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Working Class Collection

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

The Devils Acre - Westminster, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Devils Acre-Westminster, 1872. Devils Acre, a Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey had a high rate of mortality from diseases such as typhoid. From, " LONDON

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Our Village, c1890, (1936). Creator: Hubert von Herkomer

Our Village, c1890, (1936). Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
Our Village, c1890, (1936). Village scene by Sir Hubert von Herkomer. (1849-1914). Oil on canvas. From " Bibbys Annual 1936", edited by Joseph Bibby. [J. Bibby & Sons, Ltd. Liverpool, 1936]

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Limehouse Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré

Limehouse Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Limehouse Dock, 1872. Limehouse Dock in Tower Hamlets used by seagoing vessels to offload cargo to canal barges, for onward transport along the Regents Canal. From, " LONDON

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the 'Lower Twenty', 1864. Creator: Unknown

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Lower Twenty", 1864. Creator: Unknown
Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Lower Twenty", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, '...the day of the Presidential election

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. 'We give a View of the ruins of a part of the village of Billinghay, which was destroyed by fire on Friday

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Yard Man, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Yard Man, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Yard Man, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Otto Hue, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard..., 1862

The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard, Mottram, near Manchester, 1862. Unemployed mill workers. Engraving of a photograph by Mr. Gothard

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Working-men's hall lately erected at Eastbourne, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Working-men's hall lately erected at Eastbourne, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Working-men's hall lately erected at Eastbourne, 1864. 'We present a View of the Workmen's Hall which has lately been built, at the expense of Mr. W

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862

The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Meals for unemployed Lancashire mill workers

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Lancashire Textile workers. 'The Carder's business is to see that machinery is kept in perfect working order...The Jack Tenter

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester...Provident Society's rooms, 1862

The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester...Provident Society's rooms, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester and Salford Provident Society's rooms, 1862. Unemployed Lancashire textiles workers

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, [Agricultural Hall, Islington], 1864. Foreign Secretary Russell said that the working classes of London were

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The opening of the People's Park, Farnworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, 1864. Chancellor of the Exchequer and future prime minister William Ewart Gladstone speaking to the crowd

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Christmas Entertainment to the Inmates of the Greenwich Union-House, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Christmas Entertainment to the Inmates of the Greenwich Union-House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Entertainment to the Inmates of the Greenwich Union-House, 1864. 'Through the liberality of Mrs. Angerstein, wife of the member for Greenwich

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Festival at Hartford Mill, Oldham, given by Mr. Platt to 8000 of his workpeople, 1864

Festival at Hartford Mill, Oldham, given by Mr. Platt to 8000 of his workpeople, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Festival at Hartford Mill, Oldham, given by Mr. Platt to 8000 of his workpeople, 1864. 'In celebration of the attainment of his majority by Mr. Henry Platt, son of Mr

Background imageWorking Class Collection: St. Paul's Working Men's Church, Birkenhead, 1864. Creator: Unknown

St. Paul's Working Men's Church, Birkenhead, 1864. Creator: Unknown
St. Paul's Working Men's Church, Birkenhead, 1864. 'This church was opened on the 10th December by the Bishop of Chester, and contains on the ground floor upwards of 600 sittings

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Peasants - chaldons of the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1880. Creator: Unknown

Peasants - chaldons of the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1880. Creator: Unknown
Peasants - chaldons of the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1880. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageWorking Class Collection: A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown

A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The gates of a snow town near the village of Ladeyskoye, Krasnoyarsk District, 1800

The gates of a snow town near the village of Ladeyskoye, Krasnoyarsk District, 1800. Creator: Unknown
The gates of a snow town near the village of Ladeyskoye, Krasnoyarsk District, 1800. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Sending peasant settlers to the place of permanent residence, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Sending peasant settlers to the place of permanent residence, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sending peasant settlers to the place of permanent residence, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Nakhalovka Sloboda in Krasnoyarsk, 1896. Creator: Unknown

Nakhalovka Sloboda in Krasnoyarsk, 1896. Creator: Unknown
Nakhalovka Sloboda in Krasnoyarsk, 1896. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Settlers at their home, 1880. Creator: Unknown

Settlers at their home, 1880. Creator: Unknown
Settlers at their home, 1880. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord], 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord], 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord], 1914. Belgian men in front of the Gare du Nord, Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I.

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Spanish Smiths, 1881. Creator: Ernst Josephson

Spanish Smiths, 1881. Creator: Ernst Josephson
Spanish Smiths, 1881

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Old Woman Standing. Creator: Cornelis Bega

Old Woman Standing. Creator: Cornelis Bega
Old Woman Standing

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Stone Workers, 1888. Creator: Axel Jungstedt

Stone Workers, 1888. Creator: Axel Jungstedt
Stone Workers, 1888

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Old Woman in Red Cap, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Old Woman in Red Cap, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Old Woman in Red Cap, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Woman Under an Umbrella in a Market, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

Woman Under an Umbrella in a Market, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Woman Under an Umbrella in a Market, mid 19th century

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Man in Apron and Cap, c1855. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Man in Apron and Cap, c1855. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Man in Apron and Cap, c1855

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Navvy, 1920. Creator: Helmer Osslund

Navvy, 1920. Creator: Helmer Osslund
Navvy, 1920

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Peasant Woman with Two Young Children, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Peasant Woman with Two Young Children, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Peasant Woman with Two Young Children, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: The Twelve Months: November, 1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

The Twelve Months: November, 1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
The Twelve Months: November, 1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher

Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher
Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman, 1769

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Pastoral Repast, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher

Pastoral Repast, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher
Pastoral Repast, 1769

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Mauvais Coucheur, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Mauvais Coucheur, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Mauvais Coucheur, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Man in a Clown Suit, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Man in a Clown Suit, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Man in a Clown Suit, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Melancholia, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Melancholia, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Melancholia, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Two Men at a Table with Wine, c1859. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Two Men at a Table with Wine, c1859. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Two Men at a Table with Wine, c1859

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Peasant Woman with Jar, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Peasant Woman with Jar, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Peasant Woman with Jar, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Young Artist Asleep by a Stream, c1859. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Young Artist Asleep by a Stream, c1859. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Young Artist Asleep by a Stream, c1859

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Old Woman, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Old Woman, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Old Woman, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Woman Supporting a Man, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Woman Supporting a Man, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Woman Supporting a Man, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Sailor, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Sailor, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Sailor, 1855-1857. A lone sailor is depicted against a rocky outcrop, looking a little awkward off shipboard in his distinctive clothes

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Old Lady in Red Shawl, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Old Lady in Red Shawl, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Old Lady in Red Shawl, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Head of an Old Man, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Head of an Old Man, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Head of an Old Man, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Man Walking, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Man Walking, 1852-1866. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Man Walking, 1852-1866

Background imageWorking Class Collection: Woodcutter, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Woodcutter, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni
Woodcutter, 1855-1857



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