19th Century Labor Activities

Historical illustrations of various labor activities, showcasing workers in blacksmith shops, weaving, and dyeing processes in a gritty, monochrome style.

Cabinet makers at work in a workshop, using various tools. One is making a table, another assembles pieces of a cupboard. Date: 18th century

Illustration depicting the making of chains in the Cradley Heath area of the Black Country. Dated 19th Century

In a weaving workshop; unknown, moulignié, louis (1854-1897); 1880-1897 (1880-00-00-1897-00-00);

De Krabbers in the cotton dyeing, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. chalk dyeing of cloth

Two men at work in a blacksmith, James Mcardell, After Adriaen Brouwer, c. 1746 - 1765 print London paper smith, blacksmith

The scrapers in the cotton etherism ..

Man in workshop, Chris Snijders, 1891 - 1943 print A man is at the workbench in a workshop. On the left is an anvil. Netherlands paper etching workshop-interior

Locksmiths, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1635 print Two locksmiths at work in a workshop. Leiden paper etching lock-smith. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: tongs. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: file. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer

South Durham Coalfield, England. Miners or pitmen sitting round a brazier waiting to go underground for the night shift. The man in the centre foregound is holding a Davy safety lamp and smoking a clay pipe. At centre right men are in the cage ready to be lowered to the bottom of the pit. On the right, the boys who work the pit ponies chat amongst themselves. Engraving from The Graphic (London, 4 February 1871).

Joseph Pennell, Making Propeller Blades, 1917 Making Propeller Blades

Cabinet makers at work in a workshop, using various tools. One is making a table, another assembles pieces of a cupboard. Date: 18th century

Factory boy at work. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 351 mm × w 399 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The scrapers in the cotton etherism ..

Smid at work at a vice by the window, Willem Witsen, c. 1908 print paper etching tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: vice. smith, blacksmith (+ men (labourers)) Wijk bij Duurstede

Worker behind a lathe, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1635 print A man behind a lathe. On the back wall chisels. In the foreground a spider wheel. Leiden paper etching turner in wood. spinning-wheel. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: chisel

A drawing by August Xaver Karl von Pettenkofen from 1886 showing the interior of a smithy with coal and red highlights.

In the cotton dyeing, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, c. 1868 - c. 1892 drawing paper. chalk cotton (material ~ textile industry). dyeing of cloth

The Nail Makers (Le Cloutier Grossier). Jean-Michel Moreau le jeune (French, 1741 - 1814)

Farmers interior with tricks players, Jonas Suyderhoef, After Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1623 - 1686 print Farmers play tricks or backgammon at a table by a fireplace. A dog on the right in the foreground. In the background a man and a woman. paper engraving backgammon, tric-trac. pipe ~ tobacco. dog. open hearth, fire-place

Locksmith at work, Jean Baptiste Madou, 1825 - 1835 print Brussels paper folk costume, regional costume. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: anvil. lock-smith. adult man Brussels

A RAG WAREHOUSE IN PARIS

The scrapers in the cotton factory. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 173 mm × w 321 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Shoemaker in his workshop, Felix Hendrik de Jong, 1825 - 1899 print paper. etching shoe-maker, cobbler. workshop-interior

Construction site with Bouwmeester, Anonymous, Hans Weiditz (II), 1514 - 1532 print Print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing architect supervising building activities. building-site. murder

Factory boy operating a machine in a brush factory. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 605 mm × w 350 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Studies of a worker at an oven, Pieter de Josselin de Jong, 1871 - 1906 drawing paper. chalk iron and steel industry (+ men (labourers))

Workshop in the silver factory of Begeer, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. ink pen / brush jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. names of organizations, companies, trade unions, etc.

Jewellery laboratory, from the Revue de l'Expo Universelle (World Fair) 1889. Universal Exhibitions, France, 19th century.

Worker in cotton factory, in red dye shop, draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892, paper, h 230 mm × w 280 mm

A woman scrubbing the floor; 1880-1900 (1880-00-00-1900-00-00);

Cutlers in aprons grinding and hammering utensils in a workshop. A man drives a wheel to turn a grinding lathe, another hammers metal on an anvil. A coal furnace in the rear. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.

Various stages of leather work and tannery. Date: 1875

Broom Maker, European Trades - 1820

DA-SC-86-06450. Country: Unknown

Worker in Katoenfabriek, in Roodverwijs, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. cotton (material ~ textile industry). dyeing of cloth

Factory boys at work in a cotton dyeing, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1880 - 1890 drawing paper. cotton (material ~ textile industry). dyeing of cloth (+ children (labourers)) Netherlands

Leiden, Vliet, Jan Georg van, Occupations, Cloth shearers, verso lower left - stamped, Two cloth or dry shearers in a workshop. The men are shearing cloth (woolen fabric), to make it smooth. In the background instruments with the spines of a teasel, with which the fabric was carded, or roughened., print, prints, height 210 mm, width 162 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1610 - 1668, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, papier, etching, etsen

Weger, A., Workshop near Turku according to R.W. Ekman. Illustration for the work 'En resa i Finland' image 17, untimed, steel drawing, graphics, leaf width 15.9 cm, leaf height 12.3 cm, image width 15.7 cm, image height 12 cm

Weaver; Professions. Weavers in a workplace. A man stands behind a loom and on the left is a man at a flywheel. A balance hangs on the wall.

Labourers working by compressed air behind a t unnelling shield deep under London: 1890.

THE CROFTER QUESTION, INTERIOR OF A CROFTER'S HUT, NEAR SALTCOTS, NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES, 1889.

Water loan view with two fishermen; Mayrshofer, Max (1875-1943); 1890-1940 (1890-00-00-1940-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, fishermen, locks, buildings

Kuiper at work, Jean Baptiste Madou, 1825 - 1835 print Brussels paper folk costume, regional costume. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket. adult man. handicrafts, craftsman at work Brussels

Cooper. Two men are busy making tons in a workshop.

Buyer bearing. Two buyers bearings in a workshop; One of them harms on a tub, the other cuts a copper plate.

Figures in a mill at work, Hendrik Numan, 1746 - 1788 print Haarlem paper parts of machines: mill-stone

Building workers busy with heath work; Ground workers. Two workers put together a pole in the ground. They both wear a hat. At the left-hand behind them a machine and another worker.

Building workers busy with heath work; Ground workers. Two workers put together a pole in the ground. They both wear a hat. At the left-hand behind them a machine and another worker.

Interior of a book printing. Interior of a book printing with two printing presses. In the foreground stacks printed and unprinted paper. Four letter cats are at work in the background.

Workers in a blast furnace at a factory in Jumet, Charleroi, Hainaut province. Belgium, Europe. Journey to Belgium by Camille Lemonnier. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Fixing handles on cups and jugs before firing. The Potteries, Staffordshire, England. Engraving, London, c1851.

Dyer in apron and cap dunking bolts of cotton fabric in a vat in a workshop. A man works a pump to pour water into a vat to rinse cloth behind him, and bolts of fabric are piled onto stools. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.

Cloth shovers; Professions. Two cloth or dry shears in a workshop. The men shave sheet (woolen fabric), to smooth it. In the background instruments with spines of a teasel globe, with which the tissue was crazy, either roughened.

Cloth shovers; Professions. Two cloth or dry shears in a workshop. The men shave sheet (woolen fabric), to smooth it. In the background instruments with spines of a teasel globe, with which the tissue was crazy, either roughened.

Printer at work in Atelier, Maximilien Luce, 1895 print print maker: Francepublisher: Parisprinter: Paris paper etching tools, implements of printer. printer

Interior of the sugar factory of the Deichmann & Vom Rath company, Ernst Witkamp, 1885 drawing paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush industries ~ food, drink, stimulants. sugar

Bryant Pringle, Arc Welder, c 1940 Arc Welder

Smid at work in his blacksmith, Willem Witsen, 1870 - 1923 drawing cardboard. chalk. watercolor (paint) brush smith, blacksmith. smith, blacksmith (+ indoors; in laboratory, factory, barn, etc.)

LORD SHAFTESBURY VISITING THE COAL MINES OF THE BLACK COUNTRY, 1840-42

Interior of a Blacksmith's Forge, George Jones, 1786-1869, British, undated, Gray wash, brown wash and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper, Sheet: 5 7/8 × 6 inches (14.9 × 15.2 cm), architectural subject, blacksmith, figure, forge, interior, tools

Extracting the pottery from the oven of De Sphinx in Maastricht, draughtsman: Herman Heijenbrock, 1881 - 1948, paper, h 459 mm × w 597 mm

Alchemist in his workshop, Célestin François Nanteuil, After Eugène Isabey, 1848 - 1862 print Paris paper. alchemist at work. workshop

The Fitze & Schmidt hand weaving mill of silk scarfs in Łódź. Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Sawing cones of sugar into lumps for sale by weight rather than by whole cone. Sugar refinery, New York, USA. Engraving, New York, 1886.

Making nails in the Dudley area of the Black Country of England. A girl making spike nails using a hammer in her hand and, simultaneously, a mechanical hammer, an Oliver worked by her foot. Engraving, London, 1890.

Using a drop-hammer (powered by a water-mill) in an early 19th century ironworks Date: circa 1830

Two forging at work, Célestin François Nanteuil, 1823 - 1873 print paper smith, blacksmith. fire, oven, furnace ~ interior of industrial structure. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: anvil. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer

Interior of a shed. On the right possible an etching press.

Butcher, Slaughterhouse in Berlin, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Two workers tension a rope, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print Two men in work clothes, one with a hat, kneeling a rope around a pole. paper working class, labourers. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope

Paper mill, draughtsman: Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1870 - 1931, paper, h 400 mm × w 452 mm

Illustration showing Workman polishing an electroplated object by hand; Paris; France. 1870

French satirical Illustration, depicting pottery workers working in dangerous conditions. 1907

Workers who draw a rope, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1881 - 1934 print A worker who wears a hat and boots has a sleek rope. A worker with a cap also grabs the rope. On the left in the foreground a sitting worker and in the background a hill, a hut, a machine and two standing workers. paper working class, labourers. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: rope

Chinese distiller making Cho-Chou or brandy in a vat on a furnace. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.

Smid at work in his blacksmith. .

Protected by the authorities, stokers loading the ovens of the gasometer at Porta Nuova during the gas workers strike, Milan, 1909, Italy, drawing by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 46, November 14, 1909.

Coach maker in an apron working with hammer and chisel on a carriage in a workshop. Ladder, ropes, straps, planks, tools, pincers and other equipment on the walls. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.

Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano , Hydraulic facilities, Tunnels. The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection

Workshop in the silver factory of De Firma Begeeer, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. handicrafts ~ metal. jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. names of organizations, companies, trade unions, etc.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS AT MITTENWALD, GERMANY

Blacksmith at work in his smithy. Draughtsman: Willem Witsen. Dating: 1870 - 1923. Measurements: h 733 mm × w 537 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Piping farmer in a stable interior, 1854 - 1914 Leaf 33 Verso from a sketchbook with 43 sheets. paper. stall, stable. farmers. pipe ~ tobacco

Women screening coal at the pits mouth, circa 1885

Worker at work, Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, 1868 - 1892 drawing paper. textile industry and clothing industry (+ men (labourers))

In a forging shop. Bartoszek, Franciszek (1910-1943), painter

Miners in the Le Creusot coal field in south east France gathering for their shift. At the top the next batch to enter the cage are being checked. Below them a cage full of men and boy miners carrying their lamps is being lowered to the working level. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1885). Engraving.

Calcining oven used in production of Plaster of Paris. Engraving, New York, 1874.

The brick factory. Draughtsman: Anthon Gerhard Alexander van Rappard. Dating: 1868 - 1892. Measurements: h 320 mm × w 585 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Barn Interior, William Henry Hunt, 1790-1864, British, 1836, Watercolor and gouache, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (34.6 x 24.4 cm), architectural subject, barn, equipment, hammer, interior, rustic, sawdust, tools, workbench

Book-binder planing a book block in a laying press in a bindery. Several volumes in a press behind him, with brass hand tools, glue, finishing stove. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, The Mill, The mill, recto lower left - pencil, Interior of a mill with the miller., print, prints, JW imp, Zaanse paint mill., height 159 mm, width 240 mm, American, 1834-07-10 - 1903-07-17, print maker, printmaker, 1889 - 1889, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, color printing, Work conception, after own design by, printer

Interior of a printing company. An employee uses the printing press, another is engaged in the interior of a plate behind a workbench. Portrait prints depend on two lines. Numbered top left: Fabrick u. Handw. 4

An engraving depicting women packing biscuits at the Huntley & Palmer's factory, Reading. Dated 19th century

Potato harvesters, c. 1887 Page 45 from a sketchbook with 43 sheets. Ewijkshoeve paper. chalk farmers. reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest. cultivated land Ewijkshoeve

An engraving depicting men weaving in a hut in Ceylon, Sri Lanka. Dated 19th century

An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting after or by David Teniers the younger.

Polishing of Harnesses, Jan Collaert (II), After Jan van der Straet, c. 1593 - c. 1598 print In a workshop, in which the light comes in from the right, a rotating machine, helmets and harnesses are polished. Front left an assistant with a basket with pieces of harness on his back. paper engraving armour. polishing (industrial process). handicrafts, craftsman at work. workshop-interior. invention, discovery ~ science and technology

Dijkwerker, Johannes Josephus Aarts, 1899 print A worker at work for a dike. To his right a wooden fence. paper dikes, levee. working class, labourers

Industrial conditions

Women testing yarn at J & P Coats, Paisley. Date: 1920

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