Sharpening Collection

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Gagne Petit, between c1678 and c1693. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Gagne Petit, between c1678 and c1693

The Knife Grinder, c1682. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Knife Grinder, c1682

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme Patagon, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme Patagon, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme de la Foret Noire, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme de la Foret Noire, c1797

The scissors, 1700-1800. Creator: W. Barthautz
The scissors, 1700-1800

A Roman Cook´s Boy Sharpening a Knife, 1750. Creator: Jean Barbault
A Roman Cook´s Boy Sharpening a Knife, 1750

Agriculture: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
Agriculture: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

History of wheat: Harvesters sharpening their scythes. Sketch for the drawing room in the... 1879
History of wheat: Harvesters sharpening their scythes. Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1879

Saint Luke, c. 1425/1435. Creator: Unknown
Saint Luke, c. 1425/1435

Saint Sharpening a Pen, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Saint Sharpening a Pen, n.d

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, 1621. Creator: Jusepe de Ribera
St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, 1621

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword, c. 1725. Creator: Okumura Masanobu
Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword, c. 1725

Portrait of a Young Artist, c. 1500. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a Young Artist, c. 1500

Cupid sharpening his bow, 1645-72. Creator: Franciscus van der Steen
Cupid sharpening his bow, 1645-72

An allegory relating to the fortunes of the Turks, ca. 1692. A winged figure probably representing Time stands on a fallen Turk while sharpening a blade on a wheel inscribed with the continents that

In the Barley-Harvest (Suffolk), 1883 / 87, printed 1888. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
In the Barley-Harvest (Suffolk), 1883/87, printed 1888. A work made of photogravure, pl. vii from the album " pictures of east anglian life" (1888)

Farmers Nooning, c. 1840. Creator: Unknown
Farmers Nooning, c. 1840

Knife Sharpener, 1742. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Knife Sharpener, 1742

An Actor Portrait (Wears a Danjuro Mon). Creator: Torii Kiyonobu I
An Actor Portrait (Wears a Danjuro Mon). [Ichikawa Danjuro II in the Role of Soga Goro from the Play " Yanone".]

Ichikawa Danjuro II in the Role of Soga Goro from the Play "Yanone", ca. 1820
Ichikawa Danjuro II in the Role of Soga Goro from the Play " Yanone", ca. 1820

Characters, from Jack the Giant Killer, Plate 2 for a Toy Theater, 1870-90. 1870-90
Characters, from Jack the Giant Killer, Plate 2 for a Toy Theater, 1870-90

Musee du Louvre;collection des dessins, Le Remouleur
Musee du Louvre; collection des dessins, Le Remouleur, par Watteau; from Magasin Pittoresque, ca. 1852

Artisans, from the series "An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes"
Artisans, from the series " An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes", 19th century

Shaving a Forestaller, August 15, 1800. August 15, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Shaving a Forestaller, August 15, 1800

The Saw-Setter, 1780-1827. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Saw-Setter, 1780-1827

Young people! The Marshal has Created for You, 1940-1944. Creator: J E Goossens
Young people! The Marshal has Created for You, 1940-1944. French propaganda poster from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Vichy Government promoting the establishment of rural youth employment

A Royal Butcher, 1897. Creator: John Leech
A Royal Butcher, 1897. Large man, probably King Henry VIII, sharpening knives under a sign of the letter T. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett

The Prussian Noble Guard Sharpen Their Swords on the Steps of the French Embassy at Berlin, 1896. Engraving after the aquarelle by F De Myrbach

The Knife Grinder, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. showing an 800LB weighing scale, 1955. View inside Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham

Grinding (sharpening), Everlast Garden tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist
Grinding (sharpening), Everlast Garden tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Female workers sharpening saw blades, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Bandsaw sharpening at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Bandsaw sharpening at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A female worker works with a sharpening machine

Female workers sharpening saw blades at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Bandsaws being sharpened at Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Gipsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1963

Gipsy knife-grinder with his handcart, Horley, Surrey, 1964

Gypsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1964

Continuous sharpening of longsaw blades, Slack Sellars & Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The blades run on a continous conveyor system as they have yet to be cut into the appropriate lengths

The Kuli-Kuta Dance, Niamey, 1926. Artist: Alexandre Jacovleff
The Kuli-Kuta Dance, Niamey, 1926. A parody of the Ancient Human Sacrifices of Dahomey. From The Studio Volume 92. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

The Knife-grinder of Teniers, c1630-1690, (1843). Artist: J Jackson
The Knife-grinder of Teniers, c1630-1690, (1843). 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, London, 1843

A cutlers shop, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Knife Grinder, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Knife Grinder, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

Scenes of medieval life, 13th century, (1870). A wood engraving after a miniature in a psalter, representing warlike, scientific, commercial, and agricultural works

Cupid Sharpening an Arrow, 1750. Artist: Charles-Joseph Natoire
Cupid Sharpening an Arrow, 1750. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Reaper / haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century
Reaper/haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century. Metal edged tools such as this needed constant sharpening. The whetstone was also known as a side stone

Paleolithic Polishing Stone for Sharpening Bone Harpoons from Dordogne, c50, 000BC-c10, 000 BC
Paleolithic Polishing Stone for Sharpening Bone Harpoons from Dordogne, c50, 000-10, 000 BC. Paleolithic age is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most

Itinerant knife grinder sharpening a blade by turning a grindwheel with a treadle, c1867. The red can over the grindwheel contains lubricant. A brazier hangs on the handle of the cart

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