Metier Collection (#2)

Workers building a railway tunnel, 19th century. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4963305 Workers building a railway tunnel, 19th century. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Workers building a railway tunnel, 19th century)

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)

Kago, chair with bearers, forming a bunch of braids bamboo - Kago, travelling chair - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured
CSO4980013 Kago, chair with bearers, forming a bunch of braids bamboo - Kago, travelling chair - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Kago, chair with bearers)

Two travelers pulled by a man in a Jinrikishia, Japan, 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo)
CSO4979992 Two travelers pulled by a man in a Jinrikishia, Japan, 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo); (add.info.: Jinrikisha, pushes, light two-wheeled car); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

A doctor - Doctor - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979812 A doctor - Doctor - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: A doctor - Doctor - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

A gardener - Flower gardener - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980199 A gardener - Flower gardener - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: A gardener - Flower gardener - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Book factory in Asia: Printer engraving the classics of Chinese literature in the 19th century
NWI4864606 Book factory in Asia: Printer engraving the classics of Chinese literature in the 19th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Book factory in Asia)

Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca
ICA4841512 Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The misunderstood inventor - Modernite, Technique, Rue alley

Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - Les petits mysteres de Paris devoiles - Musique, Paris
ICA4841119 Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - Les petits mysteres de Paris devoiles - Musique, Paris, Singer singer

Bear Montreur dancing one of these plantigrades: engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating the book " Voyage aux
PCT4262589 Bear Montreur dancing one of these plantigrades: engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating the book " Voyage aux Pyrenees" by Hippolyte Taine

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220328 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

The decrotor
DUV4217205 The decrotor; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon

The legume dealer
DUV4217139 The legume dealer; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon

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

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220445 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

The monkey Jacot left Andre le Savoyard, his master, to become a portrait painter, c.1830 (engraving)
DUV4222429 The monkey Jacot left Andre le Savoyard, his master, to become a portrait painter, c.1830 (engraving); 16x12 cm; (add.info.: Alphabet fun. J. Langlume, editor around 1830)

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

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220469 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

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)

Frontispice of a volume of selected works by satirical cartoonist Paul Gavarni (1804-1866)
PCT4271771 Frontispice of a volume of selected works by satirical cartoonist Paul Gavarni (1804-1866): self-portrait of the artist at work, back in front of his painter easel, pen in hand

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)

A postman from Monaco, stamp and flag Chromolithograph 19th century Private collection
ELD4922690 A postman from Monaco, stamp and flag Chromolithograph 19th century Private collection; Private Collection; (add.info.: A postman from Monaco)

Jobs in the world: a postman, the flag and the stamp of Guatemala Chromo 19th century Private collection
ELD4922528 Jobs in the world: a postman, the flag and the stamp of Guatemala Chromo 19th century Private collection; Private Collection; (add.info.: Jobs in the world: a postman)

Jobs in the world: an armenian postman, the flag and the stamp of Armenia Chromo 19th century Private collection
ELD4922593 Jobs in the world: an armenian postman, the flag and the stamp of Armenia Chromo 19th century Private collection; Private Collection; (add.info.: Jobs in the world: an armenian postman)

Chinese workers in a sugar factory in Cuba, 1872 - Colorisee engraving, of a 19th century illustration
NWI4866869 Chinese workers in a sugar factory in Cuba, 1872 - Colorisee engraving, of a 19th century illustration - (Chinese laborers working in a sugar factory in Cuba, 1872)

Small metiers: check on his hitch in China. Photograph of 1905
JAB5036946 Small metiers: check on his hitch in China. Photograph of 1905.; (add.info.: Small metiers: check on his hitch in China, Photograph of 1905.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

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)

Production of medals and coins in the Hotel de la Monnaie (Paris mint) and view on the right of the sovereign court of
ELD4890313 Production of medals and coins in the Hotel de la Monnaie (Paris mint) and view on the right of the sovereign court of Chambre des Monnaie, in the Palais de la Cite, Paris, 1360

A manufacturer of ale paying taxes to the tax collector, France 15th century. 19th century (engraving)
ELD4890284 A manufacturer of ale paying taxes to the tax collector, France 15th century. 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

History of immigration in America: Chinese merchant using an abaque (abacus) and accountant from San Francisco, USA
NWI4890044 History of immigration in America: Chinese merchant using an abaque (abacus) and accountant from San Francisco, USA, circa 1890

Middle Ages: Medieval copist monk writing a manuscript on a velin sheet, 15th century
NWI4891922 Middle Ages: Medieval copist monk writing a manuscript on a velin sheet, 15th century. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Middle Ages)

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

Printing, printer, case (locker) of character: composers in front of their desks
PCT4279485 Printing, printer, case (locker) of character: composers in front of their desks. engraving of "Histoire d'un livre" by C

Return of cod fishing in a French port: the women of sailors press on the dock waiting for boats - illustration of
PCT4295330 Return of cod fishing in a French port: the women of sailors press on the dock waiting for boats - illustration of the book " Mores et caracteres des peuples"

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)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Roubaix: fire brigade exercises, firefighters with their helmet arrive running
LUX4776692 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Roubaix: fire brigade exercises, firefighters with their helmet arrive running on the square of a church under construction pulling a hand pump

Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt testing, 1907 - Ain Zeft, Saint Aime refinery
LUX4780479 Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt testing, 1907 - Ain Zeft, Saint Aime refinery; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: road asphalt testing, 1907 - Ain Zeft)

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)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: loading by workers of oil recipients in a donkey-drawn horse cart, 1907 - Ain Zeft
LUX4780467 Algeria, Ain Zeft: loading by workers of oil recipients in a donkey-drawn horse cart, 1907 - Ain Zeft, Saint Aime refinery; (add.info.: Algeria)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Roubaix: fire brigade exercises, firefighters with their helmet arrive running
LUX4776697 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Roubaix: fire brigade exercises, firefighters with their helmet arrive running on the square of a church under construction pulling a hand pump

France: on the terrace of a cafe, a group of consumers with the coffee maker standing wearing his apron
LUX4774665 France: on the terrace of a cafe, a group of consumers with the coffee maker standing wearing his apron. On the table, bistro glasses, 1900; (add.info.: France: on the terrace of a cafe)

France: theatre troupe representing a historical piece on the history of Gaul with Gauls
LUX4773506 France: theatre troupe representing a historical piece on the history of Gaul with Gauls, Roman centurions and an archer

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: a peasant prepares sulphate to treat vineyards, 1895
LUX4751951 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: a peasant prepares sulphate to treat vineyards, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Travelling lavender saleswoman with her basket of bouquets, in front of the temple bar
FLO4667034 Travelling lavender saleswoman with her basket of bouquets, in front of the temple bar and the door designed by Christopher Wren

Little potato saleswoman with her wheelbarrow. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815)
FLO4667015 Little potato saleswoman with her wheelbarrow. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), published in Les Cris de Londres

A walking saleswoman holding a paper cone filled with strawberries and carrying a basket of fruit on her head
FLO4666970 A walking saleswoman holding a paper cone filled with strawberries and carrying a basket of fruit on her head, in front of the fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden (London)

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"Metier: Celebrating the Artisans of the Industrial Revolution" Step back in time to the Industrial Revolution, where craftsmanship and hard work thrived. Witness "La grande forge de Fourchambault, " a symbol of industrial prowess that shaped an era. Immerse yourself in the 19th-century sun as you gaze upon Ernest Hebert's captivating painting, capturing the essence of young lavandiere laboring tirelessly by the riverside. Join us on a pilgrimage to London, where Barclay Perkins Brewery workers take a well-deserved break from their arduous tasks. Their camaraderie speaks volumes about their dedication to their craft. Marvel at the exquisite artistry of "The glassmaker, " an embodiment of Arts Deco elegance from 1900. Every delicate creation tells a story woven with skillful hands and creative vision. Discover the power behind every click as you delve into "The photographer. " This chromolithograph from 1900 immortalizes those who capture fleeting moments through lenses, freezing time for eternity. Witness strength and precision embodied by "The Mason. " With each brick laid meticulously, they build foundations that withstand both time and adversity. Celebrate artisans as true doers with "Artisan: The Doer. " Chromolithography brings forth vibrant colors that mirror their passion for creating beauty out of raw materials. Experience nostalgia through lithograph printing with "The Lithograph Printer. " Each stroke reveals intricate details etched onto paper, preserving stories worth telling for generations to come. Descend into darkness alongside "The Miner" in this striking chromolithographic piece from 1900. Their perseverance illuminates even in challenging conditions deep underground. Unleash your imagination with "The Potter, " whose hands mold clay into vessels that hold dreams and aspirations within them. Feel connected to ancient traditions passed down through centuries. Indulge your senses as you witness culinary mastery depicted in vivid detail by "The Cook.