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Background imageC17 Collection: C17 FEATHER PLUCKER / 8

C17 FEATHER PLUCKER / 8
A feather plucker Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 BRUSH MAKER

C17 BRUSH MAKER
A brush maker at work. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 CANDLE MAKER / 39

C17 CANDLE MAKER / 39
A candle maker Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Tailors

17th century Tailors
A pair of tailors at work : one, who wears a wig, stands at a table with shears to cut cloth, while his assistant sits stitching. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Slipper Maker

17th century Slipper Maker
A shoemaker sits cross-legged as he stitches a slipper. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Weaver

17th century Weaver
A weaver at his loom. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Baker - Woodcut

17th century Baker - Woodcut
A baker rolls out dough Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Potter

17th century Potter
A potter at his wheel, turned by his foot, puts the finishing touches to an elegant pot. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Blacksmith

17th century Blacksmith
Two blacksmiths work with hammers at an anvil, while behind them their furnace roars. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 COURIER / WOODCUT / 43

C17 COURIER / WOODCUT / 43
A courier/newsboy on horseback Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 CHAIR MAKER / WOODCUT

C17 CHAIR MAKER / WOODCUT
A chair maker Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 COOPER / WOODCUT / 41

C17 COOPER / WOODCUT / 41
A cooper Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Fishing - Woodcut - 36

17th century Fishing - Woodcut - 36
A fisherman Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 WIG MAKER / WOODCUT

C17 WIG MAKER / WOODCUT
A wigmaker Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Mens Hatter

17th century Mens Hatter
A mens hatmaker at work at his bench. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Butcher

17th century Butcher
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Grinder

17th century Grinder
A grinder sharpens a knife on a grindstone. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Porter

17th century Porter
A porter staggers along a country road, bowed down beneath the weight of his bags. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 BASKET MAKER

C17 BASKET MAKER
A basket maker at work on a nearly completed basket. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Offender flogged

17th century Offender flogged
Punishing an offender - he is whipped with a cat o nine tails Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Shoemaker

17th century Shoemaker
A shoe maker sitting at his workbench files the wooden sole of shoe. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Hunter

17th century Hunter
A hunter with his dog and his gun, Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Wheelwright

17th century Wheelwright
A wheelwright wields a massive mallet to hammer the spokes into a wooden carriage wheel. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Music Teacher

17th century Music Teacher
A music teacher gives a singing lesson. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Sculptor

17th century Sculptor
A sculptor gives the finishing touches to an ecclesiastical figure for a church. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Lacemakers

17th century Lacemakers
Two ladies making lace - the older woman instructing the younger. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Water Carriers

17th century Water Carriers
Two water carriers carry their water in a heavy container suspended from a yoke. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Rosary Threading

17th century Rosary Threading
Two men sit at a workbench threading beads onto rosaries to help Catholics say their prayers, Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Woodworkers

17th century Woodworkers
Two woodworkers sawing through a piece of wood held in a workbench. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: 17th century Apothecaries

17th century Apothecaries
Apothecaries preparing medicines, pounding the ingredients with pestles in a mortar. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 COACHMAN

C17 COACHMAN
A coachman guides his two- horse team along a country road, Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 METALWORKER

C17 METALWORKER
A metalworker sits on a trestle and uses his hammer on a metal item softened by heating on that nearby stove. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: VERSAILLES / TRIANON C17

VERSAILLES / TRIANON C17
The Petit Trianon. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: BOOKSHOP (C17 PARIS)

BOOKSHOP (C17 PARIS)
A bookshop in Paris. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: PRINTING DUTCH BOOKS C17

PRINTING DUTCH BOOKS C17
Printing a book in Holland Date: 1600

Background imageC17 Collection: Bruce Castle C17

Bruce Castle C17
Bruce Castle, Tottenham : the subject of interesting legal altercations in the 17th century involving a deserted husband, a natural daughter and a disputed will. Date: 1686

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 Dutch Couple

C17 Dutch Couple
A noble Dutch couple, first third of 17th century Date: circa 1615

Background imageC17 Collection: Fontainebleau C17

Fontainebleau C17
Exterior view of the chateau showing the great chapel and the salle du bal (ballroom)

Background imageC17 Collection: C16 or C17 London Houses

C16 or C17 London Houses
Terraced housing in London Street, Dockhead, in Bermondsey. Date: 16th or 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 London Home

C17 London Home
Buildings of the 17th century or so, in the Little Sanctuary, Thieving Lane, London. The ground floor is occupied by an ironmongers shop. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: Upper Class Pranks C17

Upper Class Pranks C17
Attack and Defence Fun and games at the Manor House. Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: Postal Courier, C17

Postal Courier, C17
Capt. Bedlow carrying letters to Forraigne Parts. Date: 1684

Background imageC17 Collection: Food preparation in the 17th century

Food preparation in the 17th century
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

Background imageC17 Collection: Dutch Potter C17

Dutch Potter C17
A Dutch potter turns a pot on his wheel in his country workshop Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: Dutch Coppersmith C17

Dutch Coppersmith C17
A Dutch coppersmith at work, while outdoors his colleagues are working on a huge copper object Date: 17th century

Background imageC17 Collection: The Man in the Moone

The Man in the Moone
C17 space traveller Domingo Gonsales, who has trained wild swans to tow a burden through the air, is carried by them to the Moon, where they are accustomed to hibernate. Date: 1638

Background imageC17 Collection: Prison / Amsterdam C17

Prison / Amsterdam C17
Prisoners being flogged and sawing under supervision in the courtyard of Rasphuis prison in Amsterdam. Date: 1611

Background imageC17 Collection: C17 Maltese Galley

C17 Maltese Galley
A Maltese galley running before the wind Date: end of 17th century



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