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Horseshoers

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  • Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.
  • A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
  • A farrier at Saint-Denis is talking to a countryman as he shoes his horse; people are about to set off for Paris in a horse-drawn carriage. Coloured etching by R.B Peake and aquatint by R. Havell.
  • Instructions for the use of Farriers...1796.
  • Saint Eligius: he reshoes the hoof of a horse by amputating the hock, shoeing the hoof, and reattaching the limb. Line engraving by "il Buono" (Floriano Dal Buono?).
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    A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 575922i
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    A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.

    Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830. | Date: 1819 | Reference: 11811i
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    A farrier extracting a tooth from a man's mouth. Oil painting by a follower of D. Teniers II.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 44617i
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    Saint Eligius: he reshoes the hoof of a horse by amputating the hock, shoeing the hoof, and reattaching the limb. Line engraving by "il Buono" (Floriano Dal Buono?).

    Dal Buono, Floriano, 1599-1647. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 4830i
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    Travellers visit the smith in his workshop to have their horses shod. Engraving by A.H. Payne after Ph. Wouwermans.

    Wouwerman, Philips, 1619?-1668. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29837i
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