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Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters, showing workmen busy with their carpentry. 20th century
Wheelwrights making cart wheelsWheelwrights or wainwrights making large wooden wheels in a traditional rural workshop. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Dom Perignon, French monk known for wine-makingDom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne
WW1 recruitment poster with silhouettesWorld War One recruitment poster with silhouettes -- Remember! England Expects -- the Need is Great Today.... the Navy requires you for its glorious service. Join today
Advert, Guthrie & Wells, Stained Glass Windows, GlasgowAdvert for J & W Guthrie & Andrew Wells, Stained Glass Windows and Mosaics, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Village BlacksmithVillage blacksmith at work at his forge. circa 1905
Signwriters at workA wonderful photograph by Heinz Zinram showing a master signwriter at work, with his younger collegue (or apprentice) behind. A study in concentration, accuracy and exactitude in the craftsmans art
A saddler making a saddle in his leather workshopA saddler in leather apron making a saddle in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Jeweller at his bench with leather covers. His tools include files, drills, hammer, pliers, wire drawer and crucible. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades
Basket maker weaving a basket from willow taken from an osier-bed. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Ghent (Gand), Belgium - Statue of / Monument to Lievin Bauwens (by sculptor Pieter De Vigne)Ghent (Gand), Belgium - Statue of/Monument to Lievin Bauwens (by sculptor Pieter De Vigne) in the Lieven Bauwensplein Square
Lambeth Doulton Faience Factory - Enamel painting - Victorian period
The Engravers Workshop, Engraving and Printing on Copper Date: 1853
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Production and CombatVietnamese Patriotic Poster - Excellence in Production as well as excellence in combat Date: circa mid-1970s
Apsley Pellatt Glass Manufacture, London. Date: 1852
Tradesman repairs chairs in Central London streetA tradesman repairs chairs on a street in Central London. Date: circa 1950s
Glass blower fixing a handle on a jug. 1953
Ceramics artist painting china bird figure. 1953
Ceramics artist filling in outline print on chinaCeramics artist filling in outline print for enamelling china. 1953
Ceramics artist edge-lining china. 1953
Applying gold in final stage of china decorationApplying gold in the final stage of china decoration. 1953
Cartoon, The Tailors War! Being a New System of Cutting in the Trade! - When Snip meets Snip then comes the Tug of War. A satirical comment on unionism in the clothing trade
Fish-catching cormorants at the HippodromeFour cormorants, brought from China to appear at the London Hippodrome in 1905. Their act consisted of retrieving fish thrown into the water tank and when a large trout was put in
A turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Type founders making metal type near a furnaceType founders making metal type for a printing press near a furnace. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Type founders making printing type in a workshop. The caster pours hot metal into letter moulds and then throws the letters to a polisher who sits at a polishing stone
Soapmaker cutting hardened soap with a copperSoap boiler making soap in a factory. A man stirs a vat of boiling fat and ley, while another cuts the hardened soap with a copper wire in wooden frames
Straw-hat makers, women and girl, sewing hats from braided and plaited straw in a milliners shop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts
Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather for shoes, boots, saddles, bookbindings, etc. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts
Shipwright driving wedges into the stern of a shipShipwright or ships carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch
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
Sawyers cutting timber into planks with a large saw in a saw-pit. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel. In the background, another mason cuts a block of stone with a saw
Hat maker ironing the brim of a hat made from beaver fur. In the background, an apprentice works the felt in a battery (hot-water kettle)
Woman spinner in bonnet and apron spinning wool yarn on a spinning machine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Potter making a clay vessel on a wheel driven by a labourer turning a crank. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
A worker using mechanical power to press paper in a mill. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Wheelwright hammering a metal cover onto a wooden wheel in a yard. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Woman spinning yarn on a spinning wheel in front of a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Gentleman painter with paintbrush in front of an easel in his atelier. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Watch maker in apron seated at his bench making metal gears. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Trunk maker making a leather chest in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Wool-comber combing out wool remove short fibres. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Rope maker twisting rope yarns together on a rope walk while an apprentice turns a wheel to revolve the hook. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades
Tin-plate worker in apron beating tin on an anvil with a mallet surrounded by tin buckets, pots, urns and utensils. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades
A metal worker using a wire-drawing machine to make thin wire. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
English mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
The Engraver by Jost Amman. 1568
Cutting screw threads with hand chaser 1875Skilled operator cutting threads or screws on a lathe by hand. Date: 1875
Scene in a carpenters workshop. circa 1865
A Tailor at work. Date: 1900
INDIAN TEXTILE WORKERWomen in India are much in demand in the weaving industry, where they are considered more skilled than men. Strict rules forbid them from working at night. Date: 1937
IRONWORKER 1930SA metalworker in his workshop puts the finishing touches to an iron basket fire grate. Date: 1930s
WIFE AS HOME DOCTORA German housewife can - and indeed should - become a home doctor, skilled at taking care of her family and neighbours Date: 1905
Sheffield Steel manufactures 1866Sheffield : scythe-grinders. Date: 1866
Indian carpet factory - 2A man squats on the floor to put the finishing touches to an Indian rug in a carpet factory in Jaipur, India Date: 1987
Indian carpet factory - 1A man squats on the floor to put the finishing touches to an Indian rug in a carpet factory in Jaipur, India Date: 1987
Diamond polishing, Jaipur, IndiaA man squats on the floor by the window of his Jaipur workshop and polishes diamonds with a hand powered cutting machine Date: 1987
Sadler, WalsallA skilled saddle maker at work on his bench in Walsall, West Midlands Date: 1987
WW1 - The Canadian National Vimy MemorialThe Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War
British Royal Naval Recruitment Poster, WW1Remember! England Expects -- The need is great today.... the Navy requires you for its glorious service. Join today. Skilled artificers and artisans, seamen, stokers, marines and boys
Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot St. Lawrence, HertfordshireSkilled Silk Operator at her reeling machine at the Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot, House, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1930s
A Diabolo player by German photographer Reinhold ThieleComposite photograph of a Diabolo player by noted photographer (Karl Anton) Reinhold Thiele (1856-1921), born in Hamelin, Germany
Harry MacDonald - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer GreenHarry MacDonald at work in his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937
Tent Pegging at the Royal TournamentTent-pegging at the Royal Tournament, the annual event when the best of the Armed Forces displayed their skills. Date: 1932
Fisherman with pollock, near Sennen Cove, CornwallFisherman with pollock, caught near Sennen Cove, Cornwall. The man is retired coxswain of Sennen Lifeboat, using a highly skilled handline method under calm conditions to catch the fish. circa 1970s
Sperry bomb sight in action by G. H. DavisPrecision bombing: the Sperry bomb sight in action during a raid, Second World War. The flight of bombs is controlled by a mechanism guided by a skilled bombardier. Date: 1944
Saint-Claude, France - Fabrique Jeantet-David Pipe Factory - Polishing the pipes using overhead belt-driven polishing machines. (see: 10993880) Date: circa 1909
Wedding gift for Princess MarinaA wedding gift for Princess Marina of Greece on the occasion of her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934 of a dressing jacket made from Buckinghamshire lace being made up by
Bedfordshire Lace School. Date: circa 1905
Two-Gun George, Worlds Lasso ExpertCaptain George Ash, known as Two-Gun George, world lasso expert, showing off his skills lassoing cattle. Date: 1932
Anne of Cleves funeral panorama: rear of processionContemporary panoramic view of the funeral procession of Anne of Cleves to Westminser Abbey, a skilled though sketchy drawing on a roll of heavy parchment mounted on rollers
Anne of Cleves funeral panorama: chief mournersContemporary panoramic view of the funeral procession of Anne of Cleves to Westminser Abbey, a skilled though sketchy drawing on a roll of heavy parchment mounted on rollers
It?s a skilled trade join the / Regular ArmyIt?s a/ skilled/ trade/ join the/ Regular Army.Colour photolithograph recruiting poster published by Her Majesty?s Stationery Office, 1960 (c).Printed by G.C.M
Woods Wood Engraving Establishment -- new principle of consecutive wood engraving. 19th century
Waiting for the Verdict -- at the cobbler sWaiting for the Verdict -- a little girl wonders if the cobbler will be able to repair her boots. 1893
Anne of Cleves funeral panorama: funeral bierContemporary panoramic view of the funeral procession of Anne of Cleves to Westminser Abbey, a skilled though sketchy drawing on a roll of heavy parchment mounted on rollers
French Lacemaker working on a large-scale piece. Date: circa 1910s
Hand-Painted CeramicsA woman hand-painting ceramics in her studio, surrounded by the various beautiful plates, teapots, etc. she has skillfully decorated. Date: early 1930s
Experienced Gardeners Recommended. early 19th century
Lace makingA Buckinghamshire lace maker of the Old Bucks point lace at work, placing a pin into the parchment pattern. The picture shows also the hanging bunch of bobbins
