Repairs Collection (page 4)

Repairing bomb damage to the Royal College of Physicians
Page from The Sphere showing repair work being carried out to the bomb-damaged Royal College of Physicians in their building on Pall Mall East on the north west corner of Trafalgar Square

Section of the road closed off to do some kind of maintenance work. Date: 1927

Holborn, Lincolns Inn, Gatehouse, West side of Chancery Lane, 1518, with later repairs (b / w photo)
3634121 Holborn, Lincolns Inn, Gatehouse, West side of Chancery Lane, 1518, with later repairs (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holborn)

Cribb, glass and picture frame maker, trade card (engraving)
733793 Cribb, glass and picture frame maker, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cribb, glass and picture frame maker, trade card)

St Marys Church, Islington (old church), Wicker work scaffold (engraving)
582634 St Marys Church, Islington (old church), Wicker work scaffold (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Marys Church, Islington (old church)

A coffer dam for carrying on the repair of Blackfriars Bridge (engraving)
604999 A coffer dam for carrying on the repair of Blackfriars Bridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Working on the Sail, 1887 (w / c on paper)
REA193393 Working on the Sail, 1887 (w/c on paper) by Tuke, Henry Scott (1858-1929); 12.7x17 cm; Private Collection; eRoyal Exchange Art Gallery at Cork Street, London; English, out of copyright

A Scout is Thrifty, 1929 (colour litho)
472980 A Scout is Thrifty, 1929 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ninth Scout Law)

The Cobbler and the Poet, or Learning vs. Leather, 1808 (hand-coloured engraving)
2562202 The Cobbler and the Poet, or Learning vs. Leather, 1808 (hand-coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) & George (1792-1878)

The Bellows Mender (oil on canvas)
3850898 The Bellows Mender (oil on canvas) by Bosch, Hieronymous (c.1450-1516) (attr.); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium; Photo © Derek Bayes. All rights reserved 2022

View eastward from abandoned Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
867773 View eastward from abandoned Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, April 1865 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Officers posing with a heavy gun outside Washington, D. C. ca. 1862 (b / w photo)
869213 Officers posing with a heavy gun outside Washington, D. C. ca. 1862 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Old man repairing a shacji screen, c. 1848-53 (colour woodblock print)
880712 Old man repairing a shAcji screen, c.1848-53 (colour woodblock print) by Ho Shu (fl.c.1848-53); 20x24.8 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; eMinneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of Mr

The Earl of Flanders directing the repairs of Oudenarde (coloured engraving)
3642476 The Earl of Flanders directing the repairs of Oudenarde (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Made fierce by the cold and hunger, a big boar tried to attack a worker... (colour litho)
2778129 Made fierce by the cold and hunger, a big boar tried to attack a worker... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fierce by the cold and hunger)

St Marys Church, Islington (old church). Exhibition of the wicker-work scaffold (engraving)
582633 St Marys Church, Islington (old church). Exhibition of the wicker-work scaffold (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Marys Church)

Giving an estimate, 1877 (oil on canvas)
TW429342 Giving an estimate, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Stokeld, James (1827-77); 50.8x61 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear

Creature Comforts, 1876 (oil on canvas)
TW429341 Creature Comforts, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Stokeld, James (1827-77); 61x50.2 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK; eSunderland Museums; British, out of copyright

Whaling ships in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882 (litho) (b / w photo)
STC214648 Whaling ships in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882 (litho) (b/w photo) by Cozzens, Frederick Swartwout (fl.1882) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bill for repairs to locks at Newgate prison. Signed by the Keeper (engraving)
558912 Bill for repairs to locks at Newgate prison. Signed by the Keeper (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill for repairs to locks at Newgate prison)

Battle-Scarred War Ships undergoing Repairs in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (b / w photo)
5215064 Battle-Scarred War Ships undergoing Repairs in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Repairing the Breach in the Canal at Edgbaston, Birmingham (engraving)
1613756 Repairing the Breach in the Canal at Edgbaston, Birmingham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Repairing the Breach in the Canal at Edgbaston)

Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, HMS "Vulture, "superintending the Repairs of the Mortars during
1608691 Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, HMS " Vulture, " superintending the Repairs of the Mortars during the Bombardment of Sveaborg (engraving) by Carmichael

Life on Board the Training Ship "Mercury"(engraving)
1038478 Life on Board the Training Ship " Mercury" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Life on Board the Training Ship " Mercury")

The War, Sketches at Rustchuk (engraving)
1106366 The War, Sketches at Rustchuk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War, Sketches at Rustchuk)

A young boy and young girl giving a broken hoop to a blacksmith for repair (colour litho)
960231 A young boy and young girl giving a broken hoop to a blacksmith for repair (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Broken Hoop)

A young woman and a small girl watch a cobbler at work (colour litho)
960226 A young woman and a small girl watch a cobbler at work (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A stitch in time)

Sally-port of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, at wars end, 1865 (b / w photo)
867772 Sally-port of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, at warAs end, 1865 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Union work-detail preparing to install mortars near Petersburg, Virginia
867768 Union work-detail preparing to install mortars near Petersburg, Virginia, summer 1864 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

New Ironsides versus Fort Wagner, September 1863 (b / w photo)
867764 New Ironsides versus Fort Wagner, September 1863 (b/w photo) by Hs and Peale (fl.1839-57); Private Collection; (add.info)

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery manning guns in Fort Richardson, late 1861 (b / w photo)
867762 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery manning guns in Fort Richardson, late 1861 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Federal 10-inch mortar battery on Morris Island, SC, 1865 (b / w photo)
867774 Federal 10-inch mortar battery on Morris Island, SC, 1865 (b/w photo) by Cooley, Samuel A. (fl.1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pair of 10-inch Union seacoast mortars and their crew)

A tramp steamer in dry dock (colour litho)
3622169 A tramp steamer in dry dock (colour litho) by Lacy, Charles John de (c.1860-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A tramp steamer in dry dock)

Never too late to mend (chromolitho)
2780190 Never too late to mend (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Never too late to mend. Illustration for Chatterbox (1896).); © Look and Learn

Monkey swinging on clock (chromolitho)
732777 Monkey swinging on clock (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monkey swinging on clock.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

A chauffeur handing in a pair of boots to a cobbler, Mayfair (sepia photo)
STC344696 A chauffeur handing in a pair of boots to a cobbler, Mayfair (sepia photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

The Sessions House, Clerkenwell (engraving)
582970 The Sessions House, Clerkenwell (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sessions House, Clerkenwell)

The Great Eastern under Repairs on the Cheshire Shore of the Mersey (engraving)
1610922 The Great Eastern under Repairs on the Cheshire Shore of the Mersey (engraving) by Weedon, Edwin (1819-79); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tourism in the Spanish Countryside (pencil, pen & ink on paper)
figure, cars, female, landscape, women, rural, spain, man, men, tourists, driving, repairs, travel, spanish, mechanics, figures, traveller, travellers, motoring, mechanic, countryside, car, woman

The airship Ville de Paris suffering a breakdown at Valmy, France (colour litho)
3096892 The airship Ville de Paris suffering a breakdown at Valmy, France (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mired Confederate mortar in Fort McAlister, near Savannah, Georgia, 1864 (b / w photo)
867769 Mired Confederate mortar in Fort McAlister, near Savannah, Georgia, 1864 (b/w photo) by Cooley, Samuel A. (fl.1864); Private Collection; (add.info)

Aiming an 8-inch Union siege mortar in the trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia
867767 Aiming an 8-inch Union siege mortar in the trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia, as sketched by Alfred R. Waud (pencil on paper) by Waud

Heavy gun in Fort Woodbury, Virginia, 1861 (b / w photo)
869209 Heavy gun in Fort Woodbury, Virginia, 1861 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Chinese Ironclad Battle-Ship "Chen-Yuen"undergoing Repairs at Port Arthur (litho)
1107837 The Chinese Ironclad Battle-Ship " Chen-Yuen" undergoing Repairs at Port Arthur (litho) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

A mechanic of the Auxiliary territorial Service (ATS) busy at work on repairs to a vehicle at a department near Nottingham during the Second World War. 3rd March 1941

The heavy flow of traffic over the two main roads in the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy has caused the surface to deteriorate

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"From Scotland to India, the art transcends borders and time. In Lossiemouth, a dedicated fisherman mends his lines with care, ensuring a fruitful catch awaits him at sea. Meanwhile, in Kolkata's bustling streets, brave souls navigate dangerous scaffolding to restore towering structures that stand as testaments to human ingenuity. At St Paul's Cathedral in London, skilled craftsmen delicately repair the intricate mechanisms of the Great Clock, preserving its timeless beauty for generations to come. Rewinding back to 1930s England, a young boy diligently fixes worn-out boots on cobblestone streets - an image reminiscent of simpler times when resourcefulness was cherished. The street trade grinder tirelessly sharpens tools amidst the hustle and bustle of urban life - a symbol of resilience and adaptability. In another realm entirely, an RAF Air Gunner proudly wears his chain of office while tending to aircraft maintenance; dedication personified. No 21 Shop serves as both wagon repair and building shop throughout different eras - witness its transformation from creaking wooden beams in the 1930s to modern steel structures in the 1950s. John Cran & Co advertises their shipbuilding expertise in Leith; their repairs ensure vessels sail through treacherous waters unscathed. Intriguingly enough, Morris Motors' humble beginnings are captured in an unknown creator's photograph from 1912 - little did they know then that their legacy would span decades. Closer to home in Eccles, Manchester, DIY mechanics take matters into their own hands by fixing cars with determination and grit. Finally, Thessaloniki's cobblers under Galerius' arch showcase Greece's rich heritage of craftsmanship passed down through centuries. Repairs may seem mundane but hold stories untold - tales woven by countless hands striving for perfection. " Note.