Workmen Collection (page 9)

Civil engineers in a trench with a pneumatic drill, Oldcoats, Nottinghamshire, 1961. Civil Engineers working for Lileworth Contractors Ltd in a limestone trench

Two workmen outside the Mashki Gate, Nineveh, Iraq, 1977. Reconstruction built in the 1960s of one of the great gates of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

Place Vintimille, seen from the painters window (1917), 1917, (1946). Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Place Vintimille, seen from the painters window (1917), 1917, (1946). From Vuillard - His Life and Work, by Claude Roer Marx. [Paul Elek, London, 1946]

Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building, c1931. Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building

Construccao de um Estrada de Rodagem (S. Bernardo), 1895. Artist: Axel Frick
Construccao de um Estrada de Rodagem (S. Bernardo), 1895. From Sao Paulo by Gustavo Koenigswald. [S. Paulo, 1895]

Making Fryotype Printing Metal in the London Foundry, 1919. Frys Metal Foundrys establishment. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

The First Attempt at Launching, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Preparing to Launch, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Putting on the Casing, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Beginning the Framework, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Prising Up the Needle, in order to build the Framework under it, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III

The removal of Eros, 1925, (1938). The removal of Eros from its place in Piccadilly, in early 1925 to make way for the reconstruction of Piccadilly Tube Station

Workmen at Dinner, c1900. Artist: Franz Gailliard
Workmen at Dinner, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below, c1931. The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below

The Empire State Building: Skyscraper Workers, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
The Empire State Building: Skyscraper Workers, c1931. The Empire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

Modern Emulation of Piranesi: No. 3 escalator tunnel at Piccadilly Circus Station, 1929
A Modern Emulation of Piranesi: No. 3 escalator tunnel at Piccadilly Circus Station, 1929. The station was opened on 10 March 1906 and was designed by Charles Henry Holden (1875-1960)

The Czar, taken among the workmen at the great Putiloff Munition and Engineering Works, 1914
A photograph of the Czar, taken among the workmen at the great Putiloff Munition and Engineering Works at Petrograd, c1914. Tsar Nicholas II (1868?1918) visits the Putilov Works in Petrograd

Road mending, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Artist: Stereo Travel Co
Road mending, Bhamo, Burma, 1908. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Workmen in Possession, Westminster Hall, London, 1910. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The Workmen in Possession, Westminster Hall, London, 1910. Preparing Westminster Hall for the lying in state of King Edward VII. A print from The Illustrated London News, 21st May 1910

View of the east end of Guildhall and the Old Library, City of London, 1886. A print from Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations, Corporation of the City of London, 1886

Buildings, Highfield, Camden Road, London, 1829. Artist: A McClatchie
Buildings, Highfield, Camden Road, London, 1829

Expert workmen creating designs in cloisonne, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Expert workmen creating designs in cloisonne, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Mr Namikawa in the background. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Workmen watching kilns full of Awata porcelain, Kinkosan works, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Workmen watching kilns full of Awata porcelain, Kinkosan works, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The final interior decoration and sealing of Tutankhamuns tomb, Egypt, 1325 BC (1933-1934). The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

Lifting of an impost at Stonehenge, 1901, (c1920). Restoration of the ancient monument. The Stonehenge complex on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire evolved in a series of stages between about 3100

Stacking Hay, 1840, (1938). Artist: William Frederick Witherington
Stacking Hay, 1840, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

The Gates of Pedro Miguel Lock, 1912. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The Gates of Pedro Miguel Lock, 1912. A picture showing the construction of the Pedro Miguel Lock on the Panama Canal. From The Studio Volume 57, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912-13]

The End of the Day-Gatun Lock, 1912. Artist: Joseph Pennell
The End of the Day-Gatun Lock, 1912. From The Studio Volume 57. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1912-13]

Pery Square, Limerick. c19th century
Pery Square, Limerick, c19th century

Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. Artist: John Davies
Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. This tunnel, seen here under construction ran from Edge Hill to Lime Street, Liverpool

The Art of Grinding and Polishing of Plate-Glass, 1748

Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Renewing the roads on the Grands Boulevards, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

The Clinic of Balneotherapy, Yessentuki, Russia, 1915. Situated in the northern Caucasus, Yessentuki has been a popular spa resort since the 19th century due to the properties of the mineral water

Roadworks in Tverskaya Street, Moscow, USSR, 1920s. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

The construction of a pier in Yalta, Crimea, late 19th century(?). From a private collection

Militant Workman, 1905. Artist: Nikolai Alekseevich Kasatkin
Militant Workman, 1905

Various systems of railroads, Zermatt, Switzerland, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

The Parquet Planers, 1875. Artist: Gustave Caillebotte
The Parquet Planers, 1875. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Ouvriers du Batiment ( Construction Workers ), c1911. Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Ouvriers du Batiment ( Construction Workers ), c1911. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

The Edges of the Seine, Paris, (1880-1924?). Artist: James Wilson Morrice
The Edges of the Seine, Paris, (1880-1924?). From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, 1637. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, 1637. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Glazier and wallpaper hanger working in a house, 1867. From Alphabet des Arts et Metiers. (Paris, 1867)

Surfacing a road with granite setts, Paris, c1900. Liebig trade card

Surfacing a Paris street with wooden blocks, c1900. Liebig trade card

Laying paving slabs in a Paris street, c1900. Workmen are using crowbars to lever the slabs into place. In the background is the cathedral of Notre Dame. Liebig trade card

Laying an asphalt-based surface in a Paris street, c1900. Sand is being spread to stop the surface from adhering to traffic until set. Workmen are cleaning and heating their tools in brazier

Laying bitumen road surface in a Paris street, c1900. In the background a man is drawing buckets of liquid bitumen from a tanker for the workmen to spread. The men are wearing wooden shoes (sabots)

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