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Tradesman Collection (#3)

Tradesmen, the unsung heroes of our society, are depicted in various forms and settings throughout history

Background imageTradesman Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageTradesman Collection: Trade card for Frazer, Army Printer, Stationer and Bookbinder, 19th century. Creator: Anon

Trade card for Frazer, Army Printer, Stationer and Bookbinder, 19th century. Creator: Anon
Trade card for Frazer, Army Printer, Stationer and Bookbinder, 19th century

Background imageTradesman Collection: Trade Card for Frazer, Army Printer, Stationer and Bookbinder, 19th century. Creator: Anon

Trade Card for Frazer, Army Printer, Stationer and Bookbinder, 19th century. Creator: Anon
Trade Card for Frazer, Army Printer, Stationer and Bookbinder, 19th century

Background imageTradesman Collection: The Cries of Paris, 1634. Creator: A Doy

The Cries of Paris, 1634. Creator: A Doy
The Cries of Paris, 1634

Background imageTradesman Collection: The Cries of Paris, 1633. Creator: A Doy

The Cries of Paris, 1633. Creator: A Doy
The Cries of Paris, 1633

Background imageTradesman Collection: Monday: Rosenecker Garden before Salzburg, 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier

Monday: Rosenecker Garden before Salzburg, 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Monday: Rosenecker Garden before Salzburg, 1823

Background imageTradesman Collection: The Scissors-Grinder, 1741. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

The Scissors-Grinder, 1741. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
The Scissors-Grinder, 1741

Background imageTradesman Collection: Max Quarterman, the 33 year old plasterers mate who earns up to £400 a week

Max Quarterman, the 33 year old plasterers mate who earns up to £400 a week
Max Quarterman, the 33 year old plasterers mate who earns up to £ 400 a week, pictured carrying his hod on a building site at Hazelmere near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 6th January 1975

Background imageTradesman Collection: Long Case Clock, St Erth, Cornwall, England

Long Case Clock, St Erth, Cornwall, England
Eight-day long case clock made by clockmaker Roger Wearn (1748-1820) in 1785. It has an arched silvered dial showing two moon faces, a scene with two ships and a river scene with a church

Background imageTradesman Collection: Man at the loom, colorful fabrics. Fez, Morocco

Man at the loom, colorful fabrics. Fez, Morocco

Background imageTradesman Collection: The Preston Guild Festival: the Trades Procession doubling at the triumphal arch, London-road

The Preston Guild Festival: the Trades Procession doubling at the triumphal arch, London-road, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Preston Guild Festival: the Trades Procession doubling at the triumphal arch, London-road, 1862. The trades...had each their appropriate emblems and banners, and a band

Background imageTradesman Collection: Inhabitant of Irkutsk Joiner, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

Inhabitant of Irkutsk Joiner, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Inhabitant of Irkutsk - Joiner, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Background imageTradesman Collection: Wire worker

Wire worker
3782522 Wire worker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Wire worker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Apothecary

Apothecary
3782516 Apothecary by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Apothecary from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Spur maker

Spur maker
3782524 Spur maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Spur maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: A charcoal seller in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh

A charcoal seller in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh
3788921 A charcoal seller in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh; (add.info.: A charcoal seller in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photograph taken early 20th century)

Background imageTradesman Collection: A roadside barber, India

A roadside barber, India
3788926 A roadside barber, India; (add.info.: A roadside barber, India. Colourised photograph from early 20th century. While the barber shaves with a razor, his sissors lie at his feet)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Arquebusier

Arquebusier
3782259 Arquebusier by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Arquebusier by Jost Amman, reproduced from a sixteenth century engraving)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Bell and Cannon Caster

Bell and Cannon Caster
3782528 Bell and Cannon Caster by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Bell and Cannon Caster from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Needle maker

Needle maker
3782518 Needle maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Needle maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Cooper's Workshop

Cooper's Workshop
3782238 Cooper's Workshop by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Cooper from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Indian woman grinding curry stuffs

Indian woman grinding curry stuffs
3788881 Indian woman grinding curry stuffs; (add.info.: Indian woman grinding curry stuffs. Photograph from early 20th century. British postcard.); Lebrecht History

Background imageTradesman Collection: Marwadi Tailors

Marwadi Tailors
3788874 Marwadi Tailors; (add.info.: Marwadi Tailors. Colorised photograph from the early 20th century. The Marwadi people are native to areas of Rajasthan in North-West India)

Background imageTradesman Collection: An Indian knife grinder

An Indian knife grinder
3788873 An Indian knife grinder; (add.info.: An Indian knife grinder. Colorised photograph from early 20th century British postcard.); Lebrecht History

Background imageTradesman Collection: Basin maker

Basin maker
3782525 Basin maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Basin maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Carpenter and child working on bed legs

Carpenter and child working on bed legs
3788937 Carpenter and child working on bed legs; (add.info.: Carpenter and child working on bed legs. Photograph taken early 20th century. British postcard.); Lebrecht History

Background imageTradesman Collection: Weaver

Weaver
3782244 Weaver by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Weaver from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: The Baker

The Baker
3782862 The Baker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: The Baker by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Apothecary

Apothecary
3782856 Apothecary by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Apothecary by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Fruit stall in colonial India

Fruit stall in colonial India
3788884 Fruit stall in colonial India; (add.info.: Fruit stall in colonial India. Colourised photograph from early 20th century)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Clockmaker

Clockmaker
3782262 Clockmaker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Clockmaker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: The Brewer

The Brewer
3782502 The Brewer by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: The Brewer from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Clasp maker

Clasp maker
3782521 Clasp maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Clasp maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Background imageTradesman Collection: Marchand de choco

Marchand de choco
3782869 Marchand de choco; (add.info.: Marchand de choco: 19th century French person who would move around on foot, selling hot chocolate from a portable container. From series Paris au XIX)




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Tradesmen, the unsung heroes of our society, are depicted in various forms and settings throughout history. From sculptures to trade cards, their contributions have been immortalized for generations to come. In Moscow stands a powerful sculpture titled "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" by Vera Mukhina. This black and white photo captures the essence of hardworking tradespeople who labor tirelessly to build a better future. Across the pond in London, William Johnson proudly displays his trade as a wig maker on a vibrant trade card. His craftsmanship is evident in every strand of hair meticulously styled with care. Another scene unfolds before us as we witness the construction of the Shoreham Railroad circa 1840. With watercolors on paper, this artwork portrays tradesmen working together to connect communities and pave the way for progress. William Bull's London Trade Card showcases his expertise in crafting musical instruments. The intricate details displayed on this card demonstrate his dedication to creating harmonious melodies that resonate with all who hear them. A horse dutifully pulls a coal delivery cart through bustling streets, symbolizing the tireless efforts of tradesmen ensuring warmth and comfort for households during colder months. Traveling across continents, we find ourselves in Cairo where a grocery store bustles with activity. Tradesmen diligently stock shelves with an array of goods from near and far, catering to diverse tastes and cultures. "The Jewel Box, " rendered delicately in pencil and watercolor on paper, depicts skilled artisans crafting exquisite jewelry pieces that adorn individuals with beauty and elegance. At Covent Garden's fruit department stalls captured in black and white photography, tradesmen proudly display products from different corners of the world. Their work brings flavors from afar into our homes while celebrating global diversity. Life itself can feel like one continuous journey filled with challenges; yet amidst it all emerges resilience embodied by tradespeople who overcome obstacles time after time as depicted in "Life Is Just One Damned Thing After Another. " St.