Female Workers Collection (#4)

Soviet constructivist poster from 1930 by gustav klutsis, we ll fulfill the plan of great endeavors
FAT4940340 Soviet constructivist poster from 1930 by gustav klutsis, we ll fulfill the plan of great endeavors by Klutsis

Woman spinning flax (engraving)
7185990 Woman spinning flax (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman spinning flax)

London Cries, "Chairs to mend! Umbrellas to mend!!"(colour litho)
7181584 London Cries, " Chairs to mend! Umbrellas to mend!!" (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Cries, " Chairs to mend)

On Strike (photogravure)
7179003 On Strike (photogravure) by Herkomer, Hubert von (1849-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: On Strike. Illustration for Examples of Great Artists arranged by C Herbert Letts)

Australia: Wool Sorting and Classing at the Shearing Sheds, Burrawong, New South Wales (b / w photo)
7182017 Australia: Wool Sorting and Classing at the Shearing Sheds, Burrawong, New South Wales (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Railway surveyors carrying out precarious work on the route of a mountain railway (colour litho)
7148572 Railway surveyors carrying out precarious work on the route of a mountain railway (colour litho) by Kinsella, Edward Parick (1874-1936); Private Collection; (add.info)

King Frederick William I of Prussia visiting the site of the construction of new buildings in Friedrichstadt, Berlin
7148112 King Frederick William I of Prussia visiting the site of the construction of new buildings in Friedrichstadt, Berlin, 1720 (engraving) by Vogel

Children travelling by train for the holidays (colour litho)
7201608 Children travelling by train for the holidays (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children travelling by train for the holidays)

Diving for sponges (engraving)
7200354 Diving for sponges (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Diving for sponges)

Wine gauges and salt carriers (woodcut)
7201707 Wine gauges and salt carriers (woodcut) by French School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wine gauges and salt carriers in the Royal Orders of the Provost of Paris)

Roman soldiers building a fort (litho)
7201059 Roman soldiers building a fort (litho) by Williamson, J. (fl.1850-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roman soldiers building a fort)

Firing bricks (coloured engraving)
7201036 Firing bricks (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firing bricks)

Production of wool (coloured engraving)
7201023 Production of wool (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Production of wool)

French onion seller, Ladden Vern, St Keverne, Cornwall (colour litho)
7200534 French onion seller, Ladden Vern, St Keverne, Cornwall (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French onion seller, Ladden Vern, St Keverne)

RAILWAY WORKER IN KHOTKOVO, 1882 (oil on canvas)
7215293 RAILWAY WORKER IN KHOTKOVO, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info)

Three Men Unloading a Cart (w / c over traces of pencil on paper)
6436329 Three Men Unloading a Cart (w/c over traces of pencil on paper) by Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824); 20.7x28.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824))

Hair cutter and perfumer, D Stigles, advertisement (litho)
7154199 Hair cutter and perfumer, D Stigles, advertisement (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hair cutter and perfumer, D Stigles)

Nest of the Common Humble-Bee (Bombus terrestris) (engraving)
7155307 Nest of the Common Humble-Bee (Bombus terrestris) (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nest of the Common Humble-Bee (Bombus terrestris)

McCaskie hairdresser of Dumfries, advertisement (litho)
7154207 McCaskie hairdresser of Dumfries, advertisement (litho) by Scottish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: McCaskie hairdresser of Dumfries)

Opening up one of the earliest gold mines at Johannesburg, South Africa, 1886 (b / w photo)
7157607 Opening up one of the earliest gold mines at Johannesburg, South Africa, 1886 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Clean and tidy kitchen maid (colour litho)
7150879 Clean and tidy kitchen maid (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clean and tidy kitchen maid. Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Interruption of production (litho)
7149291 Interruption of production (litho) by Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interruption of production)

June (chromolitho)
7149227 June (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: June. Illustration from a devotional calendar (Ernest Nister, London, and E P Dutton, New York)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Rateleuse; Raker; Harkerin (engraving)
7197340 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Rateleuse; Raker; Harkerin (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rateleuse; Raker; Harkerin)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Journaliere; Day-labourer; Tagelohnerin (engraving)
7196458 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Journaliere; Day-labourer; Tagelohnerin (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Journaliere; Day-labourer; Tagelohnerin)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Calfat; Calker; Kalfaterer (engraving)
7195127 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Calfat; Calker; Kalfaterer (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Calfat; Calker; Kalfaterer)

Guard blowing his whistle as the train is about to depart (colour litho)
7186397 Guard blowing his whistle as the train is about to depart (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Vulcan forging the armour of Achilles overseen by Thetis (oil on canvas)
6452833 Vulcan forging the armour of Achilles overseen by Thetis (oil on canvas) by Blanchard, Jacques (1600-38); 76x65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Blanchard, Jacques (1600-38))

TOWERS CROSSING A FORD, 1872 (oil on canvas)
7215214 TOWERS CROSSING A FORD, 1872 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1872//Oil on canvas The " Mother Volga")

Crane removing wreckage from the scene of a railway accident (colour litho)
7148563 Crane removing wreckage from the scene of a railway accident (colour litho) by Kinsella, Edward Parick (1874-1936); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Dechargeur (de houille); Coal-whipper; Auslader (engraving)
7195700 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Dechargeur (de houille); Coal-whipper; Auslader (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Cueilleuse (de houblon); Hop-picker; Hopfensammlerin (engraving)
7195655 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Cueilleuse (de houblon); Hop-picker; Hopfensammlerin (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Earning an Honest Penny (engraving)
7182171 Earning an Honest Penny (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Earning an Honest Penny)

Popular Misconceptions, Bureaucrats at Work (litho)
7168510 Popular Misconceptions, Bureaucrats at Work (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Popular Misconceptions, Bureaucrats at Work)

Indigo manufactory, India (engraving)
7172565 Indigo manufactory, India (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Indigo manufactory, India)

Poor girl selling watercress on a snowy street (chromolitho)
7153592 Poor girl selling watercress on a snowy street (chromolitho) by Dickes, William (fl.1843-81); Private Collection; (add.info)

Excavation of a railway tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan, New York, USA (engraving)
7157329 Excavation of a railway tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan, New York, USA (engraving) by German School

Farmers droving cattle, South Africa (colour litho)
7150234 Farmers droving cattle, South Africa (colour litho) by Hardy, Evelyn Stuart (1865-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farmers droving cattle, South Africa)

Chinese river life (colour litho)
7149956 Chinese river life (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese river life. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Man looking after stage props and masks (litho)
7201116 Man looking after stage props and masks (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing for the Show, man looking after stage props and masks)

Working with iron in a furnace (coloured engraving)
7201039 Working with iron in a furnace (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Working with iron in a furnace)

Working with wool (coloured engraving)
7201022 Working with wool (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Working with wool)

Olive oil production (coloured engraving)
7201016 Olive oil production (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Olive oil production)

Cider making (coloured engraving)
7201014 Cider making (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cider making. Illustration from Bebe Devient Savant, by Madame Doudet (Theodore Lefevre)

Peasants at Work at a Bleaching Ground (oil on canvas)
6436354 Peasants at Work at a Bleaching Ground (oil on canvas) by Apshoven, Thomas van (1622-65); Private Collection

London Cries, "Buy a basket, buy a broom!"(colour litho)
7181673 London Cries, " Buy a basket, buy a broom!" (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Cries, " Buy a basket, buy a broom)

Yorkshire Factory Girls (engraving)
7181326 Yorkshire Factory Girls (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yorkshire Factory Girls)

Silver Mines of Potosi, Peru (engraving)
7179007 Silver Mines of Potosi, Peru (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silver Mines of Potosi, Peru)

Workers in a distillery (engraving)
7185991 Workers in a distillery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Workers in a distillery)

Turner using a lathe (engraving)
7185989 Turner using a lathe (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turner using a lathe)

Unloading sugar at Bristol quay (engraving)
7185988 Unloading sugar at Bristol quay (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unloading sugar at Bristol quay)

Soviet womens committee, USSR (b / w photo)
7185249 Soviet womens committee, USSR (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soviet womens committee, USSR)

Grape Harvest (engraving)
7185203 Grape Harvest (engraving) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grape Harvest. Illustration for La Croix Illustree, 1901.); © Look and Learn

The Reaper (engraving)
7185202 The Reaper (engraving) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Reaper. Illustration for La Croix Illustree, 1901.); © Look and Learn

Men being groomed in a barbers shop (litho)
7154202 Men being groomed in a barbers shop (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men being groomed in a barbers shop.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

God speaks to Noah after the Flood, c. 1578 (oil on canvas)
259388 God speaks to Noah after the Flood, c.1578 (oil on canvas) by Bassano, Jacopo (J. da Ponte) (1510-92) & Bassano, Francesco (F)

OCTOBER 17 1905, 1907-1911 (oil on canvas)
7215390 OCTOBER 17 1905, 1907-1911 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: 1907)

Peasants in a Barn (oil on wood)
147392 Peasants in a Barn (oil on wood) by Ostade, Isaack Jansz van (1621-49) (attr. to); 30.2x24 cm; Private Collection

Brick making (engraving)
7185992 Brick making (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brick making. Illustration from Scenes or British Wealth in Produce, Manufactures and Commerce)

Working in an iron forge (engraving)
7185985 Working in an iron forge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Working in an iron forge)

Guard signalling to a train driver to start the engine (litho)
7185967 Guard signalling to a train driver to start the engine (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Guard signalling to the driver of a train on the London)

Grape picking in a vineyard (coloured engraving)
7201011 Grape picking in a vineyard (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grape picking in a vineyard)

Passengers rushing to catch a train (colour litho)
7201613 Passengers rushing to catch a train (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Passengers rushing to catch a train)

Glass making (coloured engraving)
7201042 Glass making (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glass making. Illustration from Bebe Devient Savant, by Madame Doudet (Theodore Lefevre)

Quarrying for stone (coloured engraving)
7201035 Quarrying for stone (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quarrying for stone)

Storming of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, 1917 (b / w photo)
7200721 Storming of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, 1917 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Storming of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia, 1917)

Construction of the Pyramids, ancient Egypt (engraving)
7202557 Construction of the Pyramids, ancient Egypt (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Construction of the Pyramids, ancient Egypt)

London Cries, "Dust-o!"(colour litho)
7181646 London Cries, " Dust-o!" (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Cries, " Dust-o)

London Cries, "Buy my sweet lavender"(colour litho)
7181599 London Cries, " Buy my sweet lavender" (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Cries)

The Waltham Watch Factory (engraving)
7180733 The Waltham Watch Factory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Waltham Watch Factory, Pinion Making)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Calfat (Fer a); Calking-iron; Kalfateisen (engraving)
7195130 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Calfat (Fer a); Calking-iron; Kalfateisen (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Calfat (Fer a); Calking-iron; Kalfateisen

London Cries, "Buy a rope of onions, buy a rope!"(colour litho)
7181667 London Cries, " Buy a rope of onions, buy a rope!" (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Cries, " Buy a rope of onions)

Steam shovel being used during the construction of a railway line (colour litho)
7148569 Steam shovel being used during the construction of a railway line (colour litho) by Kinsella, Edward Parick (1874-1936); Private Collection; (add.info)

Structures built to protect trains from avalanches on a railway in the mountains (colour litho)
7148561 Structures built to protect trains from avalanches on a railway in the mountains (colour litho) by Millar, Harold Robert (1869-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scene in a printers workshop: Zinco line block halftone print made direct from the original copy using the Paynetype
7148418 Scene in a printers workshop: Zinco line block halftone print made direct from the original copy using the Paynetype process (engraving) by English School

Construction of the Battle River Viaduct on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Canada (colour litho)
7148551 Construction of the Battle River Viaduct on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Canada (colour litho) by English School

Forging a propeller shaft for an ocean liner (colour litho)
7148229 Forging a propeller shaft for an ocean liner (colour litho) by Lacy, Charles John de (c.1860-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Wooded Landscape with Woodcutters (oil)
354899 A Wooded Landscape with Woodcutters (oil) by Looten, Jan (1618-81); 93.9x106.68 cm; Private Collection

Professions, from a stained glass window in Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th Century (chromolitho)
7173176 Professions, from a stained glass window in Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th Century (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Professions)

The Olive Harvest, 1884 (oil on canvas)
6431017 The Olive Harvest, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Monsted, Peder (1859-1941); Private Collection

Excavation of a railway tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan, New York, USA (engraving)
7157330 Excavation of a railway tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan, New York, USA (engraving) by German School

Cadbury chocolate, advertisement (chromolitho)
7153400 Cadbury chocolate, advertisement (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cadbury chocolate)

Plain cook (colour litho)
7150883 Plain cook (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plain cook. Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century)

Trade card for Arnold, engraver and copper-plate printer, Birmingham (engraving)
7154044 Trade card for Arnold, engraver and copper-plate printer, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for Arnold)

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"Unveiling the Strength and Resilience Through Time" "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman: Vera Mukhina's iconic sculpture in Moscow pays tribute to the unwavering spirit of female workers. " "Weaving on Power Looms: James Tingle's engraving captures the skill and dedication of women in cotton factories. " "Carding, Drawing, and Roving: A glimpse into the laborious yet meticulous work performed by female workers on cotton factory floors. " "Reichardt Kakaowerk: Hamburg's historic postcard showcases a shower and swimming pool facility for female workers, highlighting their well-being during early 20th century Germany. " "Resting: An enchanting scene from 1880 Germany reveals a young woman taking respite from her sewing or embroidery work, reminding us of the importance of self-care amidst laborious tasks. " "Der Schmied von Aachen: This digital reproduction transports us back to 19th century Germany, celebrating legendary figures like 'The Strong Blacksmith' who embodied hardworking values shared by many women workers at that time. " "Load Carriers in San Remo: Witness four remarkable Italian women gracefully balancing furniture on their heads as they exemplify strength and determination through their daily duties in the 18th century Italy. " "The Altona Fire Suit for the Fire Brigade: Step into history with this digitally restored image showcasing brave firewomen donning protective gear during drills in late 19th-century Germany. " "No 9 Shop Sewing Room - August 1914: Immersed within an atmosphere buzzing with creativity, this photograph offers a glimpse into the bustling sewing room where skilled female hands crafted garments during World War I era. "The Filling Factory - Hereford, 1918 (w/c and crayon).