Forge Collection

Blacksmiths outside their forge
A superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade

The prayer at Valley Forge. Print showing George Washington, kneeling on one knee, praying in a grove of trees, his hores nearby

Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge

Blacksmith at work in his forge
An elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench

Blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse
A blacksmith shoeing a Metropolitan Police horse. There are discarded horseshoes on the floor, and more hanging from a rack on the wall. Date: circa 1960s

Dockyard Workers on board HMS Coventry, Second World War
Photograph showing dockyard workers, including a rivetters boy working with a portable forge, refitting HMS Coventry during the Second World War, 1940

Cockney Blacksmith / 1932
Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries

The Prayer at Valley Forge From the original painting by Henry Brueckner /. Print showing George Washington praying under trees at Valley Forge; military camp in background. Date 1889, c1889

The Old Smithy, Gretna Green, Scotland

Village Blacksmith
Village blacksmith at work at his forge. circa 1905

The Forge of Vulcan by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660)

Label, Grande Champagne Sazerac, de Forge & Fils
Label, Grande Champagne, Sazerac de Forge & Fils. 1811

Farrier at his Forge
A farrier and his boy apprentice in a forge in Reading, Berkshire, England

Iron processing in Bronze Age, Kazakhstan area
Bronze Age craftsmen (blacksmiths) processing iron with special tools, shaping the metal by hammering. In the background are yurts and a mountain landscape. 3000-1200 BCE

Cockington Forge and village, Victorian period

Beckenham Blacksmith early 1900s

Forge, Nazareth, Israel, early 1900s

Cockington village, near Torquay, South Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Forge Valley, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The Old Forge, Penshurst, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Blast furnace, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Old blast furnaces, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy, formerly the lower factory of the foundry at Dommartin-le-Franc, in the Blaise valley

Emile's forge, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Emile's forge, donated by Maurice Bernard from Eurville, with hearths, bellows, tools, power hammers, anvils and stamping machines, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie

Blast furnace, Parc Metallurgique, Dommartin-le-Franc
Blast furnace built 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Le Bachelle, at the Parc Metallurgique or Metallurgic Park, an interpretation centre for ancient and contemporary metallurgy

A Chaga Forge of the Maasai
A man of the Maasai Wa-Chaga tribe sits over a forge. The Masai are a semi-nomadic ethnic group who inhabit Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.The Wa-Chaga live at the foot of Mount Kilamanjaro

Views of Highgate c.1800 - Highgate Town, Highgate Church, The Old Forge, Sir William Ashursts house and Mansion House. Date: 1875

Brewing, steel ware and gloves, and a mineral waters spa in Regency England. Brewers stirring vats of beer mash in a Reading brewery 4, women buying gloves in Woodstock 5

Trades in Regency England: basket making, geese plucking and whips. Basket-maker weaving willow into baskets and hampers on the Isle of Ely 34

Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century
Forged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Forge Valley Motor Service bus. Date: circa 1940

Farriers invoice (detail), Owen Coles, Silverstone
Farriers invoice (detail), Owen Coles, Shoeing and General Smith, Silverstone, Northamptonshire. circa 1910

Giulio Romano, Italian artist, with three cupids
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi, c1499-1546), Italian artist and architect, with three cupids from his painting of Venus persuading Vulcan to forge Cupids arrows (original in the Louvre, Paris)

Music cover, The Jolly Blacksmiths March-Twostep, written by E T Paull and E Braham. 1905

John Smeatons hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge
John Smeatons design for the hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge, Rotherham, 1765. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Plan and elevation of an iron forge, 18th century
Plan and elevation of an iron forge, with chafery, finery, blowing engine, and balling or pudding furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Chinese jack of all trades with bamboo yoke, tools, portable forge, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Chinese tinker with portable forge, bellows and tools, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

Blacksmith using hammer and tongs to beat a piece of red-hot iron heated in a forge. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Venus with a mirror and Vulcan
Venus looking at herself in a mirror, and a virile young Vulcan seated on a stool with his arm over his head. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

America - George Washngton and his men at Valley Forge
George Washngton addreses his men at Valley Forge. Date: 1776

America - George Washington and Baron von Steuben
George Washington and Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben walk past the Continental Army Camp at Valley Forge Date: 1776

Village blacksmith 1870
Village smithy stands in front of the open forge. Date: 1870

Siberian Blacksmith
A Siberian Blacksmith at work. Date: circa 1890s

St. Johns Gate, Clerkenwell, London. circa 1905

Blacksmith hammering at a lump of metal with a long hammer
Blacksmith in his forge hammering at a lump of metal with a long hammer. Date: 1887

Old Smithy at Branscombe, near Sidmouth, Devon, with a horse having a hoof inspected. Date: circa 1910s

Washingtons HQ, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA
Washingtons Headquarters, Isaac Potts House, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1900

The Naval Steelworks of Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
The Naval Steelworks (with drop hammer forges) of Saint-Chamond, France. The Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et dHomecourt (FAMH)

National Waifs Association 1900
National Waifs Association for destitute boys in Stepney Causeway, London. Photograph showing Dr. Barnardos giving boys a chance to learn a trade in blacksmithing. Date: 1900

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