Craftsman Collection (page 7)

View of the Delacroix Hall. Walk to the fish. Marseille Painting by Edouard Cremieux (1856-1944)
JEB4853747 View of the Delacroix Hall. Walk to the fish. Marseille Painting by Edouard Cremieux (1856-1944) 1889 Oil on canvas Musee du Vieux Marseille Marseille DR; Musee du Vieux-Marseille

Portrait of the cooper Felix Grandet, father of Eugenie Grandet (Portrait of Felix Grandet father of Eugenie)
ELD4944293 Portrait of the cooper Felix Grandet, father of Eugenie Grandet (Portrait of Felix Grandet father of Eugenie) Illustration from "Eugenie Grandet" by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850)

Portrait of Pat Lyon, blacksmith in his forge
NWI4826500 Portrait of Pat Lyon, blacksmith in his forge.; (add.info.: Portrait of Pat Lyon, blacksmith in his forge.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

The carpenter. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die
IMB4827284 The carpenter. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die Heinzelmannchen zu Koln" by August Kopisch (1799-1853)

Crafts: Shoemaker. Manufacturer of footwear has the old working outside, USA. Colour engraving, 19th century
NWI4827185 Crafts: Shoemaker. Manufacturer of footwear has the old working outside, USA. Colour engraving, 19th century.; (add.info.: Crafts: Shoemaker)

Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827111 Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Glass blower in a factory in England, early 1800s)

Blacksmiths and apprentices in a forge. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4827893 Blacksmiths and apprentices in a forge. 19th century colour engraving; (add.info.: Blacksmiths and apprentices in a forge. 19th century colour engraving); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Wall paintings of the Life of Saint Eloi " Blacksmith and Orfevre" by the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rodez
JEB4928883 Wall paintings of the Life of Saint Eloi " Blacksmith and Orfevre" by the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rodez

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A cooper makes his barrels in a building yard, colorisee photo
LUX4818156 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A cooper makes his barrels in a building yard, colorisee photo, 1865 - Commerce: A la colonnade du Louvres; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges
MMM5483413 The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges. English watercolor (38x55.5 cm), 1750.; National Maritime Museum, London

Beef: diagram illustrating the pieces of butcher's shop. Engraving of about 1805
FGL5466012 Beef: diagram illustrating the pieces of butcher's shop. Engraving of about 1805.; Fototeca Gilardi

Egypt: Cook cruise, trip on the Nile, Cook boat is at the dock next to a village
LUX4777853 Egypt: Cook cruise, trip on the Nile, Cook boat is at the dock next to a village. Construction of a boat on the edge of the Nile with workers sawing along wood

Egypt, Cairo: Cook cruise on the Nile, making raw brick from clay extracted from a well, 1900
LUX4778756 Egypt, Cairo: Cook cruise on the Nile, making raw brick from clay extracted from a well, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: Cook cruise on the Nile)

Alphabetic cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Publisher unknown
DUV4202537 Alphabetic cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Publisher unknown. One side of 24 cubes is devoted to trades

Letter K: workshop of a kaolinier. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy
DUV4202483 Letter K: workshop of a kaolinier. Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Unknown publisher. A face of 24 cubes is dedicated to the metiers

Bread manufacturing: Boland kneading - engraving of "La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux, 1880
PCT4257407 Bread manufacturing: Boland kneading - engraving of "La France industrielle" by Bonnafoux, 1880.; (add.info.: Bread manufacturing)

Prehistory: The first weaver
THT4429453 Prehistory: The first weaver.; (add.info.: Prehistory: The first weaver.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2023

House carpenter planing a board on a bench, in his workshop, 1810 (engraving)
FLO4577745 House carpenter planing a board on a bench, in his workshop, 1810 (engraving); (add.info.: House carpenter planing a board on a bench, in his workshop, many tools, saw, hammer)

A carder using heated combs to remove the wool fibres that will be spun. Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a
FLO4577720 A carder using heated combs to remove the wool fibres that will be spun. Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn

Woman spinning yarn on a spinning wheel in front of a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English
FLO4577664 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.; (add.info)

Trunk maker making a leather chest in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades
FLO4577634 Trunk maker making a leather chest in his workshop. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts.; (add.info)

Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of
FLO4577857 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.; (add.info)

Founders of printing characters, one poured molten metal into the moulds, another passed them into a polishing machine
FLO4577843 Founders of printing characters, one poured molten metal into the moulds, another passed them into a polishing machine - Type founders making printing type in a workshop

Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908130 Navajo Blue Eagle Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico
NWI4908557 Navajo Pollen Trail Dancer performing the Basket Dance at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonials, New Mexico.; (add.info)

Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments, 1772 (engraving)
FAT4300837 Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments, 1772 (engraving); (add.info.: Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments)

Seller of pasta in Italy in Naples. Drying spaghetti on threads, years 1880. Colouring engraving of the 19th century
NWI4882942 Seller of pasta in Italy in Naples. Drying spaghetti on threads, years 1880. Colouring engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Seller of pasta in Italy in Naples)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: the boss and workers of a carpentry pose with their tools
LUX4750014 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: the boss and workers of a carpentry pose with their tools, 1898 - Atelier Genty; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Carpenters and carpenters in professional installation with their equipment, 1865
LUX4806489 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Carpenters and carpenters in professional installation with their equipment, 1865; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France: Artisan Turner works in his workshop on his workbench, on which a tower is located, 1900
LUX4772272 France: Artisan Turner works in his workshop on his workbench, on which a tower is located, 1900; (add.info.: France: Artisan Turner works in his workshop on his workbench)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a mitron in apron poses with its bread
LUX4774503 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a mitron in apron poses with its bread and brush in the courtyard of a bakery, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Tunisia, Sfax: a Maghrebin couple and two bakers pose in front of an oven, 1900
LUX4789039 Tunisia, Sfax: a Maghrebin couple and two bakers pose in front of an oven, 1900; (add.info.: Tunisia, Sfax: a Maghrebin couple and two bakers pose in front of an oven)

Japanese costumes, circa 1800: three musicians playing flute, drum and cymbals, a walking whale meat salesman
FLO4634326 Japanese costumes, circa 1800: three musicians playing flute, drum and cymbals, a walking whale meat salesman, a trade assistant wearing a kimono, a sailor, a straw man, and a craftsman

Craftswoman from Nuremberg with purse in the form of a castle with little man looking out
FLO4644302 Craftswoman from Nuremberg with purse in the form of a castle with little man looking out, and woman from Cologne in golden girdle with bouquet of flowers, late 16th century

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220533 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter D Distillator (spirits, liqueurs, perfumes). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et
DUV4211442 Letter D Distillator (spirits, liqueurs, perfumes). Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Letter F: Blacksmith - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph)
DUV4216521 Letter F: Blacksmith - Professions Alphabet, c.1900 (lithograph); 27x23.5 cm; (add.info.: Album containing a simplified reading method and an illustrated abecedary - Pont-a-Mousson Imaging)

Letters Q Hardware; R Roter; S
DUV4211526 Letters Q Hardware; R Roter; S; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letters Q Hardware; R Roter; S); Photo © Duvallon

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Tannery employees, 1922
LUX4723398 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Tannery employees, 1922; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): Tannery employees, 1922); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Advertising photography of a baker with different breads, 1900
LUX4716541 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Advertising photography of a baker with different breads, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Cooperier at work - illustration of G. Bruno's book "Le tour de la France par deux enfants" - late 19th
PCT4276649 Cooperier at work - illustration of G. Bruno's book "Le tour de la France par deux enfants" - late 19th century.; (add.info.: Cooperier at work - illustration of G)

Joiner at work with his workbench, with his tools, 1894 (engraving)
PCT4276615 Joiner at work with his workbench, with his tools, 1894 (engraving); (add.info.: Joiner at work with his workbench, with his tools (saw, mallet)

Shoemaker at work in his workshop, 1894 (engraving)
PCT4276558 Shoemaker at work in his workshop, 1894 (engraving); (add.info.: Shoemaker at work in his stale - Signed Lacoste illustration of a school book 1894.); Photo © Gusman

Letter D: workshop of a doer (gilding). Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H
DUV4202456 Letter D: workshop of a doer (gilding). Alphabetical cubes. Box of 30 cubes dating from 1898. Cover illustrated by H. Roy. Unknown publisher

Carpenter's shop, 1884
3479342 Carpenter's shop, 1884; (add.info.: Carpenter's shop in Portsmouth prison, Hampshire, England. Convicts working under supervision)

Carpenters in India, 1828
3480350 Carpenters in India, 1828; (add.info.: French lithograph of carpenters in India, By Marlet 1828.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Union Outpost prepares a meal
3056298 Union Outpost prepares a meal; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Civil War; Union Outpost prepares to cook a meal); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

The Queens Royal Cookery Book English about 1700
3030155 The Queens Royal Cookery Book English about 1700; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queens Royal Cookery Book English about 1700); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2022

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Craftsmanship is an art that transcends time and spans across various fields. From the meticulous strokes of Gustave Caillebotte's brush capturing the intensity of planers in action, to Arnold Bocklin's portrayal of a centaur observing the village blacksmith, these artworks remind us of the skill and dedication required to master a craft. Intriguing glimpses into history take us back to medieval times, where we witness a goldsmith delicately shaping precious metals into intricate jewelry. Meanwhile, Mr. George Lailey immerses himself in the ancient craft of wooden bowl making at Bucklebury, Berks, preserving traditional techniques for future generations. The manufacturing process comes alive as we observe cork balls being meticulously crafted at Chingford in 1922. The watchmaker's steady hands bring life to intricate timepieces while revealing their inner workings. And through an oil painting from the 1770s, we catch a glimpse of an iron forge bustling with activity as sparks fly and metal takes shape under skilled hands. The blacksmith's forge becomes a sanctuary where fire meets steel, transforming raw materials into functional works of art. A farrier tends to horses' hooves with precision and care—a testament to both craftsmanship and animal welfare. Metallurgy emerges as a powerful force during the Industrial Revolution with Fourchambault Forge standing tall as a symbol of progress and innovation. Terracotta rhubarb forcers showcase how even everyday objects can be elevated through craftsmanship—combining functionality with aesthetic appeal. These diverse examples highlight that craftsmanship knows no boundaries—it exists within every profession and discipline, and is born out of passion, honed by experience, and passed down through generations—a timeless tradition that continues to inspire awe today.