Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Concept

Salt workers

Images

  • Men are working in a salt mine using hammers to break the rock and others are carrying it away in handcarts. Mixed method print by P. Herwegen after Hans Brunner.
  • A salt works: one man is feeding a furnace as others use shovels to transfer the dried salt from the pans into barrels. Mixed method print by P. Herwegen after Hans Bruner.
  • Women and men being fitted with the clothes for work in salt mines, other people are watching from the edge of the room. Mixed method print after P. Herwegen after Hans Brunner.
All images (3)

Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Women and men being fitted with the clothes for work in salt mines, other people are watching from the edge of the room. Mixed method print after P. Herwegen after Hans Brunner.

    Brunner, Hans, 1813-1888. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 31457i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A salt works: one man is feeding a furnace as others use shovels to transfer the dried salt from the pans into barrels. Mixed method print by P. Herwegen after Hans Bruner.

    Brunner, Hans, 1813-1888. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 31442i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Men are working in a salt mine using hammers to break the rock and others are carrying it away in handcarts. Mixed method print by P. Herwegen after Hans Brunner.

    Brunner, Hans, 1813-1888. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 31455i
All works (3)

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
Tripadvisor

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence