Maker Collection (page 7)

Rolling (engraving)
2808364 Rolling (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rolling. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn, Richard Griffin)

Liverpool And Manchester Railway (engraving)
2808362 Liverpool And Manchester Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Liverpool And Manchester Railway)

Cabriolet (engraving)
2808359 Cabriolet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cabriolet. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn)

The Diligence (engraving)
2808358 The Diligence (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Diligence. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn)

Gig (engraving)
2808352 Gig (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gig. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn, Richard Griffin)

The Glass Blower (engraving)
2808349 The Glass Blower (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Glass Blower. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn)

Les Modistes (colour litho)
2798853 Les Modistes (colour litho) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Modistes. Illustration for Le XIXe Siecle (Georges Decaux, 1888).); © Look and Learn

Group portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family in their home in Mount Park, Ealing
2972957 Group portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family in their home in Mount Park, Ealing, 1891-92 (w/c on paper) by Rooke, Thomas Matthews (1842-1942); The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London

Houses on the north side of Leadenhall Street, erected on the site of those destroyed by the extensive fire of 1765
583632 Houses on the north side of Leadenhall Street, erected on the site of those destroyed by the extensive fire of 1765 (engraving) by English School

The Jewellers Workshop, plate design for a service depicting different trades, c
CHT271794 The Jewellers Workshop, plate design for a service depicting different trades, c.1820-35 (pen & ink and wash and gouache on paper) by Develly

Workshop of Pleyel pianos makers during the Second Empire
XIR280194 Workshop of Pleyel pianos makers during the Second Empire, illustration from Les Grandes Usines by Julien Turgan, c.1880 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Renard

Henry Brunner (b / w photo)
3649845 Henry Brunner (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Brunner. Illustration for A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes by D W F Hardie)

A pair of Orrefors mirrored doors, with circus scenes, 1936 (doors with chromed metal
985604 A pair of Orrefors mirrored doors, with circus scenes, 1936 (doors with chromed metal, gold leaf & bevelled glass mirror) by Gate

Colourmen, James Newman, trade card (engraving)
984073 Colourmen, James Newman, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colourmen, James Newman)

The pillow-lace maker (oil on canvas)
621557 The pillow-lace maker (oil on canvas) by Sweerts, Michael (1618-64) (attr. to); 41.4x32.5 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Coach-Making (engraving)
665342 Coach-Making (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coach-Making. Illustration for Knights Pictorial Gallery of Arts (London Printing and Publishing)

The Shipwrights Workshop, 1902 (oil on canvas)
657035 The Shipwrights Workshop, 1902 (oil on canvas) by Tayler, Albert Chevallier (1862-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shipwrights Workshop. Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862-1925)

The Milliner, from a series of lithographs depicting different trades
CHT171330 The Milliner, from a series of lithographs depicting different trades, 1899 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

The cobbler (engraving)
6022252 The cobbler (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cobbler. Illustration for In The Childs World by Emilie Poulsson (Milton Bradley Co, 1899)

The Soap-Boiler (engraving)
6004269 The Soap-Boiler (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Soap-Boiler. Illustration for The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts)

House of Stradiuarius, West Side, Piazza Roma, Cremona (engraving)
6011770 House of Stradiuarius, West Side, Piazza Roma, Cremona (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: House of Stradiuarius, West Side, Piazza Roma, Cremona)

Joseph Guarnerius; Stradiuarius, 1686; Stradiuarius, 1709; Nicholas Amati (engraving)
6011763 Joseph Guarnerius; Stradiuarius, 1686; Stradiuarius, 1709; Nicholas Amati (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Guarnerius; Stradiuarius)

The Paris Exhibition, General View of the Trocadero (engraving)
1621775 The Paris Exhibition, General View of the Trocadero (engraving) by Deroy, Auguste Victor (d.1906) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Paris Exhibition, General View of the Trocadero)

Sketches at the Indian Village, Albert Palace, Battersea Park (engraving)
1614358 Sketches at the Indian Village, Albert Palace, Battersea Park (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at the Indian Village, Albert Palace)

Glassmakers, (oil on canvas)
989558 Glassmakers, (oil on canvas) by Firmin-Girard, Marie Francois (1838-1921); 75x103 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Glassmakers; Verriers au Four. Marie Francois Firmin-Girard (1838-1921)

Scene in a Mandan village, the Rain-maker (engraving)
966764 Scene in a Mandan village, the Rain-maker (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene in a Mandan village, the Rain-maker)

St Valentines Day in Ireland (engraving)
1037625 St Valentines Day in Ireland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Valentines Day in Ireland)

Margaret Hooke & Son, Hosier and Hatter, Temple Bar, London, trade card, c 1760 (engraving)
3657199 Margaret Hooke & Son, Hosier and Hatter, Temple Bar, London, trade card, c 1760 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Margaret Hooke & Son)

Blakes & Son, Hosiers and Hatters, Newport Street, London, trade card, 18th Century (engraving)
3657198 Blakes & Son, Hosiers and Hatters, Newport Street, London, trade card, 18th Century (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blakes & Son)

The Gunsmith (engraving)
3646647 The Gunsmith (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gunsmith. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg)

The Leather Strap Maker (engraving)
3646617 The Leather Strap Maker (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Leather Strap Maker)

Gardner & Co.s exhibit-Main Building, Centennial International Exhibition
3113737 Gardner & Co.s exhibit-Main Building, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 (silver albumen print) by American Photographer

Iron Founder (engraving)
2801982 Iron Founder (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Iron Founder. Illustration for An Illustrated Vocabulary For The Use Of The Deaf And Dumb (SPCK)

Sloop (engraving)
2808356 Sloop (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sloop. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn, Richard Griffin)

The Sculptor (engraving)
2808343 The Sculptor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sculptor. Illustration for The Book of Trades or Circle of the Useful Arts (12th edn)

Never too late to mend (chromolitho)
2780190 Never too late to mend (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Never too late to mend. Illustration for Chatterbox (1896).); © Look and Learn

Jael (engraving)
667438 Jael (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jael. Illustration for Old Testament Portraits by Cunningham Geikie (Strahan, 1878)

Dice-maker (engraving)
668455 Dice-maker (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dice-maker. Illustration for Manners, Customs)

Detail of a Napoleon III centre table, c. 1856 (rosewood & enamel
476436 Detail of a Napoleon III centre table, c.1856 (rosewood & enamel) (see also 476434 and 476435) by Tahan, Jean Pierre Alexandre (1813-92); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French

Richard Burroughs, maker and seller of corks, trade card (engraving)
731629 Richard Burroughs, maker and seller of corks, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richard Burroughs, maker and seller of corks)

Kilpin, tailor and habit maker, trade card (engraving)
731563 Kilpin, tailor and habit maker, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kilpin, tailor and habit maker)

Knitting, 1881 (plaster)
466401 Knitting, 1881 (plaster) by Eakins, Thomas Cowperthwait (1844-1916); 47 x 37.8 x 8.25 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

Advertisement for Charles Oakford, Hat Manufacturer, Philadelphia, c. 1850 (litho)
AKM203554 Advertisement for Charles Oakford, Hat Manufacturer, Philadelphia, c.1850 (litho) by American School, (19th century)

The Clockmaker, c. 1735 (colour engraving)
CHT247107 The Clockmaker, c.1735 (colour engraving) by Engelbrecht, Martin (1684-1756); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; German, out of copyright

The Basket Maker (engraving)
6004320 The Basket Maker (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Basket Maker. Illustration for The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts)

Stone Mason (engraving)
6004265 Stone Mason (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stone Mason. Illustration for The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts (new edn)

The Brewer (engraving)
6004314 The Brewer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Brewer. Illustration for The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts (new edn)

The Cuttler (engraving)
6004299 The Cuttler (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cuttler. Illustration for The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts (new edn)

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The art of making is a timeless craft that weaves together history, creativity, and innovation. From Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag to the intricate paintings by Henry Mosler, makers have left their mark on our world. In an advertisement for linoleum manufacturers, we see how makers bring beauty and functionality into our everyday lives. They transform simple materials into works of art that enhance our homes and spaces. Even in the realm of agriculture, makers play a vital role. The transportable cider press demonstrates their ingenuity in creating tools that make tasks more efficient and accessible. Step into the workshop of a cooper, where barrels are crafted with precision and skill. These coopers use various tools to shape wood into vessels that store precious liquids or goods. In bustling London, William Johnson's trade card proudly announces him as a wig maker. Makers like him not only create fashionable accessories but also contribute to personal expression and identity. Traveling across continents brings us to Catedral in Morelia, Mexico. This architectural marvel stands as a testament to the craftsmanship of countless builders and artisans who dedicated themselves to constructing this grand structure. Delicate lace-making requires patience and meticulousness - qualities possessed by skilled makers throughout history. Johannes Vermeer's painting "The Lace Maker" captures this essence beautifully as he immortalizes this craft on canvas. From historical drawings depicting Betsy Ross making the first American flag to Lewis Carroll's whimsical portrayal of Alice joining a Mad Tea Party with eccentric characters like the Hatter - these creative expressions remind us of the imaginative power held by makers in literature and art forms alike. Even silent films capture moments where sewing takes center stage - showcasing how they can tell stories without uttering a single word. Whether it be crafting hats or garments or building structures or inventing new technologies - makers continue to shape our world through their passion for creation. Their dedication ensures that traditions are preserved while pushing boundaries towards new horizons.