Child Labour Collection (page 6)

A Poor Sweep, Sir!, Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Matches, Mansion House, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

The London Bootblack, 1882. Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage
The London Bootblack, 1882. Bastien-Lepage, Jules (1848-1884). Found in the collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Helping Mother, 1901. Artist: Andre & Sleigh
Helping Mother, 1901. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts. published by AW Penrose & Co, (London, 1901)

Young Girls Carrying Water, c1881-1926. Artist: Etienne Dinet
Young Girls Carrying Water, c1881-1926

Young girls assembling machine guns in a Russian factory, 1943

Making flower pots, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Making flower pots, 1808. The potters wheel is turned by an assistant using crank, while a small child keeps the potter supplied with lumps of clay of the correct weight

Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. The woman wears a harness around her waist, passing between her legs and attached to a sledge by a chain

Boy putter drawing a truck containing coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848
Boy putter drawing a truck containing 2 1/4 cwt of coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848. This illustrates the hardship of conditions underground in the British coal industry in

Woman and children coal putters, Mid and East Lothian, Scotland, 1848. Artist: J Christie
Woman and children coal putters, Mid and East Lothian, Scotland, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)

Boy putters moving coal in a narrow seam, Lancashire, England, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)

Boy pushing a truck loaded with coal from the coal face to the bottom of the pit shaft, c1848. On the right of the picture squats a smaller boy, the trapper

Child factory workers, 1814. Artist: Robert Havell
Child factory workers, 1814. Two children in aprons, carrying baskets. Behind them is a textile mill where they work. Plate XXXVI from The Costume of Yorkshire illustrated by a series of forty

Young girl tending the fire holes of a brick kiln, 1871. It was estimated that at this time there were between 20, 000 and 30, 000 children aged between 5 and 16 at work in British brickyards

Barefoot girls sifting dust in a brickyard, 1871. The dust was coal or a mixture of iron and coal dust. It was estimated that at this time there were between 20, 000 and 30

Shoe Maker, 1823. A master craftsman in tailored coat and yellow waistcoat (vest) cuts leather from skin. In the background a boy apprentice in apron and drab jacket sits making up a shoe

Worsted manufacturing, c1845. A man, woman and small boy working a wheel for combing long staple wool into slivers for worsted manufacture

Boy crossing sweeper, 1893. Crossing sweepers could earn a few pence by sweeping the road clean of horse droppings and any other such dirt so that persons higher up the social ladder could cross

Gang system of child labour, c1885. Teams of children were formed by a contractor or ganger and hired out to farmers as agricultural labour for tasks such as sowing and hoeing

Boy chimney sweeps eating their evening meal, 1861. From London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew. (London, 1861)

The Turkey Guardian, 1858. Turkeys were raised in Norfolk for the Christmas market, and children such as this little girl were employed to watch over the birds and keep the flock together

Watercress seller, c1880. A young girl in rags and wearing a shawl, selling watercress on a street corner in a snowstorm, shivering against the cold

The Doctors Boy, 1866. An errand boy on his way to deliver medicines on a winters day. Coatless and gloveless and with his nose red from the cold

Boy putter dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam, South Wales, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)

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

Spinning cotton with self-acting mules of the type devised by Richard Roberts in 1825 (c1835). These could be powered by water wheel or steam engine

The Factory Children, 1814. Artist: George Walker of Seacroft
The Factory Children, 1814. Boy and girl employees walk to work carrying the days food in baskets. In the background is a typical West Riding mill for wool or cotton

March in favour of the Commune, Paris Commune of 1871. From print in the Museum of Marx and Engels, Moscow

Lace making, 1884. A small girl minding the spools to see that all runs smoothly on a machine winding cotton thread on bobbins for use in making Nottingham machine lace

Potters workshop, c1860. A woman turns the wheel while a girl baller supplies the potter with lumps of clay of the correct weight for the next vessel to be thrown

Throwing an earthenware vessel, c1860. A belt-driven wheel of the type used at the Wedgwood and Copeland factories. The speed of the wheel is regulated by the boy raising or lowering a belt

Itinerant tinker and his boy assistant, Piemonte (Piedmont) region, north-west Italy, 1825. A woman brings a utensil for repair

Children carrying loads of clay in the brickyards of the English Midlands, 1871. It was estimated that at this time there were between 20, 000 and 30

Oh ah! let em ring again!, 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank
Oh ah! let em ring again!, 1847. Rebellion below stairs as the servants, snug in front of the range, fail to answer the house bells at the first ring

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