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Background imageWorking Man Collection: Jack Norworth, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Jack Norworth, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Jack Norworth, between c1915 and c1920. Shows songwriter ("Take Me Out to the Ball Game") and vaudeville entertainer Jack Norworth (1879-1959)

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Workmen at the Creuzot Ironworks, Burgundy, 1870. Workers at '...the great manufacturing establishment of Messrs. Schneider and Co

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: workmen resisting the strike, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: workmen resisting the strike, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Strike at the Creuzot [sic] Ironworks: workmen resisting the strike, 1870. 'The strike among the workmen, ten or eleven thousand in number

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: arrival of the Lancers, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: arrival of the Lancers, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Strike at the Creuzot Ironworks: arrival of the Lancers, 1870. View of '...the strike among the workmen, ten or eleven thousand in number

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Blackfriars Bridge end of the Thames Embankment, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Blackfriars Bridge end of the Thames Embankment, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Blackfriars Bridge end of the Thames Embankment, [London], 1870. '...a space of about eight acres has been reclaimed from the slime and mud of the river

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Making aids to beauty: mirror and furniture fitters and polishers, 1909. Creator: Unknown

Making aids to beauty: mirror and furniture fitters and polishers, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Making aids to beauty: mirror and furniture fitters and polishers, 1909. Baxendales premises in Miller Street, Manchester. 'The great whole-sale house of Baxendale and Co

Background imageWorking Man Collection: A corner of the cabinet-works: wood-working machinery, 1909. Creator: Unknown

A corner of the cabinet-works: wood-working machinery, 1909. Creator: Unknown
A corner of the cabinet-works: wood-working machinery, 1909. Baxendales premises in Miller Street, Manchester. 'The great whole-sale house of Baxendale and Co

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Arlotta & Italian workmen, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Arlotta & Italian workmen, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Arlotta & Italian workmen, 1917. Shows members of the Italian War Commission to the United States during World War I including Alvise Bragadini of the Transportation Department, Enrico Arlotta

Background imageWorking Man Collection: A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. Creator: Unknown

A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. Creator: Unknown
A strike of workmen in Paris, 1870. 'The popular agitation throughout France, caused by the Emperor's appeal to universal suffrage for the adoption of the new Constitutional reforms

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Tearing up floor of House of Reps. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Tearing up floor of House of Reps. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tearing up floor of House of Reps. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Works of the Southern Embankment of the Thames at Lambeth, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Works of the Southern Embankment of the Thames at Lambeth, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Works of the Southern Embankment of the Thames at Lambeth, [south London], 1868. A '...view of the present aspect of the works for the southern embankment of the Thames

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Works in the bed of the Regent's Park Lake, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Works in the bed of the Regent's Park Lake, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Works in the bed of the Regent's Park Lake, [London], 1868. '...at the bidding of Lord John Manners, the emptied bed of the Regent's Park ornamental water presented a hideous spectacle to the eyes of

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall, 1868. Creator: Mason Jackson

The Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall, 1868. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall, 1868. Workshop which repairs and maintains devices to warn of hazards at sea. '...if any light, buoy

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Works of the Midland Railway Terminus, Euston-Road, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Works of the Midland Railway Terminus, Euston-Road, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Works of the Midland Railway Terminus, Euston-Road, 1868. Construction of the new St Pancras Station in London. 'Half Somers Town was demolished...The Metropolitan tunnel of the Midland Railway will

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Workmen waiting to be engaged in the Place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1869. '...by far the larger part of the working population who are in want of work assemble in the open air on particular

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps:working galleries, 1869

The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps:working galleries, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: amalgamation of the second and third working galleries, 1869

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: boring-machine... 1869

The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: boring-machine... 1869. Creator: Unknown
The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: boring-machine in the tunnel, 1869. 'The Sardinian Government then appointed M. Maus, a Belgian engineer, and M

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: workmen loading dromedaries, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: workmen loading dromedaries, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: workmen loading dromedaries, 1869. 'The Engraving on our front page shows one or two groups of the fellahs, or native Egyptian labourers

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: boring-machine... 1869

The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: boring-machine... 1869. Creator: Unknown
The new overland route to India and the railway tunnel of the Alps: boring-machine in the second working gallery, 1869. 'An English engineer, Mr

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: the cutting near Chalouf, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: the cutting near Chalouf, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: the cutting near Chalouf, [Egypt], 1869. 'The Chalouf cutting, which is situated near the south-eastern extremity of the Bitter Lakes

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The new overland route to India: town and port of Brindisi, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The new overland route to India: town and port of Brindisi, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The new overland route to India: town and port of Brindisi, [Italy], 1869. 'A conspicuous object at Brindisi is the old castle

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: labourers removing earth, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: labourers removing earth, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal [in Egypt]: labourers removing earth, 1869. Workers on that '...great enterprise which now approaches its completion

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: dredges and elevators at work, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal: dredges and elevators at work, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Isthmus of Suez Maritime Canal [in Egypt]: dredges and elevators at work, 1869. 'There is a different kind of mechanical apparatus, called the "drague a long couloir

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Cam River improvements: dredging at St. John's Bridge, Cambridge, 1869. Creator: Unknown

The Cam River improvements: dredging at St. John's Bridge, Cambridge, 1869. Creator: Unknown
The Cam River improvements: dredging at St. John's Bridge, Cambridge, 1869. Illustration of works '...for the improvement of the narrow and shallow river at Cambridge

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Buoy Store, Trinity Wharf, Blackwall, 1868. Creator: Mason Jackson

The Buoy Store, Trinity Wharf, Blackwall, 1868. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall, 1868. Workshop which repairs and maintains devices to warn of hazards at sea. '...if any light, buoy

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Canal and bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice, c.1929. Creator: David Muirhead Bone

Canal and bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice, c.1929. Creator: David Muirhead Bone
Canal and bridge of SS. Apostoli, Venice, c.1929

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Junction of the St. John's Wood and Metropolitan Railways at Baker-Street, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Junction of the St. John's Wood and Metropolitan Railways at Baker-Street, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Junction of the St. John's Wood and Metropolitan Railways at Baker-Street, [London], 1868. View giving '...a notion of the position of the cutting of the archway beneath the Marylebone-road

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Embarkation of dockyard workmen as emigrants at Portsmouth, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Embarkation of dockyard workmen as emigrants at Portsmouth, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Embarkation of dockyard workmen as emigrants at Portsmouth, 1869. '...discharged workmen of the Admiralty dockyards, with their wives and families, on board her Majesty's screw troop-ship Crocodile

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Park, 1868. 'The readers of this Journal, whether personally visiting the Exhibition or not, were enabled, by our numerous Illustrations

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Central Garden, 1868. Creator: Unknown

Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Central Garden, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of the Paris Exhibition Building: the Central Garden, 1868. 'The vast oval structure of the Exhibition Palace, and the mimic temples, the elegant pavilions, the cottages ornees

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Conflict between workmen and soldiers at the Seraing Ironworks, Belgium, 1869. Creator: Unknown

Conflict between workmen and soldiers at the Seraing Ironworks, Belgium, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Conflict between workmen and soldiers at the Seraing Ironworks, Belgium, 1869. 'The alarming riots which have broken out in some of the mining

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), ca. 1835

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Keel of NEW YORK, 1911

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Stevedores in Arles, 1888. Creator: Vincent van Gogh

The Stevedores in Arles, 1888. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
The Stevedores in Arles, 1888

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Demolition of St. James Hall, exterior, 1907. Creator: David Muirhead Bone

Demolition of St. James Hall, exterior, 1907. Creator: David Muirhead Bone
Demolition of St. James Hall, exterior, 1907. Located on a site between Regent Street and Piccadilly, St James Hall was a celebrated London concert hall where handsome performances were held for

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The clock tower, Paris, 1852. Creator: Charles Meryon

The clock tower, Paris, 1852. Creator: Charles Meryon
The clock tower, Paris, 1852

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Escaped from Tampico, in launch, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Escaped from Tampico, in launch, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Escaped from Tampico, in launch, 1914. Shows seven men who escaped in a small boat from Tampico, Mexico arriving in Galveston, Texas. The men left during the U.S

Background imageWorking Man Collection: A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a paddle shaft for a steam-ship

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a paddle shaft for a steam-ship, 1865. Illustration representing...the enormous shaft for the paddles of a steam-ship

Background imageWorking Man Collection: A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a crank axle, 1865. Creator: Unknown

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a crank axle, 1865. Creator: Unknown
A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a crank axle, 1865. Illustration representing...the operation of turning a crank-axle in a mighty lathe...The various fitting

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865

Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich [London]: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Nelson K

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Erecting Shop, 1865. Creator: Unknown

Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Erecting Shop, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich [London]: the Erecting Shop, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Nelson K

Background imageWorking Man Collection: H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. Creator: Unknown

H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. An officer of H.M.S. Leopard has sent us a sketch of the position of that ship in Muirhead's Dock, Shanghai

Background imageWorking Man Collection: 'The Building of the New Castle on the Tyne, 1080', from a picture by W. B. Scott, 1865

"The Building of the New Castle on the Tyne, 1080", from a picture by W. B. Scott, 1865. Engraving of a painting

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable:workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable:workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: encampment of workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley

Background imageWorking Man Collection: London Main-Drainage Works: view of the outfall of the Northern Drainage at Barking Creek, 1864

London Main-Drainage Works: view of the outfall of the Northern Drainage at Barking Creek, 1864. Creator: Unknown
London Main-Drainage Works: view of the outfall of the Northern Drainage at Barking Creek, 1864. Illustration of works on...the great northern outfall on the Essex side of the Thames

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, [Bexley], 1864. View of...the works at this important outlet for the whole of the sewage drained from the area on the south side of the Thames

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill...from the temporary bridge, 1864

The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill...from the temporary bridge, 1864
The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill, viewed from the temporary bridge, [London], 1864. View...overlooking, on its eastern side

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Building celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth, ...designed by Messrs

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama...by our special artist in Japan

Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama...by our special artist in Japan, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama - from a sketch by our special artist in Japan, 1864. We engrave...[a] sketch taken by Mr

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield:Broadhead Wheel Mill...workmen searching for tools, 1864

Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield:Broadhead Wheel Mill...workmen searching for tools, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: remains of Broadhead Wheel Mill, on the Loxley, near Matlock: workmen searching for tools, 1864

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Interior of the Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Interior of the Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon - interior, 1864. Building celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth, ...designed by Messrs

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, [London], 1862. A piece of old London - a long-neglected, out-of-the-way nook and corner - has disappeared

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, [London], 1862. The disappearance of Hungerford Market...is perhaps not a subject of much, if any

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers on bridge at Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Lviv, Ukraine), during World War I

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Soon-to-be-finished portion of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912. Creator

Soon-to-be-finished portion of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Soon-to-be-finished portion of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, [London], 1864. View from the Surrey bank of the Thames, showing...the scaffolding which has been erected facilitate the removal of materials...[Also visible are]

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Employment of Lancashire operatives, under the Public Works Act... Blackburn, 1864

Employment of Lancashire operatives, under the Public Works Act... Blackburn, 1864. Creator: Frederick John Skill
Employment of Lancashire operatives, under the Public Works Act, at Revidge Hill, Corporation Park, Blackburn, 1864. There has been no difficulty in setting the men to work

Background imageWorking Man Collection: An Underpass 42.4 Sazhens long at Verst 15, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

An Underpass 42.4 Sazhens long at Verst 15, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
An Underpass 42.4 Sazhens long at Verst 15, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, [London], 1864....when the embankment is finished, running as it will from Pimlico to Blackfriars-bridge, and beyond it

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian houses

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…

The Great Fire at Limoges, France: firemen and soldiers clearing out a portion of the ruins…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist: firemen and soldiers of the garrison clearing out a portion of the ruins, 1864

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Working on a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Working on a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Working on a Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Tunnel Works, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Tunnel Works, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel Works, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Probably shows a project to dig demonstration trenches in Central Park, New York City

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Kamchadals on the river bank near the baht and logs prepared for hollowing out the baht, 1922-1923

Kamchadals on the river bank near the baht and logs prepared for hollowing out the baht, 1922-1923. From an album of 296 works which offer a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Man in Top Hat Holding a Hammer and Wrench, 1860s- early 70s. Creator: Unknown

Man in Top Hat Holding a Hammer and Wrench, 1860s- early 70s. Creator: Unknown
Man in Top Hat Holding a Hammer and Wrench, 1860s- early 70s

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876

The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Paris Wine Market: the Brandy Quarter, Rues de Languedoc and de la Côte d'Or, the Cellars, 1860

The Paris Wine Market: the Brandy Quarter, Rues de Languedoc and de la Côte d'Or, the Cellars, 1860
The Paris Wine Market: the Brandy Quarter, Rues de Languedoc and de la Cote d'Or, the Cellars, 1860. Engraving after a sketch by M. Lancelot

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman

The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Stairwell in a Renaissance House, mid-18th century. Creator: Michele Marieschi

Stairwell in a Renaissance House, mid-18th century. Creator: Michele Marieschi
Stairwell in a Renaissance House, mid-18th century

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Building the great steam-frigate 'Warrior' at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Creator: Smyth

Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Surveyor of the Navy

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Removal of a large tree from Chiswick to the new gardens of the Horticultural Society at... 1860

Removal of a large tree from Chiswick to the new gardens of the Horticultural Society at... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Removal of a large tree from Chiswick to the new gardens of the Horticultural Society at South Kensington, [London], 1860. The subject before us is a fine specimen of the deodar, 26ft. high and 18ft

Background imageWorking Man Collection: The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Kondo Sato, c1802. Creator: Hokusai

Kondo Sato, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Kondo Sato, c1802

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Un Propriétaire méfiant, 1853. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un Propriétaire méfiant, 1853. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un Proprietaire mefiant, 1853. - Ce blanc la a-t-il ete fait avec du vrai zinc?...c'est que j'ai entendu dire sou...'. (A suspicious landlord)

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig 1....two partners in an opium firm superintending the operations of their workmen...Fig

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Fichtre!...que ces êtres-là sont sciants!, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier

Fichtre!...que ces êtres-là sont sciants!, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fichtre!...que ces etres-la sont sciants!, 1839. Man tripping over sawn logs: Damn!...how clever these things are!'. Pun on the French word sciant which can mean surprising or sawing

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Old House in Fetter-Lane, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Old House in Fetter-Lane, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Old House in Fetter-Lane, [London], 1858. Sketch of...a characteristic example of the substantial brick buildings erected, some in the reign of Charles I

Background imageWorking Man Collection: V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier

V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais - tu nous embetes avec to coco, nous n'en voulons plus'. Woman: Get your hot cocoa!'

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a... 1860

Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a distance of 1032 yards, 1860. The guns employed were a 40-pounder of 31 cwt. an 80-pounder of 63 cwt

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Surugacho Echigoya, c1802. Creator: Hokusai

Surugacho Echigoya, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Surugacho Echigoya, c1802

Background imageWorking Man Collection: Marche funèbre!!... 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier

Marche funèbre!!... 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Marche funebre!!... 1855. Funeral march!! Two men carrying a pile of items labelled Refuse - (Rejected). From L'Exposition Universelle



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