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  • Ship-building: an anchor workshop (top), and tools (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A sculptor who carves statues from wood, stone and crystal, in his workshop. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus (1467-1536); anon., after a painting produced in the workshop of Lukas Cranach
  • Interior of a distilling laboratory with five people at work. Coloured engraving by M. Engelbrecht's workshop, c. 1720.
  • Locksmiths working in their workshop: keys, bolts and padlocks are hanging from a line. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Turning: a turner's workshop, a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Ship-building: view of an anchor workshop (top), and tools (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Joinery: a box-making workshop, with men at work (top), tools (below). Engraving by A.B. after Lucotte [?].
  • A gun maker is working at the window of his workshop, talking to a customer. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.
  • A workshop in which oils are made from trees, nuts, berries etc. for foodstuffs and medicines. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A saddler making saddles and girths for horses; saddles and bridles are displayed in the workshop. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Glass: a glazier's workshop (above), the tools used for making and glazing windows (below). Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.
  • A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Gold workshop: interior view, spinning wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • An overcrowded artificial flower maker's workshop, Oxfor Street. The room, less than ten feet square, contained twenty young women at work.
  • Inlayers' workshop: inlaying of various designs on snuff-boxes, and a selection of boring tools used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A workshop with a lathe in the background, and a man with spectacles looking at a diagram in the foreground. Engraving.
  • A plaster moulder's workshop with a diagram of the tools used for making plaster moulds. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.
  • Carpentry: inside a joiner's workshop, with men at work (top), various types of joint (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • A workshop where plumage is applied to clothing, above; tools for making and applying plumage, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after Radel.
  • A workshop where plumage is applied to clothing, above; tools for making and applying plumage, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after Radel.
  • A marble block being raised in a sculptor's workshop, with four lifting jacks. Engraving by R. Bénard after P. Falconet and Bourgeois.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a textile dyeing workshop (top), a basket and bucket (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, 17--.
  • Medals: a die-engraver in his workshop (top), with diagrams of die-engraving tools (below). Engraving by B.L. Prevost after F. Boucher.
  • A mirror maker in his workshop, with convex mirrors on display and two customers trying out hand-held mirrors. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A seal-cutter and his assistant in his workshop, with diagrams of seal-cutting tools beneath. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after Boucher.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.