The Goldbeater and his assistant: For use in gilding gold sheet is placed between thin skins and beaten until was as thin as tissue paper. Hand-coloured woodcut from The Book of English Trades, London, 1823.

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The Goldbeater and his assistant: For use in gilding gold sheet is placed between thin skins and beaten until was as thin as tissue paper. Hand-coloured woodcut from The Book of English Trades, London, 1823.

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