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The Forge. Creator: Leonard DefranceThe Forge
The Lamentation, ca. 1450. Creator: Petrus ChristusThe Lamentation, ca. 1450
Metalworkers, Styria, Austria, c1935. Creator: UnknownMetalworkers, Styria, Austria, c1935. Factory workers using an industrial hammer to shape steel. From " Osterreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). [R
The strokes of his hammer on the anvil kept time to his song, (1907). Creator: UnknownThe strokes of his hammer on the anvil kept time to his song, (1907). The German composer Handel is inspired by the sound of a hammer on an anvil: he was overtaken by a heavy shower of rain
Fairground attraction, 1910. Creator: UnknownFairground attraction, 1910. You would scorn the idea of chopping wood, but here you pay to go through the same motions, 1910
Forging the Anchor, 1892. Creator: UnknownForging 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"
Surgeon Yevgeni Vasilyevich Pavlov (1845-1916) in the Operating Theatre, 1888, (1965). Russian surgeon performing an operation. Painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Jael and Sisera - Judges Chapter 4, 1825. Creator: Thomas Goff LuptonJael and Sisera - Judges Chapter 4, 1825. Scene from the Old Testament: after being defeated by the forces of the Israelite tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, Sisera was killed by Jael
The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847. Creator: George Cruikshank (1792-1878)The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)
Wallpaper design, from Idees, c1925. Creator: Georges Darcy (fl. c. 1925)Wallpaper design, from Idees, published by A. Calavas, Paris, c.1925 (colour lithograph)
2. Now we have a new kind of weapon to use. ROSTA Window No 81, 1921. Private Collection
Work in an Iron Foundry and Smithy During The Period of the Middle Ages, c1934. Illlustration showing iron founding and tool-making
Forging a Blade, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]
The head ache, 1835. Artist: George CruikshankThe head ache, 1835. A man with an agonised expression is attacked by demons: one drills his head, another with a gimlet; another brandishes a poker, another sings into his ear
A Brass Pott or an Iron Pott to mend, Cries of London, (c1688?)A Brass Pott or an Iron Pott to mend. A brass and iron pot mender, carrying a large pot or bucket over his shoulder. In his hands he is holding a smaller pot and a hammer
A tinker and a child, Provincial Characters, 1804. Artist: William Henry PyneA tinker, laden with various bags and tools, including a bellows walking along while a small child tries to attract his attention
The Cat Did It, from The Greatest Plague of Life, pub. 1847 (engraving)
The Blacksmith, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);
The Head Ache, 1835The Head Ache, pub. 1835 (hand coloured engraving)
The State Tinkers, 1780The State Tinkers, Pub. 10th February 1780 by W. Humphrey (hand coloured engraving). Showing Lord Frederick North (1732 - 1792); John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 - 1792); George Germain
Mime at the anvil, 1924. Artist: Arthur RackhamMime 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
One of the Gods, Donner, summons the mist away, 1910. Artist: Arthur RackhamOne of the Gods, Donner, summons the mist away, 1910. To my hammers swing Hitherward sweep Vapours and fogs! Hovering mists! Donner, your lord, summons his hosts!
Beating hot garden forks, Ward & Payne Ltd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Red hot garden forks are beaten into shape on an anvil before being finished
Garden tool production, Brades Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1966
Tensioning the crosscut on a two metre saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. The process of tensioning involves hammering the saw face to alter the shape of
Moulding in the Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael WaltersMoulding in the Wombwell Foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steel worker uses a wooden pattern to create a mould for a steel casting
Product shot of a Stanley Tools boxed set from 1986. Artist: Michael WaltersProduct shot of a Stanley Tools boxed set from 1986
Black Country Museum, Birmingham, West Midlands, 1986. A blacksmith at work in a smithy
Soviet Union - Friendship of Peoples, 1923-1924. Found in the Collection of State History Museum, Moscow
View of the summer house of Prince Nikolai Abramovich Putyatin at Kleinzschachwitz near Dresden, 1811. Private Collection
View of the Saint Isaacs Bridge in Petersburg. Found in the Collection of State Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg
View of the Marble Palace in Saint Petersburg. Private Collection
View of St. Petersburg from the Neva, 1808. Artist: Hammer, Christian Gottlieb (1779-1864)View of St. Petersburg from the Neva, 1808. From a private collection
Worker and Farmer, 1923. Artist: Kustodiev, Boris Michaylovich (1878-1927)Worker and Farmer, 1923. From a private collection
The USSR. Proletarians of all countries unite!, 1926. Artist: Guminer, Yakov Moiseevich (1896-1942)The USSR. Proletarians of all countries unite!, 1926. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow
Gold-Digging in Australia, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]
Making a Beginning, c1860, (1860). Artist: John LeechMaking a Beginning, c1860, (1860). From The Comic History of England, by Gilbert A A Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London]
Marcia - Vierge Perpetuelle, 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berrys Cleres FemmesMarcia - Vierge Perpetuelle, 1403, (1939). The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees)
A Metal-Worker, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L MenpesA Metal-Worker, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]
The Smithy on Board the Fram, 1897. From Farthest North, Vol. 1 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]
German Helmsmith at Work, c1515. Artist: Hans Burgkmair, the ElderGerman 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 Bank of England, 1925. Artist: Nicolai HammerThe Bank of England, 1925. The Bank was established in 1694 to act as the English Governments banker. From The Studio Volume 90. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1925]
Cupids Forge, c1905, (1916). Artist: Collier Twentyman SmithersCupids Forge, c1905. From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]
John Bacon (1740-1799) British sculptor, (1792), 1925John Bacon (1740-1799), British sculptor, 1792. After a pastel portrait by John Russell (1745-1806). From The Connoisseur, 1925
Blacksmith at work, England, c1922. Artist: Sidney H NichollsBlacksmith at work, England, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922
Primitive pole lathe, from a Japanese trades encyclopedia, 1828 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common
He Thinks in Marble, Jehu Junior, 1904. Artist: jmpHe Thinks in Marble, Jehu Junior, 1904. Auguste Rodin, French sculptor. Jehu Junior was the nickname of Thomas Gibson Bowles, founder of the magazines The Lady and the English Vanity Fair
Tradesman, 19th century. Possibly a blacksmith