Caption

Illustration from 1859 shows woman making pens on an industrial scale. The work steps include grinding the spring tips on a whetstone driven by a belt system, authentic, high-resolution reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

Date

Aug 05, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H61_134

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

57.5Mb (19.2Mb) / 16.3in x 13.7in / 4896 x 4104 (300dpi)

Keywords

no people black old-fashioned obsolete date history drawing tool handicraft industry work step accurate woman point classic illustration depiction produce antiquity historic female Production industrial contemporary nostalgia drawn retro person grind authentic woodcut system abrasive wheel former nostalgic vintage sketch printing method replication 19th century Historic illustration Wood engraving Work step belt system deserted oldfashioned outdated handcraft labour precise show classical representation manufacture ancient times historical Retro style Human being sand real xylograph Grinding wheel nineteenth century Historical illustration nobody old fashioned antiquated artisan labor exact indicate make People realistic woodprint Grindstone reproduction 1900s outmoded out of date genuine whetstone replica copy dates drawings tools handicrafts industries working steps women pointing illustrations depictions producing Altertum females productions persons grinding woodcuts systems abrasive wheels formerly printing methods 19th-century Historic illustrations craft labouring showing classically manufacturing historically human sanding Grinding wheels Historical illustrations laboring indicating making Grindstones replicas no one on black works women's woman's womans girl points depicting produces historical image history image history images individual individuals grinds vintage-styled labours shows representing manufactures humans sands labors indicates makes