Steam Mill Collection

Canterbury from the Railway, 1842 (coloured litho on paper)
7394177 Canterbury from the Railway, 1842 (coloured litho on paper) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 23x38 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Hemery driving a Darracq car in the Circuit des Ardennes of 1905: ceramic tiles manufactured by Gilardoni Fils et Cie
ASP74918 Hemery driving a Darracq car in the Circuit des Ardennes of 1905: ceramic tiles manufactured by Gilardoni Fils et Cie of Paris, after a drawing by Ernest Montaut (1878-1909)

The mill of Fombuena, Spain, 1884 (engraving)
AIS5355275 The mill of Fombuena, Spain, 1884 (engraving); (add.info.: The mill of Fombuena (Spain) Engraving from 1884.); © Iberfoto

The paper mill La Guipuzcoana, in Tolosa, Spain, 19th century (litho)
AIS5355988 The paper mill La Guipuzcoana, in Tolosa, Spain, 19th century (litho); © Iberfoto

Windmills at the Aden salt basins in Yemen
3562759 Windmills at the Aden salt basins in Yemen by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Aden, Yemen 1920-25/10/1930 Photographer: A. Abassi); Alinari Archives, Florence

Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing)
8712993 Writing method by Dubus and Lemaire, c.1880-1900 (printing); 22 x 17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Writing method in relation to the teaching of reading by F)

Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria, driven by a small windmill (left)
5309443 Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria, driven by a small windmill (left); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria)

Le Moulin de Montmartre, Paris, France in the 19th century
5614324 Le Moulin de Montmartre, Paris, France in the 19th century; (add.info.: Le Moulin de Montmartre, Paris, France in the 19th century. After the painting by Georges Michel)

Dictionary of weather vanes. Satire of the various governments in France from 1790 to 1815, 1815 (engraving)
8672354 Dictionary of weather vanes. Satire of the various governments in France from 1790 to 1815, 1815 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Windmill (Windmolen Heimolen Molen van t Heiken). Ca 1801
7142128 Windmill (Windmolen Heimolen Molen van t Heiken). Ca 1801.; (add.info.: HeikenAartselaar, Antwerpen, Belgium); © Paul Maeyaert. All rights reserved 2024

Am Muehlenbach in the Lueneburger Heide, Lower Saxony, Germany, view from around 1910
7280150 Am Muehlenbach in the Lueneburger Heide, Lower Saxony, Germany, view from around 1910; Private Collection; (add.info.: Am Muehlenbach in the Lueneburger Heide, Lower Saxony, Germany)

St. Janshuis Mill, Bruges, Holland. Engraved by R. Brandard from a 19th century print by D. Roberts
3052829 St. Janshuis Mill, Bruges, Holland. Engraved by R. Brandard from a 19th century print by D. Roberts.; Private Collection

English Windmills: Pluckley (b/w photo)
8628764 English Windmills: Pluckley (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pluckley)

English Windmills: Sandhurst, 1930 (b/w photo)
8628763 English Windmills: Sandhurst, 1930 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sandhurst, 1930)

English Windmills: Sandhurst Mill in working condition (b/w photo)
8628762 English Windmills: Sandhurst Mill in working condition (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sandhurst Mill in working condition)

English Windmills: Willesborough (b/w photo)
8628758 English Windmills: Willesborough (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Willesborough)

English Windmills: The Post Mill at Outwood (b/w photo)
8628753 English Windmills: The Post Mill at Outwood (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Post Mill at Outwood)

English Windmills: Hailsham Mill (b/w photo)
8628744 English Windmills: Hailsham Mill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hailsham Mill)

English Windmills: Patcham (b/w photo)
8628727 English Windmills: Patcham (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patcham)

English windmills: Little Saling (b/w photo)
8628830 English windmills: Little Saling (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Saling)

English windmills: East Tilbury (b/w photo)
8628820 English windmills: East Tilbury (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: East Tilbury)

English windmills: Terling (b/w photo)
8628815 English windmills: Terling (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terling)

English windmills: Lacey Green (b/w photo)
8628793 English windmills: Lacey Green (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lacey Green)

English windmills: Baker Street, Orsett (b/w photo)
8628817 English windmills: Baker Street, Orsett (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baker Street, Orsett)

English Windmills: Base of Rolvenden Post Mill (b/w photo)
8628790 English Windmills: Base of Rolvenden Post Mill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Base of Rolvenden Post Mill)

English Windmills: Chillenden Mill (b/w photo)
8628789 English Windmills: Chillenden Mill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chillenden Mill)

English Windmills: Barham (b/w photo)
8628785 English Windmills: Barham (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barham)

English Windmills: Stanford Mill, 1928 (b/w photo)
8628784 English Windmills: Stanford Mill, 1928 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stanford Mill, 1928)

English Windmills: Shiremark Mill, Capel (b/w photo)
8628749 English Windmills: Shiremark Mill, Capel (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shiremark Mill, Capel)

English Windmills: Argos Hill (b/w photo)
8628736 English Windmills: Argos Hill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Argos Hill)

English Windmills: Cross-in-Hand (b/w photo)
8628725 English Windmills: Cross-in-Hand (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cross-in-Hand)

English Windmills: Polegate (b/w photo)
8628724 English Windmills: Polegate (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Polegate)

English Windmills: Shipley Mill (b/w photo)
8628722 English Windmills: Shipley Mill (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shipley Mill)

English Windmills: Rye Mill before the fire (b/w photo)
8628720 English Windmills: Rye Mill before the fire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rye Mill before the fire)

The Mill, Guy's Cliff, Warwick (b/w photo)
8641204 The Mill, Guy's Cliff, Warwick (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mill, Guy's Cliff, Warwick)

A merry mill (coloured photo)
8655984 A merry mill (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A merry mill. Boys having a fight. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The mill at Cobham (litho)
8671959 The mill at Cobham (litho) by Moul, Duncan (fl.1904-24); Private Collection; (add.info.: The mill at Cobham. Illustration for Picturesque Surrey)

Wild Flowers of the Holy Land: Opuntia Ficus Indica, Mill; Prickly Pear (coloured engraving)
8675556 Wild Flowers of the Holy Land: Opuntia Ficus Indica, Mill; Prickly Pear (coloured engraving) by Zeller, Hannah (1838-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opuntia Ficus Indica)

Letter M: Mill
DUV4217028 Letter M: Mill; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon

J K L M : jackdaws, kite, ladder, mill, 1872 (illustration)
DUV4225090 J K L M : jackdaws, kite, ladder, mill, 1872 (illustration); 27x23 cm; (add.info.: Aunt Louisa's alphabet book, Country alphabet, made of three illustrated abecedaries)

Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental Life Scene. Manual waving of the wheat in front of six Cretan windmills in a
LUX4764681 Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental Life Scene. Manual waving of the wheat in front of six Cretan windmills in a mountain landscape, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Niepili, CR)

Windmills: common vertical windmill and Captain Stephen Hooper's horizontal windmill in Margate, 18th century
FLO4593127 Windmills: common vertical windmill and Captain Stephen Hooper's horizontal windmill in Margate, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

The formation of new ranges - Alphabet de la musique. - For the use of young students of schools
DUV4219835 The formation of new ranges - Alphabet de la musique. - For the use of young students of schools, education houses and families. Paul Dupont, editor, Paris, 1897

Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. The treading of the wheat. Animated scene
LUX4764664 Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. The treading of the wheat. Animated scene. Pair of oxen, yoke, windmill Cretan, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Niepili, CR)

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Ponts-de-Ce: Banks of the Loire with Chateau and mill, flood, 1905
LUX4809903 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Ponts-de-Ce: Banks of the Loire with Chateau and mill, flood, 1905; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49)

France, Brittany: a quarry of granite with windmill, 1880
LUX4806711 France, Brittany: a quarry of granite with windmill, 1880; (add.info.: France, Brittany: a quarry of granite with windmill, 1880); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

La Caricature Politique (1830), Satirique en N & B, 1831_10_6: Le moulin a paroles - Justice Proces, Moulin
ICA4930659 La Caricature Politique (1830), Satirique en N & B, 1831_10_6: Le moulin a paroles - Justice Proces, Moulin, Expressions - Donkey; (add.info.: La Caricature Politique (1830)

Germany, Hamburg, 1866 (engraving)
UTD4920428 Germany, Hamburg, 1866 (engraving); (add.info.: Germany, Hamburg, original text : the Zeughausmarkt (market place) and the new Millerntor (town gate) in the year 1700

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"Capturing the Power and Beauty of Steam Mills Through Art" Step back in time to the late 1850s with "The Windmill, " an exquisite oil on fabric painting that showcases the majestic presence of a steam mill. This artwork transports us to an era where windmills were not only functional but also symbols of industrial progress. Fast forward to around 1916, and we find Don Quixote himself endorsing the fortifying Globeol in an advertisement illustration. The iconic character's association with a steam mill highlights its significance as a symbol of strength and resilience. "The Booty Cat, " a print from 1938, takes us on a whimsical journey where feline charm meets the grandeur of a steam mill. This artwork captures both playfulness and admiration for these remarkable structures. Le Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, painted in 1886, presents another stunning portrayal of a windmill through oil on canvas. The artist skillfully depicts its picturesque beauty against the backdrop of Montmartre, inviting viewers into this idyllic scene. Airedale Mills Bingley DES01_01_0616 provides us with glimpses into real-life steam mills that once dotted landscapes across regions. These mills served as vital centers for industry and employment during their time. In "Landscape with Windmills, " depicted through oil on copper, we witness how artists captured nature's harmony alongside these man-made marvels. The juxtaposition between serene surroundings and powerful machinery creates captivating imagery. Traveling further south brings us to "River Scene with a View of Dordrecht. " Painted on panel, this masterpiece showcases not only the scenic beauty but also emphasizes how steam mills played integral roles in shaping riverside communities' livelihoods. "Golfers on Ice near Haarlem" takes us back centuries ago when winter transformed Dutch waterways into icy playgrounds.