Timber Collection (page 5)

Life in a German town in the first half of the 16th Century (woodcut)
8664082 Life in a German town in the first half of the 16th Century (woodcut) by Beham, Hans Sebald (1500-50); Private Collection; (add.info)

Stages in the making of an oar (b/w photo)
8664068 Stages in the making of an oar (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stages in the making of an oar)

Making clogs from alder wood, Brittany (b/w photo)
8663841 Making clogs from alder wood, Brittany (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making clogs from alder wood, Brittany, France)

Fatwood bark (colour litho)
8663529 Fatwood bark (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fatwood bark. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer)

Man and dog collecting firewood (chromolitho)
8626890 Man and dog collecting firewood (chromolitho) by Boot, William Henry James (1848-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man and dog collecting firewood)

The Son of the Strong Man of the Wood (colour litho)
8624734 The Son of the Strong Man of the Wood (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Son of the Strong Man of the Wood)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8669576 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cuillere (wood)
8678393 Cuillere (wood) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); length: 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: By Paul Gauguin); Photo © Christie's Images.

Ancient oak cabinet (engraving)
8676381 Ancient oak cabinet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient oak cabinet in the possession of R W Train, Greenock, Scotland)

The Edge of a Wood, Royal Common (colour litho)
8667101 The Edge of a Wood, Royal Common (colour litho) by Palmer, Harold Sutton (1854-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Edge of a Wood, Royal Common)

Portrait of a Young Man
CUL4847142 Portrait of a Young Man by Holbein, Ambrosius (c.1493-c.1519); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: Portrait of a Young Man - Holbein, Ambrosius (1494-1519)

Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse, 1895
3479648 Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse, 1895; (add.info.: Men employed chopping firewood in the casual ward of a London workhouse)

Arab women in front of a public bath, 1880 (print on double-weight paper)
3561641 Arab women in front of a public bath, 1880 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Egypt 1880-1899 Photographer: Bechard, E.); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Young woman relaxing in the studio, 1903-1904 (print on double-weight paper)
3561429 Young woman relaxing in the studio, 1903-1904 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: United States 1903-1904 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Banded rattlesnake, Crotalus Horridus, from a 17th century print
3501421 Banded rattlesnake, Crotalus Horridus, from a 17th century print; (add.info.: Banded rattlesnake. Crotalus Horridus. From a 17th century print).

Common British oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa
FLO4618467 Common British oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Clours and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman

The Ark of the Covenant, 1850
3330006 The Ark of the Covenant, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Ark of the Covenant, a gold-covered wooden chest described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of)

Panel depicting an angel
3330403 Panel depicting an angel; (add.info.: Wood panel depicting an angel. Dated 13th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598
532716 William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c1598.; (add.info.: William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, play first performed c.1598)

Parlour Maid and Scullery maids, 1901 (engraving)
537322 Parlour Maid and Scullery maids, 1901 (engraving); (add.info.: Cook and Kitchen maid, Parlour Maid and Scullery maids)

Saxon idol of the Sun. Wood engraving 1834
537272 Saxon idol of the Sun. Wood engraving 1834; (add.info.: Saxon idol of the Sun. Wood engraving 1834); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Christ healing the man sick of the palsy. Matthew 9. From Gustave Dore's illustrated Bible 1866. Wood engraving
537155 Christ healing the man sick of the palsy. Matthew 9. From Gustave Dore's illustrated Bible 1866. Wood engraving; (add.info.: Christ healing the man sick of the palsy. Matthew 9)

Duke of Fife's game larder, 1881 (engraving)
538471 Duke of Fife's game larder, 1881 (engraving); (add.info.: The Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward VII and Queen Alexandra from 1901)

On the way to the Moon: lighting a gas lamp in the space capsule. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865
538158 On the way to the Moon: lighting a gas lamp in the space capsule. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865. Wood engraving.; (add.info.: On the way to the Moon)

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, poet
537587 Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, poet; (add.info.: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, novelist, poet and wit, left England to tour America.Cartoon from Punch London

Burial: Grave of Zulu chief: body in sitting position in stone-lined underground chamber
536413 Burial: Grave of Zulu chief: body in sitting position in stone-lined underground chamber. Wood engraving from F Ratzel History of Mankind Leipzig 1888

Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) 1364-1403 killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403, where Henry IV was victorious
536355 Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) 1364-1403 killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403, where Henry IV was victorious

Edward (Eadward) the Martyr (963?-978) English king, c.1860 (engraving)
536342 Edward (Eadward) the Martyr (963?-978) English king, c.1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Edward (Eadward) the Martyr (963)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne, Vicomte de Turenne
536327 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne, Vicomte de Turenne; (add.info.: Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675) French soldier: marshal of France 1644

Infant amusement rhyme This little pig ..., 1860 (engraving)
536034 Infant amusement rhyme This little pig ..., 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Infant amusement rhyme This little pig ..., here set in poor Irish home with the real pigs on which family depended)

Early Match caliver c1590. Wood engraving c1880
535883 Early Match caliver c1590. Wood engraving c1880.; (add.info.: Early Match caliver c1590. Wood engraving c1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Wells Fargo messenger from their Express Delivery service via the Isthmus of Panama
534013 A Wells Fargo messenger from their Express Delivery service via the Isthmus of Panama. From Harper's New Monthly Magazine New York 1875

Country carrier's wagon with hood. Wood engraving London c1882
533910 Country carrier's wagon with hood. Wood engraving London c1882; (add.info.: Country carrier's wagon with hood. Wood engraving London c1882); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cross-section of Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton, 1865 (engraving)
531565 Cross-section of Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Cross-section of Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton

Viking ship view from the front. 9th century (photo)
545044 Viking ship view from the front. 9th century (photo); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Space capsule manoeuvering ready for Moon landing. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865. Wood engraving
539707 Space capsule manoeuvering ready for Moon landing. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865. Wood engraving; (add.info.: Space capsule manoeuvering ready for Moon landing)

Part of a French wagon-lit (sleeping car), showing accommodation by day and night and centre, the lavatory and WC
538611 Part of a French wagon-lit (sleeping car), showing accommodation by day and night and centre, the lavatory and WC, 1890 (engraving); (add.info.: Part of a French wagon-lit (sleeping car)

Tudor period main entrance wooden panelled door
2910964 Tudor period main entrance wooden panelled door; (add.info.: Tudor period main entrance wooden panelled door, at Sulgrave Manor, England, ancestral home of George Washington)

Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) American feminist and champion of dress reform
530648 Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) American feminist and champion of dress reform. The style of dress for women she designed and wore

Children carrying loads of clay in the brickyards of the English Midlands, 1871 Wood engraving
530529 Children carrying loads of clay in the brickyards of the English Midlands, 1871 Wood engraving.; (add.info.: It was estimated that at this time there were between 20,000)

George Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket'. On 11 October 1829 'Rocket' won the Rainhill Trials for
530594 George Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket'. On 11 October 1829 'Rocket' won the Rainhill Trials for the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, England

John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham 1378-1417), Lollard leader. Condemned as heretic for denying transubstantiation
530379 John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham 1378-1417), Lollard leader. Condemned as heretic for denying transubstantiation and hung and burnt hanging in St Giles's Fields, London, 1417

Henry Hudson (c1550-1611) English navigator, being set adrift with his son and seven others by mutinous crew
530283 Henry Hudson (c1550-1611) English navigator, being set adrift with his son and seven others by mutinous crew. Never seen again. Wood engraving c1880; Universal History Archive/UIG.

William Tyndale of Tindale (c1494-1536), English translator of the Bible, on morning of his death
530220 William Tyndale of Tindale (c1494-1536), English translator of the Bible, on morning of his death, giving his jailer a packet for John Rogers (pseudonym of Thomas Mather)

The Announcing Angel, first half of the 15th century, detail (carved and painted wood)
8683331 The Announcing Angel, first half of the 15th century, detail (carved and painted wood) by Valdambrino, Francesco di (d.1435)

Christ on the cross. The Majesty Batllo, from Garrotxa, 12th century (polychrome woodcarving)
AIS5376350 Christ on the cross. The Majesty Batllo, from Garrotxa, 12th century (polychrome woodcarving); Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ; © Iberfoto.

Richard I, Coeur de Lion, (1157-1199) landing at Sandwich, Kent, 14 March 1194. Wood engraving c1880
538361 Richard I, Coeur de Lion, (1157-1199) landing at Sandwich, Kent, 14 March 1194. Wood engraving c1880.; (add.info.: Richard, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine)

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812075 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School, (18th century); board: 56.5x56.5x11.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Timber: A Timeless Resource and Symbol of Strength" From the majestic Oak Tree, scientifically known as Quercus, to the intricate Victorian Botanical Illustrations capturing its beauty, it has played a significant role in England's history. In Chesterfield, ancient forests provided the raw materials for construction and shipbuilding, including the legendary Sutton Hoo ship burial. Traveling southwest to Cornwall's Levant Mine on July 11th, 1894, timber supported miners' endeavors deep underground. Meanwhile, rowing boats gracefully glided across Ambleside's waters (N060978), their wooden frames echoing centuries-old craftsmanship. Dungeness Beach witnessed fishing boats made from sturdy timber (J070051) braving treacherous waves in pursuit of abundant catches. In Lambeth's Timber Yard of 1916 (BL23561_029), workers skillfully handled logs amidst wartime challenges during World War II's Blitz. Londoners sought solace amid chaos on Balham High Road during WWII; yet even then, advertisements showcased Libertys' new shops - a testament to London's resilience and enduring love for quality timber products. Across borders in Swansea, South Wales stood Landore Viaduct under construction - an engineering marvel relying heavily on robust timbers. Meanwhile, a house carpenter meticulously planed a board on his bench – showcasing timeless woodworking skills passed down through generations. Finally crossing continents to Nevada's Cal-Neva Lodge entrance in the USA revealed grandeur crafted from fine timber - symbolizing elegance and warmth that transcends geographical boundaries. Throughout history and across cultures, timber remains an invaluable resource embodying strength and versatility. From supporting structures like ships and mines to providing livelihoods for craftsmen worldwide – this caption celebrates the enduring legacy as both practical necessity and artistic inspiration.