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The British Museum holds further examples of his etchings
Entitled
You can see a man and
young boy with bellows
at a small forge. The
craftsmans’ worktable
is perpendicular to the
window providing the
best light possible. A
customer is at the
window being served by
the seated gentleman
and tools of the trade adorn the walls. The man at the foreground is working
at a mounted anvil and appears to be holding either a graver or a
goldsmith’s hammer, it’s difficult to tell.
Entitled
The boy on the left
seems to be working a
winch and possibly
drawing wire. The young
man on the right is
holding tongs in a small
forge, you can just work
out an anvil and bellows
by his side.
In both pictures the
craftsman at the table
would be wearing leather aprons to catch the filings of the precious metals
and you can see an apron draped over the table by the empty stool. This
practice has changed little over the centuries and I spent many a lunchtime
in Hatton Gardens, where one of my uncles had a workshop, and the leather
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Entitled
You can see a man and
young boy with bellows
at a small forge. The
craftsmans’ worktable
is perpendicular to the
window providing the
best light possible. A
customer is at the
window being served by
the seated gentleman
and tools of the trade adorn the walls. The man at the foreground is working
at a mounted anvil and appears to be holding either a graver or a
goldsmith’s hammer, it’s difficult to tell.
Entitled
The boy on the left
seems to be working a
winch and possibly
drawing wire. The young
man on the right is
holding tongs in a small
forge, you can just work
out an anvil and bellows
by his side.
In both pictures the
craftsman at the table
would be wearing leather aprons to catch the filings of the precious metals
and you can see an apron draped over the table by the empty stool. This
practice has changed little over the centuries and I spent many a lunchtime
in Hatton Gardens, where one of my uncles had a workshop, and the leather
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