C17 Collection (page 4)

C17 Loom / Woodcut / Colour
A weaver at his loom

C17 Stoneworker
A stoneworker working with hammer and chisel

A 17th Century Hatter
A ladies hat maker adds a feather to his cap

C17 Ploughing / Woodcut
A farmer ploughing a field with oxen

C17 Lace Making / Woodcut
Two ladies making lace - the older woman instructing the younger

Tower of London C17
Barges, sailing vessels and small boats ply the river beneath the walls of the Tower, pierced only by a small entrance for boats to enter

Paris Streets, C17
LES EMBARRAS DE PARIS Barking dogs, beggars, carriage accidents, spills and falls, quarrelsome traders - better to stay home, except that your house is on fire Date: late 17th century

Hunting / Hare, C17
A huntsman on foot leads the way for two huntsmen and their dogs, in close pursuit of the hare

C17 Maypole
The Town Crier summons the populace to the maypole set up in the village street

Beauty Spots C17
Fashionable ladies of late 17th century London stuck stars and suchlike ornaments onto their faces, believing they made them attractive

C17 Tavern Drinking
Three roisterers make merry and order another round in a tavern, but one of them looks apprehensive as their hostess produces the bill

C17 Street Scene
Curious goings-on in this 17th century street

C17 Schoolroom
A teacher with eight pupils in a 17th century schoolroom

C17 Blacksmiths
Two smiths at work at an anvil, beneath a sign representing three roses

C17 Milkmaid
A milkmaid with her tub

C17 Dutch Courier
Dutch Postal courier

Intestines, C. 17
INTESTINES A fine engraving of the gut and associated vessels

C17 Seed Dropper
SEED DROPPER designed by Plattes

Hamburg / Panorama C17
Hamburg: panoramic view with boats and church spires

Bassinoire of C17
A bassinoire (warming pan) : it is filled with hot coals and slipped between the bedsheets to do the same job as the hot water bottle

Flemish Smoking C17
A smoking man sits contentedly in a tavern, as two men at another table play cards

C17 Science Lecture
A science lecture in progress

Native Canadians, C17
Native Canadians meet French settlers with mutual astonishment in the streets of Montreal

French Toyshop C17
A French toy stall

C17 Ball Timekeeper
The FALLING BALL TIMEKEEPER has a central band which slowly rotates; the time is indicated by a pointing figure

C17 Striking Clock
A STRIKING CLOCK of the early 17th century : as the hours sound, the mans head moves and the animal at his feet jumps

C17 Table Clock
A TABLE CLOCK, of traditional octagonal design, combining practicality with ornament

C17 Clepsydra
A sophisticated form of CLEPSYDRA, in which the emptying of liquid causes a drum to rotate, which in turn causing the handles to move round the clock face

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

A C17 CITY
Features of a 17th century city with church, school, guildhall and exchange; market-place and stone-paved streets

C16 or C17 London House
A fine old timbered building in a London street, part of it used as a grocers shop

Royal Exchange C17
The courtyard of Thomas Greshams Royal Exchange, modelled on the bourse at Antwerp : sadly, it will be destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666

Corn Exchange Delft C17
A view of the Koornbeurs or corn exchange - a place of great activity with merchants and tradespeople selling their wares from barrows. Oude church & docks can be seen

Costume C16 & C17 / Strutt
Examples of English costume of the 16th and 17th centuries according to a later source

C17 Barber at Work
A French gentleman receives his morning shave and trim from an elegantly dressed barber

C17 Carriage
A French CARROSSE - the earliest type of private carriage

C17 Spinning
A country wife spins at her cottage door, watching hunters and travellers as they pass by

Ship Building C17
Seventeenth Century shipbuilding

Long Wigs of C17 Satire
Satire on the long wigs fashionable in the late 17th century, in which the caption suggests that a man wearing such a wig is nothing more than a poodle powdered

Orang-Utan (C17)
Early depictions of the Orang- utan tended to emphasise their human-like characteristics

C17 German Harvest
Harvest scene in 17th century Germany. Date: late 17th century

Table Alarm Clock C17
A table alarum clock from central Europe, designed to strike a light at the appointed time

Globe Clock C17
Globe or falling-ball clock by Jacob Beham of Vienna, now in the British Museum, London

Canada / Quebec (C17)
General view of Quebec and the St. Lawrence River

C17 Craftsman
A craftsman stands at his workbench plying his useful trade, and no doubt doing it very well, but what it is we do not know

C17 Leatherworker
A craftsman - perhaps a leatherworker - presses some kind of material in what seems to be some kind of press

C17 MASON / 47
A mason saws a piece of stone for the construction of an ecclesiastical looking building

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