Organization undertaking commercial, industrial, or professional activity

The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris: gateway and interior. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after E. Shirond.

An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.

Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.

Thomas Wakley shown as Orpheus with his lyre, opposing the Literary Copyright Act of 1842 on the grounds that he could write poetry according to a recipe; and British tradesmen offering shoddy coats for sale. Letterpress and wood engraving.

A Moodaly and wife. Gouache drawing.

The interior of a bustling Venetian wine-shop. Process print after a pen drawing with sepia wash by P. Longhi.

A Jain accountant with his wife. Gouache drawing.

The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.

Knowledge transfer : towards a strategic framework / Phillip Ternouth.

Is anybody listening? : how and why U.S. business fumbles when it talks with human beings / by William H. Whyte Jr., and the editors of Fortune.

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The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.

The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris: gateway and interior. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after E. Shirond.

Knowledge transfer : towards a strategic framework / Phillip Ternouth.

A Jain accountant with his wife. Gouache drawing.

Is anybody listening? : how and why U.S. business fumbles when it talks with human beings / by William H. Whyte Jr., and the editors of Fortune.

Business

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The profile of a businessman, according to Lavater. Drawing, c. 1793.

The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris: gateway and interior. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after E. Shirond.

Knowledge transfer : towards a strategic framework / Phillip Ternouth.

A Jain accountant with his wife. Gouache drawing.

Is anybody listening? : how and why U.S. business fumbles when it talks with human beings / by William H. Whyte Jr., and the editors of Fortune.

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