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Weaving combs made of bone. Finds from the early phase of the Iron Age, corresponding to the 6th century BCE Hallstatt culture of Central and Western Europe, consist mainly of weapons and jewellery.
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Weaving combs made of bone. Finds from the early phase of the Iron Age, corresp...

Detail from an illustration of shawl-weavers weaving shawls on a loom. Inscribed in Persian characters with titles and names of implements and equipment. Opaque watercolour. Title of Work: Album Of Kashmiri Trades. Kashmir, 1850-1860. Shelfmark: Add.Or.1729
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Detail from an illustration of shawl-weavers weaving shawls on a loom. Inscribed...

White ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely dressed woman is spinning woollen thread; she holds a distaff in her left hand, and draws out a strand of wooll with her right. The wooll is attached to a hook at the top of the weighted spindle. As the thread lengthens, the spindle sinks to the ground and the woman will have to stop, wind the thread around the spindle and start again. The vase represents an early experiment in the technique of painting in outline on a white ground. GR 1873.8-20.304
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White ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely d...

The Chinese Factory in the Street of Teng-chan at Nagasaki, founded in 1688. Map from "Illustrations of Japan consisting of private memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of the Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan..." by Isaac Titsingh. Published by R. Ackermann, London; 1822.
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The Chinese Factory in the Street of Teng-chan at Nagasaki, founded in 1688. Map...

Workers entering a factory. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.
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Workers entering a factory. Colour woodblock print; Japan, 19th century.

Emperor Kangxi (K'ang Hsi) inspecting the dams of the Yellow River. From the scroll of Emperor Kangxi's tour of inspection in the South. China; Qing dynasty, 1689. Wang Hui (1632-1717), Yang Jin (ca.1644-1726) and Gu Fang (active ca. 1700). Painted on silk, height: 68.5 cm. Inv. MA2460.
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Emperor Kangxi (K'ang Hsi) inspecting the dams of the Yellow River. From the scr...

View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.
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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.

View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.
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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.

Representation of the Chinese court of justice held at the British factory of Canton on the 8th of March 1807 in the presence and at the special requisition of the British Authorities for an enquiry into a charge of homicide laid against the seamen of the East India Company's ship Neptune. Aquatint; 19th century.
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Representation of the Chinese court of justice held at the British factory of Ca...

The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass of the Virgin, Book of Hours illustrated by Gerard Horenbout. S. Netherlands (Bruges or Ghent), circa 1500. Shelfmark: Add. 35313 Page Folio Number: f.34
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The building of the Tower of Babel; in an architectural framework. From the Mass...

The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised on pulleys, wooden platforms, from which a man falls, and mixing mortar. Stone being carried by a camel. In foreground, stonemasons working with their tools. From the Bedford Hours illustrated by the Master of the Munich Golden Legends. France, Paris; 1414-1423. Shelfmark: Add. 18850 Page Folio Number: f.17v
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The building of the Tower of Babel. Building works include stones being raised...

La limosina del vescovo - The Bishop's Charity. Fresco in the Pellegrinaio (Pilgrim Hall); 1442-43.
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La limosina del vescovo - The Bishop's Charity. Fresco in the Pellegrinaio (Pi...