Henry Mayhew Collection

A prison of shame - perhaps a penal settlement - stared him in the face, 1850. Creator: Unknown
A prison of shame - perhaps a penal settlement - stared him in the face, 1850. Illustration from "The Fear of the World; or, Living for Appearances", by the Brothers Mayhew

There are three men waiting outside, and I'm afraid to go out, 1850. Creator: Unknown
There are three men waiting outside, and I'm afraid to go out, 1850. Then he remembered the soda-water, and gaining a little energy from his rising passion

St. Jamess Theatre - The Amateurs - Knowell, (Mr. H. Mayhew), 1845. Creator: Unknown
St. Jamess Theatre - The Amateurs - Knowell, (Mr. H. Mayhew), 1845. London production by Charles Dickens, an amateur performance of Ben Jonsons " Every Man in his Humour"

Tread-Wheel and Oakum-Shed at the City Prison, Holloway, London, 1862. Artist
Tread-Wheel and Oakum-Shed at the City Prison, Holloway, London, 1862. From The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887) and John Binny, 1862

Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth, London, 1862. Adult school in the chapel, on the separate system at the Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth

Murder of Captain Lawson (A Cock), c1840, (1902)
Murder of Captain Lawson (A Cock), c1840. Originally from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887). From The Connoisseur Vol. III [Otto Limited, London, 1902.]

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

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