Social Class Collection

Woman Reading a Letter, c.1663. Creator: Jan Vermeer
Woman Reading a Letter, c.1663. Other Title(s): Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. In a quiet, private moment, a young woman stands, engrossed in reading a letter

The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Devils Acre-Westminster, 1872. Devils Acre, a Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey had a high rate of mortality from diseases such as typhoid. From, " LONDON

Our Village, c1890, (1936). Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
Our Village, c1890, (1936). Village scene by Sir Hubert von Herkomer. (1849-1914). Oil on canvas. From " Bibbys Annual 1936", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, Ltd. Liverpool, 1936]

Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c.1756. Creator: Jean-Etienne Liotard
Dutch Girl at Breakfast, c.1756

The latecomers, c1914. Creator: Albert Guillaume
The latecomers, c1914

Limehouse Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Limehouse Dock, 1872. Limehouse Dock in Tower Hamlets used by seagoing vessels to offload cargo to canal barges, for onward transport along the Regents Canal. From, " LONDON

Portrait of a Woman with a Lapdog, 1672. Creator: Frans van Mieris I
Portrait of a Woman with a Lapdog, 1672.

Portrait of a Man aged Forty-two, 1652. Creator: Gerard Terborch II
Portrait of a Man aged Forty-two, 1652.

W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
W.D. Haywood leads Lowell strike parade, 1912. Shows William Dudley (Big Bill) Haywood, an American labor movement leader, marching with strikers in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Pennsylvania coal strike - in Atlantic camp showing guns of deputies, between c1910 and c1915.

In Superior Camp - Mine strike, Pennsylvania, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
In Superior Camp - Mine strike, Pennsylvania, between c1910 and c1915.

London Strike. Police escort for one van., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
London Strike. Police escort for one van., between c1910 and c1915.

Thanksgiving Maskers scramble for pennies, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Thanksgiving Maskers scramble for pennies, between c1910 and c1915.

Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915.

N.Y. - Lawrence strike meeting, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. - Lawrence strike meeting, (1912?). Shows group of men gathered outdoors, probably in New York City, to hear about the textile mill strike in Lawrence, MA.

Lawrence strike meeting, New York, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service
Lawrence strike meeting, New York, (1912?). Shows group of men gathered outdoors, probably in New York City, to hear about the textile strike in Lawrence, MA.

Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers crossing London Bridge, between c1910 and c1915.

Count & Countess Lonyay, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Count & Countess Lonyay, 1913. Princess Stephanie of Belgium (1864-1945), with her husband, Count Elemer Lonyay, who she married in 1900.

Employees of the Baldwin Locomotive works standing outside bldg., Philadelphia, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Employees of the Baldwin Locomotive works standing outside bldg., Philadelphia, 1910.

Strikers clamoring for motorman of car, Philadelphia, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers clamoring for motorman of car, Philadelphia, 1910.

Battered striker with policemen, Philadelphia, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Battered striker with policemen, Philadelphia, 1910.

Rioters stoning a trolley car, Philadelphia, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Rioters stoning a trolley car, Philadelphia, 1910.

Rioters charging horse-drawn car, later wrecking it on Kensington Ave., Philadelphia, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Rioters charging horse-drawn car, later wrecking it on Kensington Ave., Philadelphia, 1910.

Taking home geese won at raffle, Xmas, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking home geese won at raffle, Xmas, 1910.

Raffle for goose Xmas [Christmas], 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Raffle for goose Xmas [Christmas], 1910.

Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA., 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA., 1912.

Concert Champetre, 1734. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Pater
Concert Champetre, 1734. A day of leisure among the urban classes of elevated social rank on the outskirts of a city. Pater organised his concert into two clearly defined groups that occupy

Portrait Of A Gentleman, c1530. Creator: Jan Gossaert
Portrait Of A Gentleman, c1530. Despite his distinctive facial features, this sitter's identity is unknown. His extravagant costume, fine gloves

The strolling musicians, c.1635. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The strolling musicians, c.1635. A sympathetic inquiry into the lives of impoverished people, including beggars. Two musicians, one playing a hurdy gurdy, and the other the bagpipes

The pool., 1859. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The pool., 1859.

Little Falls, Phil. Caley speaking on "Permitted" corner, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Little Falls, Phil. Caley speaking on "Permitted" corner, between c1910 and c1915.

The Procession, 1901. Creator: William Strang
The Procession, 1901.

The famous shoemaker. De Vermaarde Schoenmaaker, 1695. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
The famous shoemaker. De Vermaarde Schoenmaaker, 1695. The shoemaker, seated on the left and holding his awl, appears to be operating a busy, successful shop.

Winter afternoon, 1910. Creator: Francis Dodd
Winter afternoon, 1910. An intimate portrait of the painter Susan Isabel Dacre (1844-1933). Susan Isabel Dacre, sometimes called 'Aunt Susie'?, was a friend and collaborator of Dodd

The orator, 1926. Creator: Arthur Briscoe
The orator, 1926. Depicts an Orator at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park on the eve of the 1926 General Strike.

Crowd - Union Sq., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Crowd - Union Sq., between c1910 and c1915.

Madame Escudier, c1883. Creator: John Singer Sargent
Madame Escudier, c1883. Sargent painted many members of Parisian high society, among them Louise Lefevre Escudier. In this informal portrait, she is shown close-up, her direct gaze, tilted head

Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Striking waiters at headquarters, 1912.

Socialists, Union Sq., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Socialists, Union Sq., between c1910 and c1915.

Socialists, Union Sq., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Socialists, Union Sq., between c1910 and c1915.

Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915.

British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway, between c1910 and c1915.

Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strikers leave mills, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Labor Committee at Mill, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strike Committee at Mill Gate, Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Strike committee at Gate of Mills - Passaic, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Strike committee at Gate of Mills - Passaic, between c1910 and c1915.

Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912.

Penn. [i.e., Pennsylvania] coal strike - some of the 500 in Atlantic camp, between c1910 and c1915.

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