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  • Bookbinding: book presses, and decorating tools. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
  • Twenty hands shown in various postures, movements and deeds. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • The Virgin and Saint Mary Magdalene lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by L. Kilian after H. von Aachen.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • A selection of mallets, bores and files. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.
  • Wood engravers at work (top), and the tools used (below). Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • SS. Cosmas and Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting.
  • A poppy capsule oozing drops of crude opium and tools for its extraction. Lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • Clocks: a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost [after G. d'Heuland].
  • Two Indian bookbinders: one trimming page edges in a press, the other decorating a binding. Watercolour.
  • Dyeing: vats and cauldrons for extracting indigo. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Eloi (Eligius), bishop of Oise (and patron saint of Bologna). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Cavedone, 1614.
  • Engineering: a pipe-boring machine and details. Engraving, 1754.
  • Upholstery: two views of a man at work (top), a chair, a cushion and some horsehair (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Clocks: a three-quarter view of a carillon mechanism. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Engineering: a moving mangle and washboard, plan, elevations, and details. Engraving by W. Kelsall after J. Clement.
  • The tools and equipment used for wood engraving. Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • A doctor examining the dials inside a human machine. Pen and ink drawing by R. Lunt Roberts, c. 1929.
  • Carpentry: an automatic lathe in plan and elevations, with examples of finished turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau after Gallet.
  • Textiles: equipment for processing flax. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Engineering: three kinds of lathe. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Glass: the tools used for making and glazing windows. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.
  • Upholstery: a roll of fabric (top), tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: a mechanical carpet loom, three-quarter view, with spectators. Engraving, c.1862.
  • Engineering: a lock, showing the key, and a loom, with shuttle. Engraving by Porter after J. Farey, junior.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by Mutlow, 1813, after J. Farey.