Unemployed Collection (page 4)

Workless, c. 1890. Artist: Hodler, Ferdinand (1853-1918)
Workless, c. 1890. Private Collection

The Unemployed and Unemployable, c1911, (1911). From Bibbys Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

The Unemployed, c1911, (1912). Artist: John Hassall
The Unemployed, c1911, (1912). From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Eager for work, London, c1900 (1901). Men lining a fence looking to work at the London Docks. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Le Mont-de-Piete, (1895). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th December 1895

The Not-At-All-At-Home Secretary, 1887. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
The Not-At-All-At-Home Secretary, 1887. The Home Secretary on the left is attempting to involve himself in a meeting being held in Trafalgar Square

The Two Voices, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Two Voices, 1887. One of Britains genuine unemployed walks away from a meeting that was supposed to have been a respectable debate on the plight of the unemployed

The Great Unemployed, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Great Unemployed, 1886. The Chief Commissioner of Police, Sir E Y Henderson, sits dozing in his chair, surrounded by papers detailing the minor events recently in the news

Cobdens Logic, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Cobdens Logic, 1863. Cobden, MP for Manchester, made a speech in neighbouring Rochdale in which, on the one hand he condemned the British proletariat for their illiteracy, yet, on the other hand

The Strike - Hitting him Hard, 1861. Illustrating the plight of the worker committed to a union. The union man, involved in a strike over which he now has no control

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