Forging Collection

Forging the Anchor, 20th century. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes
Forging the Anchor, 20th century. From the Art Journal (London)

The Forge, c. 1815. Artist: Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828)
The Forge, c. 1815. Found in the collection of the Frick Collection, New York

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. '...night view of that portion of the forging department containing the Nasmyth steam-hammers

The Weaponsmith, 1650-1660. Creator: Gabriel Metsu
The Weaponsmith, 1650-1660

Machine shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. [Company], between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Machine shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. [Company], between 1900 and 1905

Blacksmith shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. [Company], between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Blacksmith shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. [Company], between 1900 and 1905

Forging at the foundry of AT Green & Sons Ltd, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Impression die forging pounds or presses metal between two dies (called tooling)

Regin the smith forging the sword of Sigurds father, 12th-13th century
Regin the smith (left) forging the sword of Sigurds father for Sigurd (right), from the wood portal of Hylestad Church in Norway, 12th-13th century

David Colbreth Broderick of California, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. David C. Broderick of Cal. between 1855 and 1865. [Lawyer and politician. Moved to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush of 1849

The Forges, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Forges, 1917

Forging Shells, The Slaves of the Wheel, 1917. Creator: Joseph Pennell
Forging Shells, The Slaves of the Wheel, 1917

The Forge of Vulcan, 1546. Creator: Cornelis Bos
The Forge of Vulcan, 1546

Forging the Anchor, 1892. Creator: Unknown
Forging the Anchor, 1892. Scene in a foundry, men hammering a ships anchor. After a painting in the Colchester and Ipswich Museums Collection. From " Modern Art Monographs"

Forging a Blade, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

A French forging, 15th century

The forging of Nothung, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
The forging of Nothung, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Wotan told Mime that only someone without fear would be able to forge Nothung

Mime at the anvil, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Mime at the anvil, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Mime toils at the anvil to try and build a new sword for Siegfried

Forging at J Beardsley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
Forging at J Beardsley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966. The forge would press the steel into the desired shape between two dies

Hot iron ready for forging, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Steelworkers handle hot iron ready for forging. Chains support the iron and the forge can be seen in the foreground

Forging heads at the Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. The forge presses metal between two dies (called tooling)

The process of forging heads at the Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. The forge presses metal between two dies (called tooling)

Forging pins at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Forging pins at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The hot steel is pressed between the two dies to form one part

The Forge, 1845. Artist: Plakhov, Lavr Kuzmich (1810-1881)
The Forge, 1845. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Making a Beginning, c1860, (1860). Artist: John Leech
Making a Beginning, c1860, (1860). From The Comic History of England, by Gilbert A A Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London]

German Helmsmith at Work, c1515. Artist: Hans Burgkmair, the Elder
German Helmsmith at Work, c1515. A drawing from the AEneid of Henry von Waldeck, shows a helmsmith forging a flat topped helm with fixed visor and face guard

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)

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)

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

In the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, c1880. The shot and shell foundry, the shot yard, bullet making, carriage department, turning room, and forging a breech coil

Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). Artist: Roberts
Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

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

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 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

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

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