Room or building, with tools, used to repair or make goods

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The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving by R. Acon, 1829, after T. H. Shepherd.

A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.

Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.

Two children wait nervously while an alchemist secretively concocts a mixture at his stove. Pen and wash drawing by G. Robinson.

Glycotechnology today : a '95 workshop / Oxford GlycoSystems Ltd.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to Ragotin, who believes his body has swelled in his sleep. Engraving by G. Huquier the elder after J.B. Oudry.

A Frenchman in a tobacconist's declares he will take snuff to defy the increasing tax on tobacco. Coloured lithograph after H. Demare, c. 1870.

Two shops or market stalls, in Korea.

Subtle the alchemist, posing as an astrologer, being visited by Abel Drugger, in Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist'. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1791, after J. Graham.

Knightsbridge Chapel: above, the interior, below a vignette of the exterior, with three details of carved inscriptions. Engraving by B. Howlett after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1818.

The London Workhouse: the street and courtyard facades with a pair of medallions. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.

Interior of a pharmaceutical laboratory behind a shop, with people at work, the shop is visible through a doorway. Engraving, 1747.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Have you got issues? : "I want more from life" : "I worry about losing my hard-on" : "I don't feel confident socially"  :  lots of us have issues that are difficult to deal with / London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8, Pace.

A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.

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Workshops

Images from the collections

Images referencing Workshops

Works from the collections

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

Two shops or market stalls, in Korea.

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Have you got issues? : "I want more from life" : "I worry about losing my hard-on" : "I don't feel confident socially" : lots of us have issues that are difficult to deal with / London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8, Pace.

A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.

Workshops

Images from the collections

Images referencing Workshops

Works from the collections

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

Two shops or market stalls, in Korea.

An interior of 'Marshalls', a famous dentist's shop near Berwick Street, Soho. Watercolour, 1789.

Have you got issues? : "I want more from life" : "I worry about losing my hard-on" : "I don't feel confident socially" : lots of us have issues that are difficult to deal with / London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8, Pace.

A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.

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