Profession Collection (page 2)

Women workers sorting iron ore, 16th Century (woodcut)
8655520 Women workers sorting iron ore, 16th Century (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women workers sorting iron ore, 16th Century)

Filling an iron ore roasting stack, 16th Century (woodcut)
8655514 Filling an iron ore roasting stack, 16th Century (woodcut) by German School, (16th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Filling an iron ore roasting stack, 16th Century)

Porter at Smithfield Market, London (coloured photo)
8635417 Porter at Smithfield Market, London (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Porter at Smithfield Market, London)

The cottage door (engraving)
8635196 The cottage door (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cottage door; old woman making lace with a mother and child)

Diamond polishing (engraving)
8635270 Diamond polishing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Diamond polishing)

Delivering the goods (colour litho)
8656565 Delivering the goods (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Delivering the goods. Delivery boy kissing a maidservant)

Packing tea in China (colour litho)
8663642 Packing tea in China (colour litho) by Chinese School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Packing tea in China)

Cultivation of truffles, France (b/w photo)
8663591 Cultivation of truffles, France (b/w photo) by Geniaux, Paul (1873-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cultivation of truffles, France)

Life in a German town in the first half of the 16th Century (woodcut)
8664082 Life in a German town in the first half of the 16th Century (woodcut) by Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-50); Private Collection; (add.info)

Farm furnace (engraving)
8663730 Farm furnace (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farm furnace. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer (Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong)

Separating diamonds from gravel (b/w photo)
8663721 Separating diamonds from gravel (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Separating diamonds from gravel)

Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor (litho)
8663706 Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor (litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor)

Bus transport (litho)
8663964 Bus transport (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bus transport. Bus driver's view through the windscreen)

Gold prospectors, New Granada, Colombia (litho)
8663750 Gold prospectors, New Granada, Colombia (litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gold prospectors, New Granada, Colombia)

Making clogs from alder wood, Brittany (b/w photo)
8663841 Making clogs from alder wood, Brittany (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making clogs from alder wood, Brittany, France)

Winemaking in ancient Egypt (litho)
8663840 Winemaking in ancient Egypt (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winemaking in ancient Egypt. Tomb painting from the necropolis of Thebes)

The Paddington School of Signalling, Great Western Railway (b/w photo)
8673309 The Paddington School of Signalling, Great Western Railway (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Paddington School of Signalling)

Engineer, 18th Century (engraving)
8672848 Engineer, 18th Century (engraving) by German School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engineer, 18th Century)

Riding in a cart pulled by a llama at the zoo (b/w photo)
8625774 Riding in a cart pulled by a llama at the zoo (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Riding in a cart pulled by a llama at the zoo)

Newfoundland fisheries - close of the season (engraving)
8676943 Newfoundland fisheries - close of the season (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Newfoundland fisheries - close of the season)

Trade card fors W Gearing, horse shoeing forges, Eastbourne (engraving)
8677621 Trade card fors W Gearing, horse shoeing forges, Eastbourne (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card fors W Gearing, horse shoeing forges)

Gas lighting in London (litho)
8672101 Gas lighting in London (litho) by Prout, Victor William (1862-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gas lighting in London)

Making cider, Hillgrove Common, near Northchapel, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676080 Making cider, Hillgrove Common, near Northchapel, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making cider, Hillgrove Common, near Northchapel)

The switchboard of the world (b/w photo)
8676258 The switchboard of the world (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The switchboard of the world at the General Post Office)

Clamp of fired bricks in a Sussex brickyard (b/w photo)
8676027 Clamp of fired bricks in a Sussex brickyard (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clamp of fired bricks in a Sussex brickyard)

Pressing out the body of a motor car (b/w photo)
8675798 Pressing out the body of a motor car (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pressing out the body of a motor car)

Female ward at the Westminster Union, 1877
3479861 Female ward at the Westminster Union, 1877; (add.info.: Female ward at the Westminster Union (Workhouse). Old women (aged female paupers) sewing, 1877.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse, 1895
3479648 Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse, 1895; (add.info.: Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse)

Stone breaking in the casual ward of a typical London workhouse, 1895
3479647 Stone breaking in the casual ward of a typical London workhouse, 1895; (add.info.: Stone breaking in the casual ward of a typical London workhouse)

Portland Prison Dorset, 1884
3479344 Portland Prison Dorset, 1884; (add.info.: Portland Prison Dorset Convicts working in the stone quarries. The prisoners were given education classes in the evening)

Letter D: Drawers - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216525 Letter D: Drawers - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 27x23.5 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter Y: Yoleur - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216380 Letter Y: Yoleur - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter E: Ebenist - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216524 Letter E: Ebenist - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 27x23.5 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letters G, H, I - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216513 Letters G, H, I - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter G: Gondolier - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216508 Letter G: Gondolier - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter H: Watchmaker - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216507 Letter H: Watchmaker - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter L: Luthier - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216478 Letter L: Luthier - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter T: Upholstery - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216403 Letter T: Upholstery - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter X: Xylograph - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216382 Letter X: Xylograph - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letter Z: Zero. Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216377 Letter Z: Zero. Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 20x14 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Profession Alphabet: Baker, beg of 20th century (illustration)
DUV4215293 Profession Alphabet: Baker, beg of 20th century (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unknown illustrator); Photo © Duvallon

Profession Alphabet: Joinery, beg of 20th century (illustration)
DUV4215219 Profession Alphabet: Joinery, beg of 20th century (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unknown illustrator); Photo © Duvallon

Profession Alphabet: Coonnelier. Unknown illustrator, beg of 20th century (illustration)
DUV4215195 Profession Alphabet: Coonnelier. Unknown illustrator, beg of 20th century (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unknown illustrator); Photo © Duvallon

Craftsmen in a copper pottery workshop
LSE4112464 Craftsmen in a copper pottery workshop.; Private Collection; Photo © Leonard de Selva

Convicts working, 1888
3479343 Convicts working, 1888; (add.info.: Convicts working in the stone quarries on the island of Portland. Dated 15th December 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A gravedigger, 1850
3478355 A gravedigger, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a gravedigger at work. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Market garden labourers, 1850 (engraving)
3478379 Market garden labourers, 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting market garden labourers enjoying a drink and a smoke after work)

Boulevard de Magenta, a worker sweeps the gutter, Paris, 1895 (b/w photo)
LUX4782769 Boulevard de Magenta, a worker sweeps the gutter, Paris, 1895 (b/w photo); (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Boulevard de Magenta

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"Unveiling the Professions: A Glimpse into Victorian Occupations and Beyond" Step back in time as we explore the diverse world of professions through intriguing hints from history. From a daring dentist pulling a tooth, to a meticulous Victorian gardener tending Chelmsford's greenery with his trusty watering can, each image reveals a unique facet of professional life. In the bustling kitchen of "Too Many Cooks, " culinary experts orchestrate an exquisite symphony of flavors, while Gracie Fields' Home and Orphanage in Peacehaven, Sussex showcases the compassionate work done by caregivers who nurture young hearts. The striking portrait of Rosemary Kennedy by Angus McBean reminds us that artists too have their own profession – capturing emotions on canvas for eternity. Meanwhile, the wheelwright engraving transports us to an era when skilled craftsmen meticulously crafted wheels with precision and care. Journeying across borders, we find ourselves in Square du Petit Sablon, Brussels where ceramic artist works her magic at her workshop in Geisenhausen, Bavaria. With deft hands on a potter's wheel, she shapes clay into stunning vases that will grace homes far and wide. Witnessing signwriters at work brings forth appreciation for those who transform words into artistry through skillful brushstrokes. And as surveyors gather in a circle during meetings depicted in miniature form or within Ms. Lat 209 fol. 11r The Professions from De Sphaera (vellum), we glimpse their dedication towards mapping out our ever-changing landscapes. Finally, let us not forget the old city bellman of Norwich whose melodic chimes once guided townsfolk through their daily routines – reminding us that even seemingly simple occupations hold great significance within communities. Through these captivating glimpses into various professions spanning different eras and locations around Europe and beyond; we celebrate the diversity and importance of every occupation - past and present.