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  • Textiles: a cotton spinning wheel. Engraving by Eastgate.
  • A woman sits spinning at a spinning wheel. Wood engraving.
  • Textiles: a spinning wheel and a stocking machine. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Textiles: a cotton spinning wheel, a stove, and two insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Spinners and stocking makers: interior view, a spinning wheel and a stocking machine. Engraving.
  • Textiles: a spinning wheel (top), making the design (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, equipment using spinning wheel. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A young Irish woman working at a spinning wheel. Engraving by Francis Holl after F.W. Topham.
  • Elevations of a spinning-wheel used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: spinning wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: spinning-wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Gold workshop: interior view, spinning wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A young woman is using a spinning wheel under a tree with a spindle and shuttle. Engraving by Saunders after Woolley.
  • A group of people gathered around an old lady sitting by a spinning wheel holding a spool of yarn. Lithograph by Gustave Janet.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • A woman sits working at a spinning wheel as a man works at the table making a violin. Wood engraving by C & H after H. Herkomer.
  • A woman sits working at a spinning wheel as a man works at the table making a violin. Wood engraving by C & H after H. Herkomer.
  • A woman is sitting by the window making lace on a pillow while another woman sits by a spinning wheel watching a kitten play with a reel of cotton; a man holds a swift or skein winder. Engraving by W. French after F.J. Luckx.
  • A winged woman holding a palm branch in her right hand and a spinning wheel with a small man perched on top in her left, walks past a globe, while a ship with billowing sails is passing by in the background; representing fortune. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1541.
  • Textiles: two spinning wheels, for wool (top) and silk (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • The blinding of Tobit by bird-droppings falling on his eyes. Woodcut by M. van Heemskerck.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience; a child to the right imitates the fiddler. Line engraving by T. Nicholson after D. Wilkie.
  • Early C20 Chinese Lithograph: 'Fan' diseases
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience. Colour engraving by J. Burnet after D. Wilkie, 1806.
  • An old couple sitting, the man leans over on his walking stick to listen to the woman reading from the bible. Line engraving after G. Dou.
  • John Kay. Lithograph by W. Physick, 1843.
  • Tobias curing the blindness of Tobit, with Anna. Oil painting after G.W. Horst.
  • Tobias curing the blindness of Tobit, with Anna. Oil painting after G.W. Horst.
  • Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit. Oil painting by a Dutch painter, 17th century.