Cutting Collection (#5)

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Adzing and Planing Machinery, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Adzing and Planing Machinery, 1850. The machinery requisite for this twofold operation is fixed on a long deal bench, breast-high from the floor

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Cutting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Cutting Machine, 1850. The timbers to be planed by the machine are placed on the top of a traversing stage

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Plane - Showing Cutter, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Plane - Showing Cutter, 1850. We were informed that this...is only the second machine of the kind which has been put up. It is patented by W

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. As in every other part of the works the utmost skill is displayed with regard to economising power

Rydal Mount: the Residence of Mr. Wordsworth, from an original drawing, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Rydal Mount: the Residence of Mr. Wordsworth, from an original drawing, 1850. Gardeners scything the lawn at the home of poet William Wordsworth, between Ambleside and Keswick in Cumberland

Time Clipping the Wings of Love, c. 1765. Creator: James McArdell
Time Clipping the Wings of Love, c. 1765

Royal Academy Exhibition - No. 16 - "Samson Betrayed", painted by F. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A. 1850. Mr. Pickersgill...has found his subject in Scripture

NUPE and GMBATU school meals campaign, Croydon
NUPE and GMBATU representatives at a press conference to launch a Save our school meals campaign in the London Borough of Croydon, 29 June 1983. Date: 1983

Death of a Knight
Vintage engraving by Dore from 1879 showing the gruesome death of a knight

Operating on breast cancer, from Armamentarii Chirurgici
CHT237288 Operating on breast cancer, from Armamentarii Chirurgici by Johannes Schultes (1595-1645) published in Amsterdam, 1672 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Dutch School

Skinhead girls get a haircut. 1972

Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17

Boers Caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires, 1902. Creators: Walter Paget
Boers Caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires, 1902. Telegraph wires were cut and railways sabotaged by the Boers. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol

Garden at rear of Princes House, Princes Street, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1900
A man in a boater hat and apron is mowing the grass with a hand pushed lawn mower. Princes House was built for William Lemon in 1739 by the London architect Thomas Edwards. Photographer: Unknown

A spectacular Kirchner Leipzig band saw, Germany
A spectacular Kirchner Leipzig band saw in a woodworking workshop, Germany. Date: circa 1910s

Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. 3rd place in the Insects and Spiders category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitions 2015

Hay cutting in Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, UK

Prehistory. Paleolithic. Hunters manufacturing weapons and cutting skins. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Women's Land Army team gathering the havest in October, 1942 during WWII, thereby leaving the men free to carry out other duties. The harvest of 1942 was the greatest on record

Cutting up a blue whale, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Cutting up a blue whale, between c1900 and c1930

Beavers cutting down trees, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Beavers cutting down trees [in London Zoo], 1862. The beaver...commenced to bite off the bark about twelve inches above the ground...The rapid progress he made was...most astonishing; the animal

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Cartoon, The Washington Hatchet
American design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in

Champion Australian axemen at the London Hippodrome
Peter McClaren, the champion axeman of Australia) and Harry H. Jackson, giving an exhibition of tree cutting at the London Hippodrome in 1907. Date: 1907

Visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to Woolwich (engraving)
1095962 Visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to Woolwich (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to Woolwich)

Barberslong-haired pal won get hair cut. Circa 1973

Worker operating a pottery lathe in Doultons Pottery Factory, Lambeth, London. 5th April 1932

Latex being cut for straps for corsets and girdles at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Dell and Depson Hairdressers, Middlesbrough, Circa 1971

Helen Worth, actor who plays Gail Tilsley nee Platt, in the soap opera Coronation Street, opens the Newbury, Berkshire, branch of MFI Furniture Store. Picture taken 3rd December 1988

The wedding of Julie Andrews and Tony Walton at St Mary Oatlands Church, Weybridge, Surrey. 10th May 1959

Women working at Smedleys canning factory, Evesham, Worcestershire. Women cleaning and cutting vegetables, possibly leaks, at Smedleys canning factory in Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Woman have her hair cut and curled at the hair dressers, 7th June 1962

Bovie used to cut through retincaculum, and clean up femur of Displaced patellar knee
Detail, Anatomy, Diagram, Muscle, Illustration, Bone, Cutting, Equipment, Injury, Medical, Tool, Biology, Femur, Surgery, Knee, Torn, Fractured, Meniscus, Cut Out, White Background, Vertical

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Food, Cooked, Pizza, Italian spinach and ricotta cheese pizza on wooden cutting board with a slice cut out

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages

Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe
A Kazakh man wearing a chapan (Kazakh quilted dressing gown) and kalpak, working in a field with a scythe, cutting hay. 20th century

The Veteran in a New Field, 1865. Creator: Winslow Homer
The Veteran in a New Field, 1865

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

Englishwoman martyred by the Chinese, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Englishwoman martyred by the Chinese, 1930. Une Anglaise Martyrisee Par Des Chinois. A terrified woman is restrained as her fingers are cut off with a knife on a wooden block

Tree felling, Killiow Estate, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A view of several men felling a large tree. The second man from the right is John Stevens Scoble, the shipwright who lived in Beach Cottage, Coombe

Native Carpenters - India - using rules, planes and chisels. Date: circa 1903

Woodcutters, late 1840s, (c1915). Artist: Constant Troyon
Woodcutters, late 1840s, (c1915). The painting is part of the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: the Wytch, near Malvern, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of the British Association at Birmingham: the Wytch, near Malvern, 1865. View of '...that remarkable pass, called "The Wytch"...[ie The Wyche Cutting

Taira no Koremochi Slashing at a Demon, 1879. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Taira no Koremochi Slashing at a Demon, 1879. Series: A Mirror of Great Warriors of Japan

Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi Cutting a Melon, 1887. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi Cutting a Melon, 1887. Series: Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan

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"Cutting: From Rude Gargoyles to Metalwork Masterpieces" Step into the world of cutting, where artistry and craftsmanship intertwine with innovation and history. Explore a diverse range experiences that have shaped our past and continue to inspire us today. Witness the captivating scene of "The Plum Pudding in Danger, " an 1805 coloured engraving showcasing the delicate precision required for culinary perfection. Marvel at the horse-drawn harvester, a testament to human ingenuity as it effortlessly slices through fields of golden grain. Unravel the enigma behind Alexander's legendary feat - his conquest over the Gordian Knot. Discover how this audacious act forever changed perceptions about problem-solving and cutting through life's challenges. Travel back in time to witness "The Last Broad Gauge Locomotive" chugging along its final journey in May 1892, symbolizing progress as narrow gauges took over. Observe GWR navvies in Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales meticulously carving out railway tracks that connected communities. Enter a dressmaker's workshop where skilled hands expertly cut fabrics into elegant garments that grace runways worldwide. Immerse yourself in A Scottish trench-barber's hairdressing establishment, where precise cuts transformed soldiers' appearances amidst war-torn landscapes. Experience sporting greatness as Don Bradman executes square cuts at Lords during his iconic innings in 1930 – a display of mastery over bat and ball that left spectators awestruck. Delve into industrial marvels with a cross-section view of a steam thresher; witness gears turning and blades slicing through crops with unmatched efficiency. Feel the warmth of camaraderie during Christmas at the Front: Soldiers chopping down trees amidst trenches in 1914 – finding solace even amid conflict by creating moments reminiscent of home. Finally, explore metalwork creations born from fiery forges.