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A Japanese wood-engraver, 1864. Creator: UnknownA Japanese wood-engraver, 1864. '...from a sketch by our Artist at Yokohama. It is painful here to observe the uncomfortable position of the Japanese engraver at his work - to see how he is
Two Carpenters with a Handsaw, Wood Plane, Hammer, Compass, and Square, 1880s
Two Men and a Boy with Outside Calipers, Backsaw, Square, and Frame Saw, 1860s
Adolphe Ardail, Imprimeur, 1901, (1903). Creator: Adolphe ArdailAdolphe Ardail, Imprimeur, 1901, (1903). Self portrait of French copperplate printer and conservationist Adolphe Ardail (1835-1911)
The village barber, 1772. Artist: James BrethertonThe village barber, 1772. View of a barber, holding a lancet in one hand, a razor in the other and carrying a shaving dish under one arm
Tailor, c1845. In the centre the tailor is using a flat iron to press a jacket on an ironing board. At the bottom is a sheep, source of the wool from which the cloth for the jacket was woven
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
Building trade, c1845. A bricklayer working on a wooden scaffold (centre), a brickyard (top), mixing mortar (right), and a labourer carrying a load up a long ladder (left)