Professions Collection

Welcome to our Professions Collection of antique prints, an introduction to the types of professional contributions that learned men made. During ancient times when education was not yet founded, education of skills and knowledge was usually taught to children through experiences

As time progressed, ancient men who held particular skills began to record their knowledge and through this, the encyclopaedia was born. The encyclopaedia was one of the first compendiums of human knowledge.

Knowledgeable contributors of information on various professions were sought after to participate in the building of an encyclopaedia of knowledge