Forge Collection (page 4)

The village blacksmith

Views in the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, c1880. The boilerhouse, grindery, annealing furnaces, brasswork, forges. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I

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

The Forge of Vulcan, c1660. Artist: Luca Giordano
The Forge of Vulcan, c1660. Giordano, Luca (1632-1705). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A forge, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, 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

A forge, splitting mill, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, splitting mill, 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

A forge, splitting mill trussing, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, splitting mill trussing, 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

A forge, drop hammer, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, drop hammer, 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

A forge, ironworks, survey and weigh 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, ironworks, survey and weigh 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

A forge, furnace, pouring into the cast, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, furnace, pouring into the cast, 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

A forge, furnace, cast in sand, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, furnace, cast in sand, 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

A forge, ironworks, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
A forge, ironworks, 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

Forging mill, furnace, ground moulding, 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

The Iron Founder, Rotherham, Yorkshire, 1821. Metal worker ladling molten metal drawn off from the furnace on the left into a mould created by a pattern pressed into damp sand

Iron foundry, 1802. At top are two views of a furnace, on the right showing the operation of the bellows which supplied the draught and, on the left, smelted metal being poured into moulds

Making bicycle handlebars, France, 1896. A man works on handlebars clamped in a vice. Behind him is a forge with multiple work stations

Welding a bicycle frame, France, 1896. The frame is suspended over a forge as a worker applies a welding rod

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

Ofaerfoss waterfall and Eldgja forge, Central Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Ofaerfoss waterfall and Eldgja forge, Central Iceland, 20th century. Ofaerfoss waterfall in the Eldgja canyon, Iceland. The largest volcanic canyon in the world

Italian earthenware plate showing Vulcan forging arrows for Cupid, c. 16th century
Depiction of Vulcan forging arrows for Cupid, watched by Venus, on an Italian earthernware plate, perhaps from Deruta, c.16th century

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

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

Forging mills, washing, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
Forging mills, washing, 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

Forging mills, 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

Forging mills, transport to the mine, 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

Forging an anchor, 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

Itinerant tinker and his boy assistant, Piemonte (Piedmont) region, north-west Italy, 1825. A woman brings a utensil for repair

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

Forge with bellows driven by an undershot water wheel through cranks, 1673. From Theatrum Machinarum Novum by Georg Andreas Bockler. (Nuremberg, 1673)

Rolling mill and forge powered by hot gases from a furnace, 1629. An idea proposed by Giovanni Branca in Le Machine. (Rome, 1629)

Steel production: a forge with bellows to produce draught, 1556. In the foreground bars are being hammered with a mechanical hammer

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

The Tilt Forge, c1845-1866. Artist: Godfrey Sykes
The Tilt Forge, c1845-1866. Iron workers at a battery of mechanical tilt hammers

Puck helping Wayland, Smith of the Gods, to forge a sword, 1909
Puck helping Wayland, Smith of the Gods, to forge sword for the novice who, by sincerely wishing him well, released him from the spell which bound him. From Rudyard Kiplings Puck of Pooks Hill

The Iron Forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, 1776

The Forges of Vulcan, from Book of Cartouches, mid-18th century

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