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Background imageTrainee Collection: The apprentice boys of Derry shutting the gates

The apprentice boys of Derry shutting the gates
Some of the thirteen apprentice boys of Derry (also known as Londonderry) who shut the gates of the Protestant Irish city against a Jacobite (Catholic) army who then laid siege in 1688-89

Background imageTrainee Collection: Illustration, Aztec apprentice warrior clad in loincloth carrying a spear-thrower (Atlatl)

Illustration, Aztec apprentice warrior clad in loincloth carrying a spear-thrower (Atlatl) and oak darts with a stone point

Background imageTrainee Collection: Canterbury Tales - The Squire

Canterbury Tales - The Squire
The Squire, a character in " The Canterbury Tales", a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century

Background imageTrainee Collection: William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Fellow Prentices at their

William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Fellow Prentices at their
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Industry and Idleness. It intended to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application

Background imageTrainee Collection: William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Industrious Prentice Alder

William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Industrious Prentice Alder
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Industry and Idleness. It intended to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application

Background imageTrainee Collection: William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Idle Prentice sent to Sea

William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Idle Prentice sent to Sea
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Industry and Idleness. It intended to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application

Background imageTrainee Collection: William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Married to his Masters Da

William Hogarth Industry and Idleness Married to his Masters Da
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Industry and Idleness. It intended to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application

Background imageTrainee Collection: Apothecary shop in the sixteenth century

Apothecary shop in the sixteenth century
illusration of an apothecary shop in the sixteenth century, vintage engraved illustration

Background imageTrainee Collection: Trainee Firemen

Trainee Firemen
Trainee firemen watch their colleagues descend by rope from the roof of a building at a training centre in New York, circa 1950. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTrainee Collection: French Poster; Two Girls Make Bon

French Poster; Two Girls Make Bon
Two ex-Hulton Press secretaries are seen here studying a French poster during their apprenticeship at the Hotel Chambord, Ostend. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6651 - Two Girls Make Bon - pub


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