Dust Extraction Equipment. Photographed by William Blake.
Exhibition stand showing dust extraction equipment made by W.E. Browning & Co., Leytonstone.
Dust extraction machinery. Photographed by William Blake.
Pottery factory interior with a view of dust extraction equipment. This particular machine extracted flint dust while saggars were being filled.
Easter Dues - a notice to the householders of Hanley and Shelton, from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Local taxes, or 'tithes,' were a controversial issue in 1824 - not least those collected every Easter by the local clergy.
The Peter Watson Case
When, in Durham, a shoemaker-turned-troublemaker ...
Ecton Foot Bridge, Manifold Valley
Landscape with a view of Ecton Foot Bridge, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire. This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton
Effigy of Sir John De Swynnerton, About 1254. Swynnerton Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at St. Mary's Church, Swynnerton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Egyptian Wall Painting. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a diagram taken from an article entitled "Egyptian Potters at Work (From a Wall-Painting at Beni Hasan)".
The article outlines an Egyptian process for making ceramic cups through ...
Egyptian, Pottery Workers. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing an Egyptian Potter selling his ware on the banks of the Nile.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
Elizabeth and Clara Blake, Longton
William Blake’s mother, Elizabeth (left), and his aunt Clara (right), outside the Blakes’ house at Woodside Villas, Sandford Hill, Longton. The Blakes are recorded as living here in a 1907 directory.
Photographer: ...
Elizabeth and Clara Blake, Southampton
William Blake’s mother, Elizabeth (left), and his aunt Clara (right). A cat is perched on Elizabeth’s shoulder. Taken during a visit to Blake’s father’s family in Southampton.
Photographer: William ...
Elizabeth Mary Blake, Southampton
Portrait of a young lady in a garden setting. This is possibly Elizabeth Mary Blake, sister of Longton photographer William Blake. Probably photographed in Southampton where her grandparents and aunts ...
Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.
Elizabeth Mary Blake. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of Elizabeth Mary Blake in a graduation cap and gown.
Ellesmere. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscaspe with tree, bench and figures. Taken at Ellesmere, Shropshire.
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers emptying saggars. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Emptying Saggars. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers in the process of emptying saggars.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Enamel Kiln Doorway, Longton. Photographed by William Blake
Enamel kiln doorway and sanitary ware in a wicker basket.
This photograph was possibility taken at Locketts of King Street now Kingscross Street/Chancery Lane Longton near to Mr Blake's shop in Stafford ...
Enamel Kiln. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide containing a view of an enamel kiln.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Endon Church and Lych Gate. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior with a view of the porch at Endon Church, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.