Labour Collection (#3)

Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, 2nd August, 1914. Artist
Keir Hardie speaking at a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, London, 2 August, 1914. James Keir Hardie (1856-1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician

Crusoe and Friday Felling Wood, c1870. From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. [Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London]

Debating class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Debating class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. A young woman standing before a group of seated students. A partially visible chalkboard says "Debate

Vicar General, 1902. Artist: Spy
Vicar General, 1902. Charles Alfred Cripps KC MP, British barrister and politican. Cripps (1852-1941) became a QC in 1890 and served as Attorney General to the Prince of Wales from 1895 until 1914

Gold. - Drlling Blast Holes, S. Africa, 1928. From Players Cigarettes - Products of the World: A Series of 50 [John Player & Sons, London, 1928]

Bananas 2. - Loading a Steamship, Costa Rica, 1928. From Players Cigarettes - Products of the World: A Series of 50 [John Player & Sons, London, 1928]

Singhalesische Zimmtarbeiter bei der Arbeit, 1926. Sinhalese workers. From Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen. [Georg Muller, Munich, 1926]

Arbeiter beim Anschneiden eines Gummibaumes (Spiralschnitt ist unwirtschaftlich und wird nicht mehr)
Arbeiter beim Anschneiden eines Gummibaumes (Spiralschnitt ist unwirtschaftlich und wird nicht mehr angewandt), 1926. Worker cutting a rubber tree

Mr. Michael Davitt, c1891. Artist: W&D Downey
Mr. Michael Davitt, c1891. Michael Davitt (1846-1906), Irish republican and agrarian agitator who founded the Irish National Land League

Cromwell on His Farm, 1874, (1918). Artist: Ford Madox Brown
Cromwell on His Farm, 1874, (1918). Painting held at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

Ramsay Macdonald, first Labour British Prime Minister, leaving Buckingham Palace after being asked by George V to form a government, 1924, (1938)

A corner in the house of Lady Jowitt, 1934. Lady Jowitt (c1888-1970) was married to William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt (1885)

National Government composed of members from the three main political parties, 1931 (1937). An economic crisis in 1931 led to the resignation of Ramsay MacDonalds Labour government

Ernest Bevin, British Labour politician, 1933. Bevin was an outspoken opponent of fascism and of the Conservative governments policy of appeasement during the 1930s

A family at work, Catamarca, Argentina, early 20th century

Cinnamon packing, India, 1895. Artist: Armand Kohl
Cinnamon packing, India, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

The Prospector, 1908-1909. Artist: Jan Hendrik Scheltema
The Prospector, 1908-1909. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1908-1909)

Harvesting hay, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Ship carpenter, 15th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 15th century manuscript illustration in Chronique de Nuremberg

Boat and ship carpenters, c late 11th / early 12th century (1849)
Boat and ship carpenters, c late 11th/early 12th century (1849). A 19th century version based on a fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry

A craftswoman at work, 1911-1912. Artist: ET Holding
A craftswoman at work, 1911-1912. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1911-1912)

The Smithy, 1911-1912. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1911-1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London, 1911-1912)

The wagon maker, 18th century

John Wheatley, Scottish politician, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
John Wheatley, Scottish politician, 1926. Portrait of Wheatley (1869-1930) was a Labour politician. Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

James Henry Thomas, British trade unionist and politician, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
James Henry Thomas, British trade unionist and politician, 1926. Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, 1926. Portrait of MacDonald (1866-1937). Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

The Socialist Emulation, 1929. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
The Socialist Emulation, 1929

The Portuguese pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Labour in Paris, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle
Labour in Paris, 1899. Building works fro the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th May 1899

Riots in Sicily, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Riots in Sicily, 1894. Troops firing on an angry mob. Labour unrest boke out in Sicily in 1894 leading to the imposition of martial law. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd January 1894

Birth of St Edmund, 1433, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Birth of St Edmund, 1433, (1843). Copy from a manuscript of John Lydgates Life of St Edmund the King and Martyr, about the life of Edmund, king of the East Angles

Sisyphus pushing his stone up a mountain, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Sisyphus Pushing His Stone up a Mountain, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

The giants attempt to scale Heaven by piling mountains upon one another, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The giants attempt to scale Heaven by piling mountains upon one another, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

French women enlisting for war work in Germany, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250

Citizens of Paris outside a German labour recruitment office, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250

Detail of an ivory horn showing slaves in chains
Detail of an ivory elephant horn showing slaves in chains from West Africa

Italian earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, 16th century
Italian (Verbino) earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, one of his twelve labours. from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 16th century

Part of the Egyptian book of the dead, showing labour in the Elysian fields
Part of the book of the dead belonging to Nespaquachouty, showing labour in the Elysian fields on the left and the Djed pillar of Osiris on the right

Negro labour strengthening the fortifications of Savannah, Georgia, American Civil War, 1863
Negro labour strengthening the fortifications of Savannah, Georgia, American Civil War. From The Illustrated London News, 18 April 1863. Wood engraving

(James) Keir Hardie, Scottish-born British trade unionist and Labour politician, 1903. A founder member of the Labour Party

A Labour of Love, 1905. A little boy in a straw hat and sailor suit hoes the flower garden for his grandmother who, in shawl and bonnet, sits watching outside her thatched country cottage

Bank of furnaces, Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England, 1835. By this time the Nielsen hot blast process, invented in 1824, was in general use

Cotton manufacture: mule spinning, c1830. A self-acting mule of the type devised by Richard Roberts in 1825. Roberts spinning mule produced better yarn than any other machine

Cape Cod women picking and sorting Cranberries, 1875
Cape Cod women picking and sorting Cranberries, one of the most important products of the area. From Harpers Monthly, New York, 1875

Slave quarters on a plantation in Georgia, USA

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