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A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.

Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

Two men sawing a baulk of timber in a woodyard, in Korea.

Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard 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.

The youthful Christ helps Joseph with his carpentry; Mary and Anne look on. Lithograph by A. Dircks, 1849, after C. Müller.

Devils saw away at a colic sufferer's abdomen. Lithograph by C. Ramelet after H. Daumier, 1833.

The angel speaks to Joseph in a dream. Engraving by A.A. Morel after J.B. Wicar after A.R. Mengs.

A nine-bladed reciprocating mechanical saw, lateral and end elevations. Engraving by Hare.

Carpentry: a machine, devised by Pierre Patte, for sawing piles to the correct length underwater. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

While Joseph works in his carpenter's shop, the angel steals into the house and announces the birth of Christ to Mary. Engraving by J. Sadeler, ca. 1615, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

Cabinet-making: a selection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.

Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

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Saws

Images from the collections

Images referencing Saws

Works from the collections

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

Cabinet-making: a selection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.

Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

Saws

Images from the collections

Images referencing Saws

Works from the collections

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

Cabinet-making: a selection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.

Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

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