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POTTERY / ANCIENT CHINAPottery production in ancient China - stamping the clay (2 of 4)
TOOLS / CHISELS ETC / 1889Various types of chisel and plane Date: 1889
TOOLS / CHISELS ETC / 1889Various types of chisel Date: 1889
Bernard Palissy, French Huguenot potterBernard Palissy (c.1510-c.1589), French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman, working in his studio. Date: 16th century
Queen of the Gipsies Margaret FinchMargaret Finch, Queen of the Gipsies at Norwood, in south London, centenarian, smoking a pipe with her two pet dogs - one is smaller than a tankard!! Date: 19th century
Queen of the Gipsies Margaret FinchMargaret Finch, Queen of the Gipsies at Norwood, in south London with two pet dogs - one is smaller than a tankard!! Date: 19th century
DIAMOND MINING / KIMBERLEYA birds eye view of the diamond mine at Kimberley, South Africa. Date: 1881
DIAMOND MINING / KIMBERLEYA residence at the diamond mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Date: 1878
DIAMOND MINING / KIMBERLEYThe diamond mine at Kimberley in South Africa. 250 feet deep & 1000 feet across. Date: 1878
DIAMOND MINING / KIMBERLEYMining for diamonds at Kimberley, South Africa. Date: 1883
Diamond mining in KimberleyThe morning market at the Diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa. Date: 1878
DIAMOND MINING / KIMBERLEYDiamond washing at Kimberley, South Africa Date: 1878
BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERS BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERSA man dipping safety matches at the Bryant & May factory. Date: 1888
Hudibras by Samuel ButlerHUDIBRAS The manner how he sallies forth: Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling Date: first published 1663-78
BOOKS / BUTLER / HUDIBRASHUDIBRAS The Knight submits to Trulla: But Trulla thrust herself between, And striding oer his back agen Date: first published 1663-78
DUTCH BRUSHMAKERA Dutch brushmaker offers his wares to a customer from the window of his shop Date: 17th century
Crystal Palace, glass blowersGlass blowers at Chances Works, Spon Lane, Birmingham manufacturing glass for the Crystal Palace Date: 1850
CREIGHTON GLASS WORKSRolling heavy plate-glass at the Creighton glass works in Pittsburgh, USA Date: circa 1880
STAINED GLASS ARTISTA stained glass artist Date: 1847
JESUS BORN - DUREROld men and angels crowd round Mary as she suckles her baby and her mother reads a book, probably the old Testament where the coming of Jesus is predicted
Chimney SweepA young chimney sweep Date: circa 1880
OIL - DRAKES WELLMen load barrels at Drakes wells, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania
PARANORMAL / APPARITIONSCORPSE CANDLES
GOLD, CALIFORNIAWashing gold-bearing ore Date: 1849
GOLD IN CALIFORNIAWashing for gold in a Californian valley Date: 1869
GOLD IN CALIFORNIAPlacer mining at Bullonia, a busy gang, sustained with pancakes... Date: 1871
INDUSTRY / TEXTILES / LINENThe linen industry at County Down, Ireland : Lapping room - measuring - crisping - folding (plate 9 of 10) Date: 1783
INDUSTRY / TEXTILES / LINENThe linen industry at County Down, Ireland : Taking flax out of bog - spreading to dry - storing - beetling - breaking (plate 2 of 10) Date: 1783
INDUSTRY / TEXTILES / LINENThe linen industry at County Down, Ireland : Pulling flax - stooking - ripling - bogging (plate 1 of 10) Date: 1783
INDUSTRY / FACTORIESFactories invade the rural countryside - Farnworth paper mills, Lancashire Date: 1855
Chimney Sweep covered in soot Date: 1820
Advert for Copland & Lye women's latest fashion 1887Latest styles in Victorian winter dresses from Paris, women could get their own material made-up into dresses. Date: 1887
Girl with guitar on a heart-shaped Valentine cardGirl with guitar (or banjo) on a heart-shaped Valentine card. circa 1900s