912). Artist: Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale
The Hairdresser, c1905, (1912). From An Artist in Egypt by Walter Tyndale, R.I. [Hodder & Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto, 1912]

Corte de Cana - Cutting sugar cane - Cuba, c1910. [American Photo Studios, Cuba, Havana, c1910]

Barskimming House and Bridge, 1804. Artist: James Fittler
Barskimming House and Bridge, 1804. After John Claude Nattes (c1765-1839). From Scotia Depicta; or, the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Noblemen and Gentlemens Seats, Cities, Towns

Cane Cutting, c1930. Cane Cutting, Trinidad

The Woodcutters, c1853. Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Woodcutters, c1853. From The Studio Volume 36. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1905-6]

The Wood Sawyers; Les scieurs de long, c1850, (1911). Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Wood Sawyers; Les scieurs de long, c1850. Painting held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C

Cuba: Corte de Cana. Cutting Sugar Cane, c1910. [Edielon Jordo]

Cutting the Cienfuegos Cables, (1898), 1920s
The Spanish used undersea cables as a means to communicate with not only the rest of Cuba, but also the Spanish command. These cables had many key junctions

Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Old Woman Cutting Her Nails, 18th or 19th century. Artist: J Haid
Old Woman Cutting Her Nails, 19th century(?). After a painting of 1655-1660 by Rembrandt

A Dutchwoman Cutting Cloth, 1889. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

Soldiers cutting through barbed wire defences, Oppy, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Cutting and storing ice on the Hudson River, New York, USA, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 16th January 1875

Peasants cutting millet, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Peasants cutting millet, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

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