Cutting Collection (#8)

Touch (oil on panel)
471230 Touch (oil on panel) by Coques, Gonzales (1614-84); 18x15 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; (add.info.: A man sharpens a pen)

Ms 1058-1975 f6r Mowing Grass, illuminated calendar page for June, from a Book of Hours, c. 1500 (vellum)
FIT133910 Ms 1058-1975 f6r Mowing Grass, illuminated calendar page for June, from a Book of Hours, c.1500 (vellum) by Flemish School, (16th century); 19.2x13.3 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting... Manchester, Conn. 1942. Creator: William Rittase
The utmost precision is required of these operators who are cutting and drilling parachute packs in an eastern factory, Manchester, Conn. Their work is under constant close supervision

Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees... Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Learning to work a cutting machine, these two NYA employees receive training to fit them for important work, Corpus Christi, Texas

NYA employees receiving training in the Assem... U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept. U.S. Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Women in white doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA trainee at the base

Mrs. Norris with homegrown cabbage, one of the many vegetables... Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Mrs. Norris with homegrown cabbage, one of the many vegetables which the homesteaders grow in abundance, Pie Town, New Mexico

Jim Norris, homesteader, cutting a head of cabbage, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Jim Norris, homesteader, cutting a head of cabbage, Pie Town, New Mexico

Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

A naked man at left showing an axe to a woman at right, ca. 1510-27. Creator: Marcantonio Raimondi
A naked man at left showing an axe to a woman at right, ca. 1510-27

The Last Toilet of Charlotte Corday, after 1863. Creator: Lumb Stocks
The Last Toilet of Charlotte Corday, after 1863

Beached Whale, 1598. Creator: Jacob Matham
Beached Whale, 1598

The Express Train. Locomotive with cowcatcher hauls train through cutting
538875 The Express Train. Locomotive with cowcatcher hauls train through cutting. Print published by Currier & Ives, New York 1870. Lithograph. by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M

193-0082151 They spruce themselves up, plate 51 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching)
IND81670 193-0082151 They spruce themselves up, plate 51 of Los caprichos, 1799 (etching) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 21.4x14.9 cm; Private Collection; Index Fototeca

Fol. 72v The Butcher s: Selling Mutton, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis (vellum)
ALI142967 Fol.72v The Butcher s: Selling Mutton, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Private Collection; Alinari

Cutting up the Whale (engraving)
671344 Cutting up the Whale (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cutting up the Whale. Illustration for The Sea by F Whymper (Cassell, c 1890)

While awaiting liberal reforms in Russia, the Cossacks disperse and persecute the dreamers of freedom in Petersburg
2814738 While awaiting liberal reforms in Russia, the Cossacks disperse and persecute the dreamers of freedom in Petersburg (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Deeds of the Apaches (colour litho)
2779298 Deeds of the Apaches (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deeds of the Apaches)

Six professors of anatomy, dissecting a flayed male corpse (pen & brown ink with brown wash and heightening)
CTS404476 Six professors of anatomy, dissecting a flayed male corpse (pen & brown ink with brown wash and heightening) (see also 404475) by Pupini

Facsimile of an Indian painting, 1843-44 (colour litho)
618003 Facsimile of an Indian painting, 1843-44 (colour litho) by Bodmer, Karl (1809-93); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Travels in the Interior of North America by Prince)

Sir Lancelot in the Chapel Perilous, from Stories of the Knights of the Round Table by Henry Gilbert, first edition
STC323602 Sir Lancelot in the Chapel Perilous, from Stories of the Knights of the Round Table by Henry Gilbert, first edition, 1911 (colour litho) by Crane

Achilles sacrificing his hair for Patroclus, 1800-5 (pen and ink wash on paper)
903194 Achilles sacrificing his hair for Patroclus, 1800-5 (pen and ink wash on paper) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); Kunsthaus, Zurich

DDE-90036240
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

DDE-90036239
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

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Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

DDE-90036237
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

DDE-90036236
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

DDE-90036235
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

DDE-90036234
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

DDE-90036233
Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

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Peat cutting on Shetland, Scotland. the peat is drying next to the peat bank it was cut from. Shetland, Northern Isles, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

Cutting the corn on the Miller farm near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cutting the corn on the Miller farm near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Bean pickers barbering each other, near West Staten, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers barbering each other. Near West Staten, Marion County, Oregon

Topping sugar beets after lifter has loosened them, near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Topping sugar beets after lifter has loosened them. Near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon

Grocery store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, on Saturday afternoon, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Grocery store owned by Mr. J. Benjamin, on Saturday afternoon

Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Cannibalism in China, from a Chinese drawing, 1870 (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT223744 Cannibalism in China, from a Chinese drawing, 1870 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; © Archives Charmet

Cutting for Partners (engraving)
1107933 Cutting for Partners (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Walter (1851-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cutting for Partners)

Notes of a Long Sea Voyage (engraving)
1046601 Notes of a Long Sea Voyage (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes of a Long Sea Voyage)

The Wire Cutter, 1916 (colour litho)
701834 The Wire Cutter, 1916 (colour litho) by Jonas, Lucien Hector (1880-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coupeur de fils de fer French soldier cutting German barbed wire on the Western Front)

The Surgeons Visit (oil on panel)
6352521 The Surgeons Visit (oil on panel) by Heemskerk, Egbert van II The Younger (1676-1744); 29.3 x 40.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

British soldiers cutting German barbed wire defences at night on the Western Front (colour litho)
701019 British soldiers cutting German barbed wire defences at night on the Western Front (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951) (after); Private Collection; Peter Newark Military Pictures

The Wood Gatherers (oil on canvas)
WH49272 The Wood Gatherers (oil on canvas) by Langaskens, Maurice (1884-1946); 90x63 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Whitford & Hughes, London, UK; Belgian, out of copyright

Japanese Sisal Plantation on Hawaii, c. 1912 (b / w photo)
5042977 Japanese Sisal Plantation on Hawaii, c.1912 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection

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