Craftsman Collection (page 3)

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VEN5027194 3534 1; (add.info.: Allegorie du mois de Mars (signe de Belier) : les tisseuses ou les tisserands. Fresque de Francesco del Cossa (1435-1477) dans le Salon des Mois de Palazzo Schifanoia

Lantern Manufacturers - Lantern Maker - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4982193 Lantern Manufacturers - Lantern Maker - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Lantern Manufacturers - Lantern Maker - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Blacksmith and his assistant in a forge working
NWI4826478 Blacksmith and his assistant in a forge working.; (add.info.: Blacksmith and his assistant in a forge working.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

The designer. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die
IMB4827328 The designer. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die Heinzelmannchen zu Koln" by August Kopisch (1799-1853)

Postcard, Satirical in Colors: The journey of William to Paris - War of 14 -18, Paris - William II
ICA4838180 Postcard, Satirical in Colors: The journey of William to Paris - War of 14 -18, Paris - William II; (add.info.: Postcard)

War of Independence of the United States of America (1775-1783): gunsmith forging muskets to arm the Minutemen before
NWI4842259 War of Independence of the United States of America (1775-1783): gunsmith forging muskets to arm the Minutemen before the war, years 1770

Gothic architecture. Stained glass representing imagery and stone cutters
JEB4845003 Gothic architecture. Stained glass representing imagery and stone cutters. These stained glass windows tell the story of Saint Cheron. 1225

Worker working in the coke ovens of the Pittsburgh steel industry rising the workers city above, 1880
NWI4826584 Worker working in the coke ovens of the Pittsburgh steel industry rising the workers city above, 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Worker picking melted glass using a bouffadou around 1900
NWI4828200 Worker picking melted glass using a bouffadou around 1900; (add.info.: Worker picking up melted glass using a bouffadou around 1900.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

The scutter. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die
IMB4827307 The scutter. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die Heinzelmannchen zu Koln" by August Kopisch (1799-1853); (add.info)

Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827097 Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s)

United States, State of California: Blacksmith in his Reconstitution workshop in Sutter's Fort, Sacramento
NWI4964671 United States, State of California: Blacksmith in his Reconstitution workshop in Sutter's Fort, Sacramento; (add.info.: United States)

Formation of a blacksmith at the Indian School of Chemawa, Salem (Oregon, USA)
NWI4899069 Formation of a blacksmith at the Indian School of Chemawa, Salem (Oregon, USA), circa 1880 - Reproduction in duotone reproduction of a 19th century illustration - Blacksmith training

Tapestry illustrating Tarquinius Priscus. ca. 1475 (tapestry)
CUL4899025 Tapestry illustrating Tarquinius Priscus. ca. 1475 (tapestry); (add.info.: Tarquinius Priscus. ca. 1475. History of the founder and fifth king of Rome according to the account of Livy)

Portrait of the Potter and Ceramist Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) (Portrait of Bernard Palissy French Huguenot potter)
ELD4881828 Portrait of the Potter and Ceramist Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) (Portrait of Bernard Palissy French Huguenot potter)

Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4858018 Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Silk workshop in China. 19th century colour engraving.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Les keys - Alphabet de la musique. - For the use of young students of schools, education centres and families
DUV4219872 Les keys - Alphabet de la musique. - For the use of young students of schools, education centres and families. Paul Dupont, editor, Paris, 1897. Author: Albert de la Graveliere

Cooking for looting. The cook tears his hair out of despair when he sees himself flying from all sides, by a dog
DUV4222331 Cooking for looting. The cook tears his hair out of despair when he sees himself flying from all sides, by a dog, a cat, a bird and a rat

Interior of a glassware: fusion, working and blowing of glass - engraving of "La France industrielle", 1880
PCT4257458 Interior of a glassware: fusion, working and blowing of glass - engraving of "La France industrielle", 1880.; (add.info.: Interior of a glassware: fusion)

Book cover La pratique en photographie by Frederic Dillaye, 1902 (print)
PCT4263719 Book cover La pratique en photographie by Frederic Dillaye, 1902 (print); (add.info.: Cover of the book " La pratique en photographie" by Frederic Dillaye)

Cistercian Romanesque Art: Tacheron mark (stone tailor) of the Abbey of Notre-Dame (or Notre Dame)
JEB4916891 Cistercian Romanesque Art: Tacheron mark (stone tailor) of the Abbey of Notre-Dame (or Notre Dame) of Senanque a Gordes. Primitive Cistercian architecture of the 12th century

History of printing: Press in Johannes Gutenberg's workshop examining a print. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4939048 History of printing: Press in Johannes Gutenberg's workshop examining a print. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of printing)

Indians of America: indigenous woman spinning cotton in the old-fashioned, mexico. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4900446 Indians of America: indigenous woman spinning cotton in the old-fashioned, mexico. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Indians of America)

Wall paintings of the Life of Saint Eloi " Blacksmith and Orfevre" by the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rodez
JEB4928747 Wall paintings of the Life of Saint Eloi " Blacksmith and Orfevre" by the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rodez

The foundation of the city of Rome: the workers build the walls. Miniature from the manuscript Alfa D.3.9.C by Tite
VEN5028131 The foundation of the city of Rome: the workers build the walls. Miniature from the manuscript Alfa D.3.9.C by Tite Live (59 BC - 17 AD) JC) on the History of Rome, Biblioteca Estense

Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Detail of a page of the manuscript " Treat
VEN5028042 Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Detail of a page of the manuscript " Treat on herbs" (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides)

Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908576 Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Hans Sachs (1494-1576), German poet, 19th (engraving)
UTD4914489 Hans Sachs (1494-1576), German poet, 19th (engraving); (add.info.: Hans Sachs (1494-1576), German poet, Meistersinger and shoemaker, from Nuremberg

The job of printing, 19th century (Epinal print)
THT4305606 The job of printing, 19th century (Epinal print); (add.info.: The job of printing. Epinal print. End of the 19th century.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023

The Little Miller, 19th century (Epinal print)
THT4305728 The Little Miller, 19th century (Epinal print); (add.info.: Song "The Little Miller". Epinal print. End of the 19th century.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023

Weaver at work on his loom - Store Picturesque 19th century
PCT4276924 Weaver at work on his loom - Store Picturesque 19th century -; (add.info.: Weaver at work on his loom - Store Picturesque 19th century -); Photo © Gusman

Weaver sitting at his weave - engraving from Louis Figuier's work "Le savant du foyer" Hachette 1883
PCT4276642 Weaver sitting at his weave - engraving from Louis Figuier's work "Le savant du foyer" Hachette 1883; (add.info)

Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the edge of the Nile, handcrafted wool spinning with a wooden tray, 1900
LUX4778896 Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the edge of the Nile, handcrafted wool spinning with a wooden tray, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the edge of the Nile)

Corset designer - Corset maker, Paris, early 19th century, in chocolate brown bodice, pink petticoat
FLO4658483 Corset designer - Corset maker, Paris, early 19th century, in chocolate brown bodice, pink petticoat, green gloves - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by

Embroiderer - Embroiderer, Paris, early 19th century, in white dress and bonnet - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by
FLO4658365 Embroiderer - Embroiderer, Paris, early 19th century, in white dress and bonnet - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis-Marie Lante from "

Food and Beverage. A bakery. (engraving)
3434798 Food and Beverage. A bakery. (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and Beverage. A bakery.); Photo © CCI

Bristol, United Kingdom, An embroidery at work with her embroidery on the knees, 1870
LUX4733953 Bristol, United Kingdom, An embroidery at work with her embroidery on the knees, 1870; (add.info.: Bristol, United Kingdom, An embroidery at work with her embroidery on the knees)

Saumur, Indre-et-Loire (37), Centre, France, A craftsman fills a chair with straw in a flower pot, 1865
LUX4732919 Saumur, Indre-et-Loire (37), Centre, France, A craftsman fills a chair with straw in a flower pot, 1865; (add.info.: Saumur, Indre-et-Loire (37), Centre, France

Beni Abbes, Algeria: Construction of a stone fort, 1900
LUX4728609 Beni Abbes, Algeria: Construction of a stone fort, 1900; (add.info.: Beni Abbes, Algeria: Construction of a stone fort, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Charron hammering a metal circle on a wooden wheel - Wheelwright hammering a metal cover onto a wooden wheel in a yard
FLO4577674 Charron hammering a metal circle on a wooden wheel - Wheelwright hammering a metal cover onto a wooden wheel in a yard

Carder painting wool fibers to remove short fibers - Wool-comber combing out wool remove short fibres
FLO4577627 Carder painting wool fibers to remove short fibers - Wool-comber combing out wool remove short fibres. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades

A metal worker using a wire-drawing machine to make thin wire. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English
FLO4577577 A metal worker using a wire-drawing machine to make thin wire. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Type founders making metal type for a printing press near a furnace. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577835 Type founders making metal type for a printing press near a furnace. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Soap factory: a man stirts a tank full of fat into a boil, another cuts the hardened soap with a copper wire - Soap
FLO4577819 Soap factory: a man stirts a tank full of fat into a boil, another cuts the hardened soap with a copper wire - Soap boiler making soap in a factory

Letter Z: Zinger on the roof. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy
DUV4202541 Letter Z: Zinger on the roof. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Unknown publisher. A face of 24 cubes is dedicated to the metiers

Letter H: workshop of a watchmaker. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy
DUV4202469 Letter H: workshop of a watchmaker. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Unknown publisher. A face of 24 cubes is dedicated to the metiers

Letter B: workshop of a jeweler (jewelry). Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898
DUV4202446 Letter B: workshop of a jeweler (jewelry). Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Unknown publisher

Hindu Potter - Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779)
JAB4121675 Hindu Potter - Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779).; (add.info.: Hindu Potter - Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779).); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

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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.