Painting the Past: Reconstruction of a Hand Forger

We continue our Painting the Past series with another illustration by Jennie Anderson. This Hand Forger reconstruction was part of a collection of four that depict workers from the late 19th century that would have worked at the Globe Works in Sheffield. This particular illustration demonstrates the forging process of heating the metal and then it being hammered into shape.
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[@erho2967]

“Hot metal banger” would have been my suggestion but I like yours more!

[@rowanpomeroysoos6339]

Hand forger is an odd way to put it, perhaps settle with blacksmith?