Craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread

The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

Claybury Asylum, Woodford, Essex: a linen room. Photograph by the London & County Photographic Co., [1893?].

Three girls sit on a sofa with sewing and knitting needles in their hands. Colour wood engraving attributed to E. Evans after Kate Greenaway.

The Virgin reads her Bible as the angel appears with the Holy Spirit. Engraving by J. Collaert after J. Straet.

Moorish tailor and wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: the female workroom. Wood engraving probably by F. Vizetelly after F. Palmer, 1860.

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: a female dormitory. Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly after F. Palmer, 1860.

A tailor and assistant at work. Gouache drawing.

The Annunciation to the Virgin, who stands before a lectern. Engraving after F. Zuccaro.

A woman sewing in a pleasant domestic interior, her baby sleeps sweetly in its cradle. Aquatint by J. Sartain after G. Dou.

A little girl in Elizabethan costume stands in a room trying to thread a needle. Etching by A. Boulard the younger after Laura Alma Tadema.

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.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 18.2 x 23.7 cm

58 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm

A century of service : the Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew 1911-2011 / Ann Wickham ; edited by Sue Boswell.

1 print : etching ; platemark 28.7 x 45 cm

The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to Mary; the light of the Holy Spirit alights on her brow. Etching by V. Lefebvre, c. 1670, after Titian.

The point of the needle : why sewing matters / Barbara Burman.

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Sewing

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Images referencing Sewing

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The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: a female dormitory. Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly after F. Palmer, 1860.

A century of service : the Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew 1911-2011 / Ann Wickham ; edited by Sue Boswell.

A woman sewing in a pleasant domestic interior, her baby sleeps sweetly in its cradle. Aquatint by J. Sartain after G. Dou.

The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to Mary; the light of the Holy Spirit alights on her brow. Etching by V. Lefebvre, c. 1670, after Titian.

The point of the needle : why sewing matters / Barbara Burman.

Sewing

Images from the collections

Images referencing Sewing

Works from the collections

The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: a female dormitory. Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly after F. Palmer, 1860.

A century of service : the Guild of the Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew 1911-2011 / Ann Wickham ; edited by Sue Boswell.

A woman sewing in a pleasant domestic interior, her baby sleeps sweetly in its cradle. Aquatint by J. Sartain after G. Dou.

The angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to Mary; the light of the Holy Spirit alights on her brow. Etching by V. Lefebvre, c. 1670, after Titian.

The point of the needle : why sewing matters / Barbara Burman.

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