Technique Collection

Albert Bridge London
Connecting Chelsea and Battersea : built 1871-3 by R M Ordish using a hybrid cantilever and suspension technique. Date: circa 1880

A Game of Bowls, Britain, 1903
Photograph showing an English gentleman about to deliver his bowl during a game of lawn bowling, 1903. Fellow players and spectators closely watch his technique

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

The Three Dancers (1945). Luke, John 1906-1975. The Three Dancers is a prime example of Luke?s highly stylised and precise technique

How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s

Greek trireme. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum

Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda. Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda

Francesco Accolti
FRANCESCO ACCOLTI Italian jurist (apart from anything else, this engraving is a fine example of the technique of cross-hatching) Date: 1418 - 1485

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War

The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany
Comic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract ()

Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c. ). Etching
Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c.). Etching

Bedfordshire Lace School. Date: circa 1905

Chiropractor - Dr. A Ortman of South Dakota
Chiropractor - Dr. Amon S. Ortman (1892-1956) of South Dakota, USA - Founder of the Chiropractic Hotel & Clinic - practiced between 1918 and 1956 - developed the Ortman Technique

Stitch Types Diagram
Leaflet that is promotional & instructional as it clearly & simply shows you how to do various basic handsewing stitches & hems such as handkerchief or rolled hem

New Orleans (1881). Wharf on Mississippi river. Etching

Ernest Trimmingham in The Dippers at the Criterion
The Dippers at the Criterion - a farce by Ben Travers - Mr Ernest Trimmingham (1880 - 1942) is the leader of the band playing for the Dippers

Megalithic Temples of Malta (5000 BC to 2800 BC). One of the stone supports used for its construction. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta

Megalithic Temples of Malta (5000 BC to 2800 BC). One of the stone supports used for its construction. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta

Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple
Neolithic Period. Temple Period (3600 to 2500 BC). Tarxien Temple Complex. Malta. Fragmented ceramic bowl with a slight carination at the lower part

Japanese woodblock print - coastal scene with setting (or rising) orange sun - swirling waves lapping the rocks. Date: circa 1910s

Tapping trees for rubber in Samoa. Date: 1916

Mending Fishing nets - Egypt
Two fishermen mending their fishing nets - Egypt. Date: 1936

How to shout and blow horns. Facsimile of an engraving
How to shout and blow horns. 19th century facsimile after a miniature in the manuscript of Gaston Phoebus, published in Paris, early 15th century

How to allure the hare. Facsimile of an engraving
How to allure the hare. 19th century facsimile after a miniature in the manuscript of Gaston Phoebus, published in Paris, early 15th century

The pond fisherman. Engraving after a woodcut in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia universalis, published in Basel in 1552

The fisherman, 16th century. Engraving
The fisherman. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

Floor mosaic from the Basilica of St. Sophia in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was located in the apse of the first ecclesiastical building on the site of the basilica. First quarter of the 4th century AD

Floor mosaic from the Basilica of St. Sophia in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was located in the apse of the first ecclesiastical building on the site of the basilica. First quarter of the 4th century AD

Roman Villa of Ramla - Xaghra, Gozo Island, Malta
Roman Villa of Ramla. Located in the western sector of Ramla Bay, in Xaghra (Gozo Island, Malta). Archaeological site excavated between 1910 and 1911 by Professor Temi Zammit

Roman Villa of Ramla - Xaghra, Gozo Island, Malta
Roman Villa of Ramla. Located in the western sector of Ramla Bay, in Xaghra (Gozo Island, Malta). Archaeological site excavated between 1910 and 1911 by Professor Temi Zammit

16th century French expedition - Seminole Indians fishing
United States of America. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Seminoles Indians fishing. Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (1533-1588) made the illustrations during the expedition

Painting of a Farmhouse in Yorkshire, England. French critics frequently accuse English painters of excessive dryness and tightness in technique

(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s

A portrait of the concert dancer Martha Graham by Soichi Sunami, 1930. Graham was sometimes called the Picasso of Dance Date: 1930

Stretcher carrying technique, ARP training exercise during WW2

J. S. Goodman Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for J. S. Goodman, a commercial art company, images show examples of the scraperboard technique by Butt. Date: circa 1939

Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods
History of Africa. 19th century. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods across the river rapids at Stanley Falls. Engraving by W. Meyer

Africa. The Congo. Herd of elephants
History of Africa. 19th century. Herd of elephants. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Japan - Cooper
Cooper, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Japan - Bamboo Blind maker
Bamboo Blind maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Weaving Sik on a traditional foot-powered loom, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Cinemategolf, the latest in golf tuition. A pupil at the Portman School of Golf has her strokes filmed while receiving a lesson. Date: 1933

Basket Trap for Salmon
A basket trap, used for catching salmon in the River Severn. Date: 1933

Wicket Drying Machine
A new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931

Eastern Congo Fisherman
A fisherman on Lake Edward in the Eastern Congo, using a basket to fish in the shallows. Date: circa 1925

Wheat Field With Cypresses
A landscape oil painting by Van Gogh, showing the wheat field with cypresses, using a rich impasto technique and signature swirling brush strokes. Date: circa 1932

A striped jumper, knitted "on the cross". Date: 1954

SPAIN. Pasajes de San Juan. Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Fishing boat at the servixce of the Basque government

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Armoured car

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Armored vehicle with gun turret

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El receptor de radio (The radio receiver). Poster dited in Valencia. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Spain Civil War Requisition Of Vehicles By Organizations
spain, civil, war, requisition, of, vehicles, by, organizations, the, popular, front, drawing, vertical, upright, colour, color, outdoor, daylight, exterior, outside, daytime, sunlight, scene, group

Spanish Civil War. Republican side. Aviation. Aircrafts Vultel, Dvokbrecd and the twin-engined Novlhrop

A device to teach the optical golf swing using a mirror-flashes that denote pulling and slicing. Date: 1930

Oxen ploughing on the South Downs near Seaford
circa 1910s

Illustration of Ring Rhythm in a boxing match (unidentified boxers). circa 1950s

Taming the Charleston
Mr E. Scott-Atkinson, professional tango champion, and Miss Dorothy Cole

Italian Lacemakers - Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Traditional South African home being built in the bush - the reedwork frame awaits a covering of mud. Date: circa 1903

Quarterstaff fighting - England
A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting

SNECMA ATAR 101B at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
A SNECMA ATAR 101B turbojet engine at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street - offering a variety of services including shaving the head, back massage and scraping the eyelids! 1908

Unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard
Austria - an unusual Mirror Image portrait postcard - combining two different angle shots taken at the same moment, combined into one image. Date: 1910

Shotgun with outside spring. Antonio Larranaga en Eibar (19th c.). SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeria (armoury)

BOYS ATHLETICS
A group of boys are taught how to hurdle correctly Date: 1930s

The Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - South Africa
The Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The company which was founded in 1887 by the German August Simmer and Scotsman John Jack

Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai, India
Pounding Rice using large pestle and mortar - Chennai (Madras), India Date: circa 1920

Greek pottery. Lekythos. Red figure. From Greece. 4th centur
Greek pottery. Lekythos. Decorated with palmette. Red figure. 4th century BC. From Greece. Museum of Perfume. Barcelona. Spain

Eagle-shaped Visigothic fibula, 6th century. Bronze and glass paste by the cloisonn頴 echnique. Comes from Alovera (Guadalajara). Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)

A Diabolo player by German photographer Reinhold Thiele
Composite photograph of a Diabolo player by noted photographer (Karl Anton) Reinhold Thiele (1856-1921), born in Hamelin, Germany

Rifle, musket, carbine and gun. Tower brand
" Rifle, musket, carbine and gun. " Tower" brand. SPAIN. Vitoria. Museum of the Armeric (armoury)."

Sandwich Board Man / Doom
A sandwich board man warns us of impending doom

Egypt - harvesting dates from a date palm tree Date: circa 1900s

French Water Towers - Built in Reinforced Concrete
Three examples of French Water Towers in the modern style built in Reinforced Concrete by Demay Freres - Advertising card. The Architect for all three was Monsieur Maigrot of Paris. Date: circa 1910s

Launching of a Dhow - Aden Maalla Village, Yemen Date: 1910s

Three Women outside by Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795) - they are wearing mostly pink outfits, one has a parasol, the other two have fans. Date: late 18th century

Two Women by the riverside by Katsukawa Shuncho
Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783 to circa 1795) - a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints - Two women by the riverside. Date: late 18th century

Malaysia - tapping rubber trees Date: circa 1920s

China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation. Date: circa 1930s

Trepanned skull of a man. 3500-3400 BC. Denmark
Trepanned skull of a man. 21-35 years old. 3500-3400 BC. From Dojringe Mose, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Hiroshige woodcut - Full Moon on Kanazawa
Reproduction of a woodcut by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) entitled: Full Moon on Kanazawa'. Date: circa early 19th century

Hiroshige woodcut - Seba: Moorise
Reproduction of a woodcut by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) entitled: Seba: Moorise'. Date: circa early 19th century

Hiroshige woodcut - Shisaku in Snow
Reproduction of a woodcut by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) entitled Shisaku in Snow'. Date: circa early 19th century

Japanese Cooper (barrel-maker) constructing a huge barrel - reproduction of a Japanese woodblock print on a postcard. Date: circa 1880

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