These beautiful large format engravings on old chainlinked paper date to the late 18th or early 19th Century.
Up until the 19th century, blacksmiths often did the job of pulling teeth, as is shown here.  There does not appear to be much difference in the techniques between town and country!
These unusually large engravings on old hand [...]

Jörg Shimon Schuldhess
(1941 Basel – 1992 Basel)
Jörg Schulthess was born in Basel, the son of a father from Emmenthal and a sephardic Jewish mother who had emigrated from Italy. Schuldhess was a close friend of Jean Dubuffet and became interested in and influenced by Art Brut, particularly the work of Adolf Wolfli.
As [...]

Original Oil on Board
by Swiss Artist Leo Deck
“Bei Altenrhein bei Bodensee”
(Landscape near Altenrhein, a Swiss town on Lake Constance).

The Swiss artist Leo Deck (1908 – 1997) worked in the region of central Switzerland around Bern.  He is known for his colorful landscapes in an expressionist style.
Deck studied at La Grande Chaumière in Paris, [...]

The Swiss artist Leo Deck (1908 – 1997)worked in the region of central Switzerland around Bern. He is known for his colorful landscapes in an expressionist style.

From A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-1751) by George Edwards, adapted after the original by Mark Catesby. This beautiful 18th Century engraving shows the largeleaf geigertree (Cordia sebestena) and a bird described as “the Italian Runner.”