C17 Collection

Amsterdam Exchange / C17
A general scene at the Amsterdam stock exchange

C17 Sailing Ships
A ships boat takes an officer ashore past two naval vessels

C17 Chair Maker / Woodcut
A furniture maker gives a chair a good caning

C17 Blacksmith / Woodcut
Two blacksmiths work with hammers at an anvil, while behind them their furnace roars

C17 Rope Maker / Woodcut
Two cordwainers - rope makers - wind the twisted fibres

Dutch Witch Trial C17
Trying a suspect for witchcraft in Holland : she is being weighed on a balance, but what that is supposed to prove I can t tell you

Spanish Itinerant Music
A couple of musicians performing a duet on woodwind instruments

17th Century Woodcutter
A woodcutter has felled a tree and is now chopping it up into logs

C17 WOOD TURNER / WOODCUT
A wood turner Date: 17th century

17th century Rope Maker
Two cordwainers - rope makers - wind the twisted fibres. Date: 17th century

C17 Potter / Woodcut
A potter at his wheel, turned by his foot, puts the finishing touches to an elegant pot

C17 Candle Maker / 39
A candle maker at work, pouring wax into the mould

C17 Wig Maker / Woodcut
A wigmaker combs the hairs of his latest creation : naturally he wears a wig himself

Brewer Takes Samples
A brewer takes samples from his barrels

C17 Cooper / Woodcut / 41
A cooper puts the finishing touches to a wine barrel

Household / Sewing (C17)
Two Dutch women sewing

C17 Hunter with Dog / 31
A hunter with his dog and his gun

C17 Woodworkers / Woodcut
Two woodworkers sawing through a piece of wood held in a workbench

C17 - 48 TRADES
Forty-eight depictions of various trades

Military / Dress / C17
Military, probably French. Based on the dress of the Musketeers

DEMON OF GAMBLING C17
The demon of gambling will eat its way through all your worldly possessions in the end... Date: 17th century

AUTOPSY, C17
When Thomas Miles dies mysteriously, surgeons of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, open him up and find a gob of meat choked him ; it is seen as judgment on a sinner Date: 8 August 1635

C17 CARRIAGE
A French carriage carries a group of ladies, while their male companions ride or walk. Date: close of 17th century

C17 FEATHER PLUCKER
A feather plucker plucks feathers from a goose - dead, I hope - to stuff pillows, bolsters and duvets. Date: 17th century

Two French men in costume 1690
Two French men in costume - nobleman and officer. Date: 1690

Two Swiss women and a man in costume - young middle class man and woman, with a bride in the middle. Date: circa 1650

Noble German couple in costume. Date: circa 1650

The courtyard of Thomas Greshams Royal Exchange, modelled on the bourse at Antwerp : sadly, it will be destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666

C17 RUNNERS
Boyes exercife themfelves in runing in the open field, making a line, which he that defireth to win, ought to touch, but not to run beyond it. Date: 1658

FRENCH PASTRY BOOK C17
Le Pastissier Francois: a famous cookery book featuring a plethora of pastry preparations. Date: 1665

C17 GAMBLING W / DICE
Gambling men stand around a table and cast dice from cups. Date: 17th century

SKATING DUTCH PAIR C17
A smart Dutch couple skate together. Date: 17th century

CHARLES I WATCH C17
Charles Is watch. Date: 17th century

ANCIENT BINOCULARS
A pair of ancient binoculars Date: 17th century

ARCHITAS / MAGNETISM / C17
Magnetism demonstrated by the dove of Architas. The dove flies in a circle, not because of the wind, but through the influence of magnetism. Date: 17th century

Medicine - 17th century Quack Doctor
Here you may be cured ! - a 17th century quack stands beside his counter, strewn with wonderful potions and elixirs to cure all ailments Date: circa 1670

RUNNING FOOTMEN, C17
A nobleman rides in his carriage, accompanied by running footmen Date: March 1635

C17 CARRIAGE
A nobleman rides in his carriage, accompanied by running footmen Date: March 1635

THE GLOBE / HENRY IV C17
Masked and pipe-smoking ladies in the Pit watching a performance of Shakespeares Henry IV. Date: 17th century

DARK DUTCH KITCHEN C17
A cook sits in a dark corner of a rather untidy kitchen, probably Dutch Date: 17th century

C17 COOKING SCENE
Preparing foodstuffs of every kind - fowls are dressed, cows are milked, grapes are trod, soup is heated, bread and other items are carried by porters, biscuits are tasted Date: 17th century

DUTCH PEARL WORKER C17
A Dutch craftsman working with pearls Date: 17th century

DUTCH BASKETMAKER C17
A Dutch basketmaker lowers a large basket into the river, a stage in the basketmaking process Date: 17th century

17th century Mason
A mason saws a piece of stone for the construction of an ecclesiastical looking building. Date: 17th century

C17 BAKER
A baker rolls out his dough using an early type of rolling pin, Date: 17th century

17th century Ploughing
A farmer ploughing a field with oxen Date: 17th century

17th century Vintner
A vintner (wine seller) fills a customers glass from his portable barrel. Date: 17th century

C17 LAMPLIGHTER
A lamplighter Date: 17th century

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