Craftsman Collection (#10)

Letters E Grocer (sells spice, drugs, spices, cinnamon)
DUV4211464 Letters E Grocer (sells spice, drugs, spices, cinnamon, ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letters E Grocer (sells spice, drugs, spices, cinnamon, ); Photo © Duvallon

Letters A Farmer; B Boulanger; C Charron (makes carts and ploughs); D Distiller (brandies, liquors, perfumes)
DUV4211418 Letters A Farmer; B Boulanger; C Charron (makes carts and ploughs); D Distiller (brandies, liquors, perfumes). Engraving in "An instructive alphabet of arts and crafts"

Letter M Moulin (wind). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211501 Letter M Moulin (wind). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers". A work in which a child, while having fun

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205712 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter Z Zinger)

Portrait of Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), art ebenist and collector - painting by Anders Zorn (1860-1920) Paris
SYC4195530 Portrait of Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), art ebenist and collector - painting by Anders Zorn (1860-1920) Paris, musee d Orsay.; (add.info.: Portrait of Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919)

Jointing and pointing wall with arched opening (b/w photo)
8639681 Jointing and pointing wall with arched opening (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jointing and pointing wall with arched opening)

Plumbing for correct position of quoin with plumb-rule and lead-bob (b/w photo)
8639678 Plumbing for correct position of quoin with plumb-rule and lead-bob (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vestibule, Martin's Bank, Bexley Heath (b/w photo)
8639676 Vestibule, Martin's Bank, Bexley Heath (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vestibule, Martin's Bank, Bexley Heath)

Main front, with tiled roof, of the old crown, Bookham, Surrey, showing various forms of arches (b/w photo)
8639671 Main front, with tiled roof, of the old crown, Bookham, Surrey, showing various forms of arches (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Chimney shaft with square base, panelled at the summit (b/w photo)
8639665 Chimney shaft with square base, panelled at the summit (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chimney shaft with square base)

Bricklayer's Tools, I (litho)
8639659 Bricklayer's Tools, I (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bricklayer's Tools, I)

Example of assorted colour brickwork, with tile roofing and tile hanging at gable ends (colour photo)
8639658 Example of assorted colour brickwork, with tile roofing and tile hanging at gable ends (colour photo) by English Photographer

Interesting example of brickwork, carried out with S6 purple and red bricks for recessed panel filling
8639655 Interesting example of brickwork, carried out with S6 purple and red bricks for recessed panel filling, bright reds for piers and dark reds for plinth (colour photo) by English Photographer

Metzgerladen / Butcher Shop (colour litho)
8666187 Metzgerladen / Butcher Shop (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metzgerladen)

Besuch Beim Juwelier / Visit to the Jeweler (colour litho)
8666161 Besuch Beim Juwelier / Visit to the Jeweler (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Besuch Beim Juwelier)

Advertising card for Wanamaker & Brown, Philadelphia (litho)
8677261 Advertising card for Wanamaker & Brown, Philadelphia (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for menswear from Wanamaker & Brown)

Viollet-Le-Duc shows two figures studying a frame, 1873 (illustration)
8683035 Viollet-Le-Duc shows two figures studying a frame, 1873 (illustration) by Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel (1814-79); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Village Ale-House (engraving)
8648168 The Village Ale-House (engraving) by Hay, George (1831-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Village Ale-House)

St. Crispin and St. Crispian, Roman brothers, patron saints of shoemakers, went to Soissons, France
535107 St. Crispin and St. Crispian, Roman brothers, patron saints of shoemakers, went to Soissons, France, 303 to spread gospel and supported themselves by shoe making

Leather: from the cattle to the tanner and the cobbler workshop, early 20th century (chromo)
1790145 Leather: from the cattle to the tanner and the cobbler workshop, early 20th century (chromo); (add.info.: the leather in France : from the cattle to the tanner and the cobbler workshop)

Pottery: from the clay to the potter workshop, early 20th century (chromo)
1790143 Pottery: from the clay to the potter workshop, early 20th century (chromo); (add.info.: the pottery in France : from the clay to the potter workshop, early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Page of advertisements, 1882 (engraving)
8627196 Page of advertisements, 1882 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page of advertisements, 1882)

"Who's your tailor?" (colour litho)
8652467 "Who's your tailor?" (colour litho) by Anderson, Anne (1874-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Who's your tailor)

Messrs Marshall and Snelgrove, Silk Mercers, Lacemen, Furriers, Drapers, Milliners, Dressmen, and Carpet Warehousemen
8651287 Messrs Marshall and Snelgrove, Silk Mercers, Lacemen, Furriers, Drapers, Milliners, Dressmen, and Carpet Warehousemen, Oxford Street, Vere Street, Henrietta Street, and Marylebone Lane

Illustration for The Animals Trip to Sea (colour litho)
8634287 Illustration for The Animals Trip to Sea (colour litho) by Thompson, George Henry (1853-1933); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bookbinder (colour litho)
8650412 Bookbinder (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bookbinder. Illustration for Buttercups)

The Industrial Arts during the Renaissance Period North of the Alps (engraving)
8650804 The Industrial Arts during the Renaissance Period North of the Alps (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Etienne Delaune, French Goldsmith, C. 1519-1583. Interior Of His Workshop
UIG5420175 Etienne Delaune, French Goldsmith, C. 1519-1583. Interior Of His Workshop. From Les Artes Au Moyen Age, Published Paris 1873 ©UIG/Leemage

Decorative endpaper from a nineteenth century book. Paper marbling was used to produce both endpapers and book covers
6428135 Decorative endpaper from a nineteenth century book. Paper marbling was used to produce both endpapers and book covers, 19th century (paint on paper); Photo © Ken Welsh

Female herring fishers, knitting on the dock, in front of empty buckets waiting for the return of fishing
MMM5479201 Female herring fishers, knitting on the dock, in front of empty buckets waiting for the return of fishing, in Scarborough (Yorkshire, England), 1910 (b/w photo); National Maritime Museum

The shipwright, one of the most important Royal Navy adjutant officers in the 18th century
MMM5482467 The shipwright, one of the most important Royal Navy adjutant officers in the 18th century, who had to pass an exam at Shipwright's Hall before boarding by Rowlandson

Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia. 1885 (engraving)
6947907 Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia. 1885 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton spinning and reeling.Mogadishu. Somalia)

History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier
7209597 History of Saint Piat and Saint Eleuthere, also called tapestry of Arras. Ordered from canon Toussaint Prier, chaplain of the duke of Burgundy, late 14th-early 15th century. 22m x 2m

Sword inscribed and decorated with inlays. 5th-4th centuries BC. Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC)
BEN5473845 Sword inscribed and decorated with inlays. 5th-4th centuries BC. Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC). Bronze, inlaid, jade, gold (metal), turquoise from Liyu (China). Paris, Guimet Museum

Bronze Age: bronze axes (photo)
AIS5351212 Bronze Age: bronze axes (photo); Episcopal Museum of Vic, Barcelona, Spain; © Iberfoto

Construction of the Tower of Babel in Babylon. Miniature from the Alfa manuscript
VEN5028094 Construction of the Tower of Babel in Babylon. Miniature from the Alfa manuscript. W.1.6, C.23 v, probably the " Mirror historial" (Speculum maius)

Woodcutter, (painting)
8719872 Woodcutter, (painting) by Ulving, Even (1863-1952); 55x80 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: By Even Ulving (1863-1952)); Photo © O. Vaering

The air pollution common in Victorian cities
5310197 The air pollution common in Victorian cities; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the air pollution common in Victorian cities)

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Martigny-les-Bains: camp of bohemians on the edge of a road with 2 wooden trailers
LUX4783671 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Martigny-les-Bains: camp of bohemians on the edge of a road with 2 wooden trailers, animated view with bohemians manufacturer of baskets

Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - the cooper. Stained glass from the lower north coast
JEB4845127 Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - the cooper. Stained glass from the lower north coast. Cathedrale de Chartres.; (add.info.: Gothic architecture)

Coin making in the Middle Ages: a coin-minting shop. Medieval coiners in their workshop
NWI4891647 Coin making in the Middle Ages: a coin-minting shop. Medieval coiners in their workshop. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration; (add.info)

Middle Ages: York bakers, England around 1590. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4893103 Middle Ages: York bakers, England around 1590. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Middle Ages: York bakers, England around 1590)

American daily life, domestic stain: a woman stretched out her laundry, talking with a macon on the roof of her
NWI4882167 American daily life, domestic stain: a woman stretched out her laundry, talking with a macon on the roof of her building, in front of the panorama of the city, around 1870

Apprenticeship in the manufacture of trolley wheels at Chemawa Indian School, Salem (Oregon, USA)
NWI4899112 Apprenticeship in the manufacture of trolley wheels at Chemawa Indian School, Salem (Oregon, USA), circa 1880 - Reproduction in duichromy of a 19th century illustration - Learning

Tax increase during Shays Rebellion. Blacksmith angry at a tax tax, 1786. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4837031 Tax increase during Shays Rebellion. Blacksmith angry at a tax tax, 1786. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Tax increase during Shays Rebellion)

Independence of the United States of America (1775-1783): American patriotic woman weaving to avoid having to import
NWI4838968 Independence of the United States of America (1775-1783): American patriotic woman weaving to avoid having to import her clothes from England, whose taxes were too high, before the war

J'ai vu, 1918 - Dans Chateau Thierry reconquis - Pain, Marne, Chateau-Thierry
ICA4837785 J'ai vu, 1918 - Dans Chateau Thierry reconquis - Pain, Marne, Chateau-Thierry, Bataille de la marne - Poincare Raymond, Boulanger (mirliton) - Handheld; (add.info.: J'ai vu)

Italy, Sicily: a convoy of tourists passes through a Sicilian village between houses where the inhabitants
LUX4779658 Italy, Sicily: a convoy of tourists passes through a Sicilian village between houses where the inhabitants on the balconies look at them with curiosite

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Craftsmanship is an art that transcends time and spans across various fields. From the meticulous strokes of Gustave Caillebotte's brush capturing the intensity of planers in action, to Arnold Bocklin's portrayal of a centaur observing the village blacksmith, these artworks remind us of the skill and dedication required to master a craft. Intriguing glimpses into history take us back to medieval times, where we witness a goldsmith delicately shaping precious metals into intricate jewelry. Meanwhile, Mr. George Lailey immerses himself in the ancient craft of wooden bowl making at Bucklebury, Berks, preserving traditional techniques for future generations. The manufacturing process comes alive as we observe cork balls being meticulously crafted at Chingford in 1922. The watchmaker's steady hands bring life to intricate timepieces while revealing their inner workings. And through an oil painting from the 1770s, we catch a glimpse of an iron forge bustling with activity as sparks fly and metal takes shape under skilled hands. The blacksmith's forge becomes a sanctuary where fire meets steel, transforming raw materials into functional works of art. A farrier tends to horses' hooves with precision and care—a testament to both craftsmanship and animal welfare. Metallurgy emerges as a powerful force during the Industrial Revolution with Fourchambault Forge standing tall as a symbol of progress and innovation. Terracotta rhubarb forcers showcase how even everyday objects can be elevated through craftsmanship—combining functionality with aesthetic appeal. These diverse examples highlight that craftsmanship knows no boundaries—it exists within every profession and discipline, and is born out of passion, honed by experience, and passed down through generations—a timeless tradition that continues to inspire awe today.