Labour Collection

A statue of Hercules and Cerberus
Hercules is capturing Cerberus and completeing his twelfth labour. This is from the portal of the Michaelertrakt, Hofburg, Vienna

Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897. Men wait, locked out of the East India Docks, probably during a strike in which the dock workers demanded fair pay

Forging the Anchor, 20th century. Artist: Stanhope A Forbes
Forging the Anchor, 20th century. From the Art Journal (London)

Diamond mining on the Vaal River, Free State, South Africa, 19th century. Artist: St de Dree
Diamond mining on the Vaal River, Free State, South Africa, 19th century

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

Hercules Resting from His Labors, 1567. Creator: Giorgio Ghisi
Hercules Resting from His Labors, 1567

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey, c1898. Creator: Unknown
Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey, c1898

Polly in the peanut patch, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Polly in the peanut patch, between 1900 and 1905

Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La. between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La. between 1900 and 1920

The Maternity Ward, Act III, Scene 6; Holberg Gallery, 1810. Creator: Christian August Lorentzen
The Maternity Ward, Act III, Scene 6; Holberg Gallery. Scenes from Ludvig Holberg's comedies, 1810

The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creators: Adolph Menzel, W Manfield
The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920
Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920. Group of men and women

British Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920
British Labor Mission, between 1910 and 1920. Government officials in Washington, D.C. British Labor leaders who were sent to the United States on the invitation of the American Federation of Labor

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 15e arrondissement : Le travail, 1884. Allegorical figures: Labour

Esquisse pour l'escalier d'honneur de la mairie de Pantin : Le Travail sous l'égide... 1886
Esquisse pour l'escalier d'honneur de la mairie de Pantin : Le Travail sous l'egide de la Republique amene l'abondance et la prosperite (plafond), 1886

Souvenir de fête à Paris, c.1881. Creator: Jean-Charles Cazin
Souvenir de fete a Paris, c.1881. Festival in Paris. Allegorical figures on top of a building in course of construction. Labour hands an olive branch to Virtue as Science looks on

Sketch for the chapel of the Sorbonne: Christ in the tomb, between 1870 and 1875. Creator: Louis Charles Timbal
Sketch for the chapel of the Sorbonne: Christ in the tomb, between 1870 and 1875. (Esquisse pour la chapelle de la Sorbonne : Le Christ au tombeau)

8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. 8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917
8 hour day signs, between 1910 and 1917. New York, USA. Stamps promoting realistic working hours. Eight Hour Day - Work; Sleep; Free Time; Nearer to Justice; "Labor Center" N.Y.C

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Canada - Labor Delegations, British Labor Com. Garrod, H.W.; Robertson, G.D. Canadian... 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Canada - Labor Delegations, British Labor Com. Garrod, H.W.; Robertson, G.D. Canadian Labor Del.; Gibson, Hugh, of State Dept.; Bowerman, Charles W, M.P.; Gompers, Samuel, President, A.F. of L. 1917

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Committees At Union Station
British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. British Labor Committees At Union Station
British Labor Committees At Union Station, 1917

Sketch for the town hall in Pantin: Allegories of the Canal de l'Ourcq, Labour and Navigat... 1886
Sketch for the town hall in Pantin: Allegories of the Canal de l'Ourcq, Labour and Navigation - Rural festival (ceiling and wall panel) , 1886

The War Prison, near Toy-Royal, Dartmoor, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The War Prison, near Toy-Royal, Dartmoor, [Devon], 1850. The Government, in making Prince Town a convict station, might take the initiative with great advantage to the country...The situation

Peasant Digging, 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Peasant Digging, 1863

Autumn, 1905. Creator: Anton Hans Karlinsky
Autumn, 1905

Vicar General, 1902. Artist: Spy
Vicar General, 1902. Charles Alfred Cripps KC MP, British barrister and politican. Cripps (1852-1941) became a QC in 1890 and served as Attorney General to the Prince of Wales from 1895 until 1914

Debating class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Debating class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. A young woman standing before a group of seated students. A partially visible chalkboard says "Debate

Road which crosses the highway and leads from Coulee city, Grant County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Coulee City, Grant County. Road which crosses the highway and leads from Coulee city. Boom construction town about four years old. Note labor temple on hill

Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled negative showing a portrait of A. Philip Randolph, labor leader, Washington, D.C. ]

Tying carrots in Imperial Valley, near Meloland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tying carrots in Imperial Valley. Near Meloland, California

Possibly: Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie

Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and... near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Large-scale agricultural gang labor, Mexicans and whites from the Southwest pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches

Large scale agriculture, near Meloland, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie

Migratory field worker pulling carrots, Imperial Valley, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Migratory field worker pulling carrots. Imperial Valley, California]

Noon, 1860. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Noon, 1860

Thresher, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Thresher, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Evening, 1860. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Evening, 1860

Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Man Making Faggots, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Woman Crushing Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Woman Crushing Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Woman Shearing Sheep, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Woman Shearing Sheep, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Mower, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Woman Pulling Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Woman Pulling Flax, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Reaper, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Reaper, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Sheaf-Binder, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Sheaf-Binder, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

Woman Raking Hay, 1853, after drawing made in 1852. Creator: Jacques-Adrien Lavieille
Woman Raking Hay, 1853, after drawing made in 1852

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