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The Shipbuilder, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);
The Wood-Sawyers, 1850-1852, (c1915). Artist: Jean Francois MilletThe Wood-Sawyers, 1850-1852, (c1915). Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]
The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, (1493), 1903The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, 1493. After an original illustration from Hartmann Schedels (1440 -1514), Nuremberg Chronicle. Also known as the Liber Chronicarum
Sawing and planing are made with a pulling instead of a driving motion, c1900, (1921). Artist: Julian Leonard StreetSawing and planing are made with a pulling instead of a driving motion, c1900, (1921). From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street. [Doubleday, Page & Company, New York & Toronto, 1921]
Native sawyers, India, c1927-c1931 Artist: Cavanders LtdNative sawyers, India, c1927-c1931. Detail from a stereoscopic card issued with Army Club cigarettes
Amputation. A clumsy carpenter saws his own leg off
Chinese men sawing timber for the Japanese army, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese war, 1904-1905. Artist: KeystoneChinese men sawing timber for the Japanese army, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese war, 1904-1905. Stereoscopic slide
A Wood Cutter, 1737-1742. Artist: BouchardonA Wood Cutter, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon
Pasiphae, 1615. Artist: Leonard GaultierPasiphae, 1615. Wife of King Minos of Crete. When the gods sent Minos a beautiful white bull, he did not sacrifice it as he should have done
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
Carpenters at work, surrounded by various tools, c1845. Top: felling a tree and cutting it into planks in a saw-pit
Arm being amputated without anaesthetic, Russo-Turkish War, 1877. Turkish wounded being attended to by the Red Crescent
Amputation of a leg without anaesthetic, 1593. A surgeon uses a bow-saw to remove a patients leg blow the knee while his assistant holds the foot
Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw, 1894. In the background on the right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer
Case-makers, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis DiderotCase-makers, 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
Greek terracotta figure of a man sawing wood, 6th century BCGreek terracotta figure of a man sawing wood from Boetia, Now in the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 6th century BC