Profession Collection (page 9)

Siberian fur trapper, Kamchatka (engraving)
8663807 Siberian fur trapper, Kamchatka (engraving) by Russian School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siberian fur trapper, Kamchatka, Russia)

Miners working in the gypsum mine, Mountfield, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675996 Miners working in the gypsum mine, Mountfield, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miners working in the gypsum mine, Mountfield)

Making trugs, Herstmonceux, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675991 Making trugs, Herstmonceux, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making trugs, Herstmonceux, Sussex)

Ox team on a farm on the Sussex Downs, c1905 (b/w photo)
8675968 Ox team on a farm on the Sussex Downs, c1905 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ox team on a farm on the Sussex Downs, c1905)

Making wooden fencing at the Stanley Underwood works (b/w photo)
8676075 Making wooden fencing at the Stanley Underwood works (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making wooden fencing at the Stanley Underwood works)

Women's costume of a dairy worker of Rennes (colour litho)
8677229 Women's costume of a dairy worker of Rennes (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's costume of a dairy worker of Rennes)

Mine in the Harz Mountains, 15th Century (engraving)
8663761 Mine in the Harz Mountains, 15th Century (engraving) by German School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mine in the Harz Mountains, Germany, 15th Century)

Water supply of a house (litho)
8663757 Water supply of a house (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Water supply of a house)

Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663944 Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany)

Kimberley Diamond Mine, South Africa, 1878 (litho)
8663723 Kimberley Diamond Mine, South Africa, 1878 (litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opencast diamond mining at the Kimberley Mine, South Africa, 1878)

Cleaning the fountains of Paris in the morning (colour litho)
8673258 Cleaning the fountains of Paris in the morning (colour litho) by Jeanniot, Pierre Georges (1848-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleaning the fountains of Paris in the morning)

Postman from the GPO stealing a letter (colour litho)
8672155 Postman from the GPO stealing a letter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Postman from the GPO stealing a letter)

The harvest in Burgundy (b/w photo)
8673222 The harvest in Burgundy (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The harvest in Burgundy)

King John II of Portugal visiting a shipyard, late 15th Century (colour litho)
8672906 King John II of Portugal visiting a shipyard, late 15th Century (colour litho) by Gameiro, Alfredo Roque (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Urban construction (woodcut)
8672872 Urban construction (woodcut) by German School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Urban construction)

Copper engraver, 17th Century (engraving)
8672847 Copper engraver, 17th Century (engraving) by German School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Copper engraver, 17th Century)

Trade card for F J Bernard, painter and glazier, Ghent (engraving)
8677679 Trade card for F J Bernard, painter and glazier, Ghent (engraving) by Belgian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade card for F J Bernard, painter and glazier, Ghent)

Patricia Bourne, woman lion tamer (b/w photo)
8664262 Patricia Bourne, woman lion tamer (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The lady of lions. Patricia Bourne, woman lion tamer)

James Nasmyth's steam hammer (colour litho)
8663916 James Nasmyth's steam hammer (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first steam hammer invented by James Nasmyth in 1842)

Traditional method of threshing grain, Crete (litho)
8663857 Traditional method of threshing grain, Crete (litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Threshing grain, Crete)

Faiencerie workshop in Quimper, women painting, beg 20th century (photo)
PCT4289988 Faiencerie workshop in Quimper, women painting, beg 20th century (photo); (add.info.: Quimper (Finistere, Brittany) at the beginning of the 20th century: Breton art faiencerie Henriot

Bear tamer, Germany, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790205 Bear tamer, Germany, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: bear tamer in a village in Germany late 19th century early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Catalan Literature, 14th-15th centuries
3499649 Catalan Literature, 14th-15th centuries; Historic Archives of the City of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; (add.info.: Catalan Literature, 14th-15th centuries. Gesta Romanorum)

Lisa Dosell helps her father Reg Dosell May 1984 clean up Nelsons Column

The village blacksmith, Goonhavern, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Two men working at the village blacksmith while another man holds the horse and a girl holds the donkey. There is a notice advertising the West Briton newspaper on the wall. Photographer: Unknown

The blacksmiths shop, Probus, Cornwall. Probably 1907
View towards The Square from further east on the St Austell road with John Roberts blacksmiths shop on the left. Workers from the shop and boys pose in the street

Remember the matrix
Dmitry Skvortsov

Wire worker
3782522 Wire worker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Wire worker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Apothecary
3782516 Apothecary by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Apothecary from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Spur maker
3782524 Spur maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Spur maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Workers using machines to punch out the blank coin, the Royal Mint, London, England 19th century, 1890 (print)
8617972 Workers using machines to punch out the blank coin, the Royal Mint, London, England 19th century, 1890 (print) by Unknown Artist

A worker at a coin rimming machine, the Royal Mint, London, England in the 19th century, 1890 (print)
8618008 A worker at a coin rimming machine, the Royal Mint, London, England in the 19th century, 1890 (print) by Unknown Artist

A worker at the coining press, the Royal Mint, London, England in the 19th century, 1890 (print)
8618004 A worker at the coining press, the Royal Mint, London, England in the 19th century, 1890 (print) by Unknown Artist

Arquebusier
3782259 Arquebusier by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Arquebusier by Jost Amman, reproduced from a sixteenth century engraving)

Russian milk maid
3785634 Russian milk maid; (add.info.: Russian milk maid. c. 1900s. Pulling jugs of milk on a sledge. Red Cross Postcard); Lebrecht History

The close connection with the working people - pledge for the power of the Red Army, Anonymous, 1927 (lithograph)
FIA5409722 The close connection with the working people - pledge for the power of the Red Army, Anonymous, 1927 (lithograph) by Russian School (20th century); Russian State Library, Moscow

Bell and Cannon Caster
3782528 Bell and Cannon Caster by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Bell and Cannon Caster from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Needle maker
3782518 Needle maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Needle maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Cooper's Workshop
3782238 Cooper's Workshop by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Cooper from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

French Postal Strike, 1909
3787026 French Postal Strike, 1909; (add.info.: French Postal Strike, 1909. Photograph showing abandoned piles of letters. French caption: La greve des postiers. 1)

London, England in the 19th century, 1890 (print)
8617991 London, England in the 19th century, 1890 (print) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London, England in the 19th century)

Basin maker
3782525 Basin maker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Basin maker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Weaver
3782244 Weaver by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Weaver from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

The Baker
3782862 The Baker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: The Baker by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Apothecary
3782856 Apothecary by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Apothecary by Jost Amman, from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Clockmaker
3782262 Clockmaker by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: Clockmaker from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

Soviet calendar 1930 with five-day work week, Anonymous, 1929 (lithograph)
FIA5409745 Soviet calendar 1930 with five-day work week, Anonymous, 1929 (lithograph) by Russian School (20th century); Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia; Photo © Fine Art Images

The Brewer
3782502 The Brewer by Amman, Jost (1539-91); (add.info.: The Brewer from the Book of Trades / Das Standebuch (Panoplia omnium illiberalium mechanicarum...)

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"Unveiling the Professions: A Glimpse into Victorian Occupations and Beyond" Step back in time as we explore the diverse world of professions through intriguing hints from history. From a daring dentist pulling a tooth, to a meticulous Victorian gardener tending Chelmsford's greenery with his trusty watering can, each image reveals a unique facet of professional life. In the bustling kitchen of "Too Many Cooks, " culinary experts orchestrate an exquisite symphony of flavors, while Gracie Fields' Home and Orphanage in Peacehaven, Sussex showcases the compassionate work done by caregivers who nurture young hearts. The striking portrait of Rosemary Kennedy by Angus McBean reminds us that artists too have their own profession – capturing emotions on canvas for eternity. Meanwhile, the wheelwright engraving transports us to an era when skilled craftsmen meticulously crafted wheels with precision and care. Journeying across borders, we find ourselves in Square du Petit Sablon, Brussels where ceramic artist works her magic at her workshop in Geisenhausen, Bavaria. With deft hands on a potter's wheel, she shapes clay into stunning vases that will grace homes far and wide. Witnessing signwriters at work brings forth appreciation for those who transform words into artistry through skillful brushstrokes. And as surveyors gather in a circle during meetings depicted in miniature form or within Ms. Lat 209 fol. 11r The Professions from De Sphaera (vellum), we glimpse their dedication towards mapping out our ever-changing landscapes. Finally, let us not forget the old city bellman of Norwich whose melodic chimes once guided townsfolk through their daily routines – reminding us that even seemingly simple occupations hold great significance within communities. Through these captivating glimpses into various professions spanning different eras and locations around Europe and beyond; we celebrate the diversity and importance of every occupation - past and present.