Smithy Gallery

Wayland Smiths Cave

Wayland Smith's Cave, Berkshire, England. Formerly an underground chamber of some prehistoric king or priest. Wayland was a mythical smithy who made invincible swords. Date: BC

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MET DE BLES, Henri. Copper mines

MET DE BLES, Henri (1480-1550). Landscape with coppper mines. Detail of the foundry. 16th century. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. CZECH Rep.. Prague. National Gallery in Prague

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The Sledgehammer adapted by Wilson Barrett

Promotional postcard for The Sledgehammer adapted from the Flemish of Neston Le Thiers by Wilson Barrett. First produced Theatre Royal, Kilburn, 22nd February 1897. For Alfred Northway and H. V. Garrards Co. Postmarked 30th September 1905. One reviewer described the play was a melodrama of murder, false accusation, wrong conviction and tables turned on the criminals Date: 1905

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