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Cloth Dressers, 1814. Artist: Robert HavellCloth Dressers, 1814. From Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker
Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1814. From Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker, 1814
Thirty-Third Regiment, c1814 (1909). Artists: Robert Havell, Daniel HavellThirty-Third Regiment, c1814 (1909). After George Walker (1781-1856). From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]
Three generations of women, 1814. A cottager is spinning wool, using a simple wheel without treadle, while her mother reels yarn. Her daughter stirs a cast iron pot standing on an open fire
Child factory workers, 1814. Artist: Robert HavellChild 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
Rape threshing, 1st November 1813. Artist: Robert HavellRape threshing, 1st November 1813. A crowd is flailing and gathering rape; men carry a huge bundle of it. On the left in the foreground two women help with the harvesting by passing the grain through
General view of an Alum works in the Whitby area, Yorkshire, 1814. Artist: Havell & SonGeneral view of an Alum works in the Whitby area, Yorkshire, 1814. Steeping crumbled ore in water in pits to dissolve out salts which will be processed to produce alum
Cropping wool to give an even pile after nap had been raised, 1814. From The Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker. (Leeds, 1814)
The Factory Children, 1814. Artist: George Walker of SeacroftThe 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
Interior of the Cloth Hall, Leeds, 1814. Artist: George Walker of SeacroftInterior of the Cloth Hall, Leeds, 1814. This building was one of the great centres for the sale of woollen cloth. Merchants are bargaining over bolts/pieces of fabric
Wool merchant taking pieces of cloth to the Cloth Hall at Leeds for sale, 1814. These lengths of cloth were made by homeworkers
Lowkers - women who weeded corn, 1814. Artist: George Walker of SeacroftLowkers - women who weeded corn, 1814. From The Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker. (Leeds, 1814)