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Background imageChild Labour Collection: Pottery Peddler, 1738. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de

Pottery Peddler, 1738. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Pottery Peddler, 1738

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Traveling Musicians, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

Traveling Musicians, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Traveling Musicians, 1610-85

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Last Days of Harvest (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 6, 1873. Creator: Unknown

The Last Days of Harvest (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 6, 1873. Creator: Unknown
The Last Days of Harvest (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 6, 1873

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Rival Whiskers, ca. 1824. Creators: George Hunt, Theodore Lane

The Rival Whiskers, ca. 1824. Creators: George Hunt, Theodore Lane
The Rival Whiskers, ca. 1824. [" They look not like the Inhabitants o the Earth and yet are on t" ]

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Winter, 1865. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque

Winter, 1865. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Winter, 1865

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Small Pig Herd, 1864. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque

Small Pig Herd, 1864. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Small Pig Herd, 1864

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Une Bergere, ca. 1852. Creator: Francois Rouget

Une Bergere, ca. 1852. Creator: Francois Rouget
Une Bergere, ca. 1852

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Shelling Beans, Argentelle, 1851. Creator: Baron Louis-Adolphe Humbert De Molard

Shelling Beans, Argentelle, 1851. Creator: Baron Louis-Adolphe Humbert De Molard
Shelling Beans, Argentelle, 1851

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Two Men and a Boy with Outside Calipers, Backsaw, Square, and Frame Saw, 1860s

Two Men and a Boy with Outside Calipers, Backsaw, Square, and Frame Saw, 1860s

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Bitter Fare or Sweeps Regaling, 1812. 1812. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Bitter Fare or Sweeps Regaling, 1812. 1812. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Bitter Fare or Sweeps Regaling, 1812

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Crossing Sweeper, ca. 1860s. Creator: Seymour Joseph Guy

The Crossing Sweeper, ca. 1860s. Creator: Seymour Joseph Guy
The Crossing Sweeper, ca. 1860s

Background imageChild Labour Collection: A Typical Texas Cotton Field at Picking Time, c1930s. Creator: Unknown

A Typical Texas Cotton Field at Picking Time, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
A Typical Texas Cotton Field at Picking Time, c1930s. Cotton farming was a major issue of racial conflict in the history of the United States, particularly during the 19th century

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Aux Champs, 1903. Creator: Unknown

Aux Champs, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Aux Champs, 1903. In the fields. A young cowherd watches her cow drinking. After an etching of 1902 by Eugene Charvot. From " La Revue De L Art Ancien et Moderne" - Volume XIV

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Warehousing in the City, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

Warehousing in the City, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Warehousing in the City, 1872. Men and boys lifting bales and barrels at warehouse depot. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Dark House Lane - Billingsgate, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

Dark House Lane - Billingsgate, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Dark House Lane-Billingsgate, 1872. Darkhouse Lane, Billingsgate in the City of London. From " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co

Background imageChild Labour Collection: London Shoeshine Boy, 1882. Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage

London Shoeshine Boy, 1882. Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage
London Shoeshine Boy, 1882. Found in the collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Meeting of Mother and Son, 1883, (1965). Creator: Vladimir Makovsky

The Meeting of Mother and Son, 1883, (1965). Creator: Vladimir Makovsky
The Meeting of Mother and Son, 1965. A mother visiting her barefoot apprentice son. Painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Sale of a Young Serf, 1872, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin

The Sale of a Young Serf, 1872, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin
The Sale of a Young Serf, 1872, (1965). Painting, also known as Selling a Slave Boy, in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Valentine Makers, 1875. Creator: H Johnson

Valentine Makers, 1875. Creator: H Johnson
Valentine Makers, 1875. A woman and her daughter doing piece-work making Valentines cards, applying various elaborate componenents to embossed lace paper

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Fruit-Sellers Counting Their Money, 1618, (1914). Creator: BartolomA Esteban Murillo

Fruit-Sellers Counting Their Money, 1618, (1914). Creator: BartolomA Esteban Murillo
Fruit-Sellers Counting Their Money, 1618, (1914). Child street-vendors with a basket of grapes. Painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908

Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908. Scene in the bakery; one boy gets a loaf of bread out of the oven

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908

Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908
Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 1908. Workshop with boys making baskets and cribs, with completed baskets hanging from the ceiling

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908

Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908

Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Boys in aprons learning metalwork in the smithy

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls work at making baskets, with examples of the finished product on display

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908

Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908

Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Bandy Bob, c1800

Bandy Bob, c1800. A chimney-sweeps boy eating a piece of bread and holding a brush

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Do you want any Matches?, Cries of London, c1870

Do you want any Matches?, Cries of London, c1870
Do you want any Matches? Match sellers standing in the street. A woman and a young boy selling matches, with a dog in the foreground and a coach behind them. From Cries of London, c1870

Background imageChild Labour Collection: A Poor Sweep, Sir!, Cries of London, 1804

A Poor Sweep, Sir!, Cries of London, 1804
A Poor Sweep, Sir!. View of a sweep crossing in front of Blackfriars Bridge, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. The sweep is a barefoot young boy who has a broom in one hand

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Chimney Sweep, Cries of London, (c1688?)

Chimney Sweep, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Chimney Sweep. Two chimney-sweeps, one carrying a long brush. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Mutual Respectability... 1840

Mutual Respectability... 1840. Two child chimney-sweeps acting like adults, smoking, drinking and reading the paper. They smile together

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Cotton manufacture, c1845

Cotton manufacture, c1845. An adult hand with a boy assistant, forming cotton into laps so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Kitchen-Maid, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson

The Kitchen-Maid, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Kitchen-Maid, c1930. An illustration from The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. [Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Cotton is king - plantation scene with pickers at work. Georgia, c1900

Cotton is king - plantation scene with pickers at work. Georgia, c1900. [Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas, 1900]. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Pluckers on Tea Estate, Ceylon, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate

Pluckers on Tea Estate, Ceylon, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Pluckers on Tea Estate, Ceylon, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Fishmongers Call, c1886. Artist: Henry Benjamin Roberts

The Fishmongers Call, c1886. Artist: Henry Benjamin Roberts
The Fishmongers Call, c1886. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Factory girls decorating cheap pottery for the foreign markets, Kyoto, Japan, 1904

Factory girls decorating cheap pottery for the foreign markets, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Factory girls decorating cheap pottery for the foreign markets, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Basket-makers, Hongkong, 1922

Basket-makers, Hongkong, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton

Background imageChild Labour Collection: District messenger, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish

District messenger, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
District messenger, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Scavenger boy, who cleans up horse droppings in the road, London, 1926-1927

Scavenger boy, who cleans up horse droppings in the road, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Abrahams Sacrifice, 1516-1518, (1937). Artist: Ugo da Carpi

Abrahams Sacrifice, 1516-1518, (1937). Artist: Ugo da Carpi
Abrahams Sacrifice, 1516-1518, (1937). A print from Titian Paintings and Drawings, introduction by Hans Tietze, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1937

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Banana plantation, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son

Banana plantation, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Banana plantation, Jamaica, c1905. Photograph from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (published in England, c1905)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: The Thames at Low Water, 1897

The Thames at Low Water, 1897. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Background imageChild Labour Collection: A German spinning school, c1880

A German spinning school, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: Fruit gatherers, 1899

Fruit gatherers, 1899. Picking Strawberries, Picking Raspberries, Refreshment after Toil, Farm House, A Passing Shower. A print from the Illustrated London News, (22 July 1899)

Background imageChild Labour Collection: French Costume, (1885)

French Costume, (1885). A womans elaborate and heavy hairstyle is held up with a stick by her black servant. Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789



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