Inequality Collection

Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Illustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877

The Crossing Sweeper, by William Powell Frith, showing Victorian wealth and poverty. Date: 1858

Hindu men at mealtime, India
Hindu men at mealtime, served by their womenfolk who are not permitted to eat with them. Date: 1846

Chinese noble transportated in palanquin at the times of the Qing Dynasty. Illustration in travel magazine El viagero ilustrado (The Illustrated traveler). Year 3. No. 7. April 15, 1880. Engraving

WW2 Poster -- Come Back to the Army and the ATS
Come Back to the Army and the ATS while the Bounty Scheme still operates. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph, artist unknown, published by HMSO. Date: 1939

Picnic with servant, India. Date: circa 1890s

Hurdy Gurdy man and boy with rich girl and doll. 19th century

Cartoon, A new way to pay the National Debt, by James Gillray. Showing King George III and Queen Charlotte receiving bags of money from the Treasury

Cartoon, A March to the Bank, by James Gillray. Showing William Pitt leading a line of soldiers along The Strand, Fleet Street and Cheapside to the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street

Western woman in carrying chair, Hong Kong, China. Another Western woman sits in a rickshaw (right), and four Western children stand watching (left). Date: circa 1890

The Dwarf and the Giant
Bravo, my little fellow! You shall do all the fighting, and we ll divide the glory! Napoleon III towers over the diminutive Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Rent, Profit and Interest, supported by two miners
A propaganda cartoon by W E Jones, made for his father to use while campaigning for support for the Miners Union. It shows three plump gentlemen representing Rent, Profit and Interest

Production and Plunder, campaigning statistics
A slide entitled Production & Plunder, used for a lecture about the South Wales Miners Federation. Statistics are listed, comparing the royalties on the use of coal on the luxury steamer

Manchester Board of Guardians, Officers and Ex-Chairmen
The Chairman (Hugh Fay, centre), Vice Chairman (William Reid, left of centre) and Clerk (F.W. Greenhalgh) of the 1930-31 Manchester Board of Guardians

Menu from Halifax Union Board of Guardians dinner
The cover of the commemorative menu at the Halifax Union Board of Guardians final dinner. The abolition of all the countrys Boards of Guardians after April 1930 marked the end of the workhouse system

Romanian peasants revolt
The iron hand for the rebels: the Romanian governments prompt action in crushing the peasant revolt. Infantry escorting prisoners through Piatra, Neamtu

Children in Snow 1893
Children take Christmas gifts through a snowy village to people less fortunate than themselves. Date: 1893

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