Laborer Collection

Trade union. Manifest published by the World Congress in London
Trade union. Emerged from the development of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain. Manifest published by the World Congress in London. 1896

Workshop handmade candles. 18th century. Engraving in Encyclopedie by Diderot et d Alembert. Engraving

Man ploughing with gas mask, September 1939
Man photographed as he ploughs his field in Surrey. The Sphere notes his gas mask which he hangs from the handle of his plough. Date: 1939

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

A group of geishas in rickshaws in a Japanese park. Vintage 19th century photograph

Edo street scene, 18th century. A dance teacher and pupil on the left, a nori (glue) seller is beckoned by workers in a small family business

Road painters carrying broken white line stencil, Sept 1939
Road painters carrying the " blackout stencil" which enabled workmen to paint broken white lines down the centre of roads with ease, in order to reduce accidents when driving in blackouts

Womens Land Army volunteers in training, September 1939
Volunteers for the Womens Land Army learning basic agricultural skills, courtesy of the East Sussex Agricultural College. The Sphere comments on the health benefits of country life. 1939

Londons first female railway porter, April 1915
Londons first female railway porter photographed as she carries milk churn at Marylebone Station. Date: 1915

Women building the elevated railway in Tokyo, October 1904
Female labourors as they carry bricks for use in the construction of the elevated railway, Tokyo. The caption describes how women working in manual labour was not uncommon in Japan. Date: 1904

Female land army workers resting after a full day 1918
Women in Theydon, Essex, resting, socialising and reading in their club room after a days training for land army work. The Womens Land Army was established in 1917 to replace male workers in

Women farm workers loading a cart, May 1918
Two female farm workers as they load a cart with " roots for cattle", possibly swedes. The Sphere gives an extremely complimentary report of female work on farms describing how " there

Woman harvesting apples as old man watches 1918
Old man watches, " not altogether unmixed with disapproval", as women harvest apples in an English garden. The Sphere comments on the mixed reaction of the old man

Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates
Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potters wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2

Egyptian man from Cairo wearing traditional clothing. Date: 1902

Egyptian woman from Cairo wearing traditional clothing. Date: 1902

Kashmir - ragged man carries bricks in basket
A ragged man carries bricks in basket on his shoulders as he labours in the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1989

Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel) the Elder (c. 1525-1569). The Towe
Pieter Bruegel (Brueghel) the Elder (c. 1525-1569). Flemish renaissance painter. The Tower of Babel (c. 1563). Oil on panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Austria

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Polychromed relief depicting agricultural scenes. Farmers filling sacks of grain before a tax collector. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. Male figure with an ant
Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting a male figure with an antelope. Saqqara. Egypt

Industrial Revolution. London. Interior of an English factory. Late 18th century. Nineteenth-century

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555). German scientist. Known as the father of mineralogy. Engraving belonging to his work De Re Metallica. Basel 1564. Colored

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Engraving

Mastaba of Ti. Interior. Egypt
Egypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ti. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Relief depicting carpenters building wooden boats

Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers destroying an smelter in the H. Bandoux glass factory. Engraving

Farmers plowing and sowing. Late 15th century. Italy
Farmers plowing and sowing. Miniature of Grimani Breviary. Late 15th century. Saint Marks Library. Venice. Italy

Mowing. Engraving, 19th century. Colored
History agriculture. Mowing. Engraving, 19th century

Agriculture. Threshing. Engraving by R. Milliet. 19th centur
Agriculture. Threshing with threshing board. Engraving by R. Milliet. 19th century. Colored

Spain. Barcelona. Labor Congress. Engraving. Colored
Spain. Barcelona. Labor Congress. Engraving by Padro. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored

Spain. Barcelona. Working demonstration. Engraving. Colored
Spain. Barcelona. Working demonstration. The Tivoli Theatre, a meeting point of the protesters. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Relief. Servants transporting go
Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Servants transporting goods on a boat sailing by the Nile river. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Relief. Two ranchers attending t
Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Two ranchers attending the birth of an ox. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

United States. Kensington Fire Brick Works. Engraving. Color
United States. Philadelphia. Kensington Fire Brick Works, 1884. Engraving. Colored

Chandlery. 18th Century. Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Engraving

Workshop. Handcrafting the paperboard. Encyclopedie by D
Workshop dedicated to handcrafting the paperboard. Pulping and pressing. 18th Century. Encyclopedie. Edited by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond d Alembert (1717-1783). Engraving

Steel Industry. 19th century. Oven. Modeling a steel block. Colored engraving, 1874

Peasants working agricultural land supervised by the foreman. Lithograph, 1880. Mexico

Austria 19th century. Labour movement. Charge of Austrian hussars against the strikers mutineers in the neighborhood of New-Lerchenfeld (Vienna), April 8, 1890. Colored engraving

Labor movement. Strike in Paris protected by the army. 19th
Labor movement. Strike in Paris protected by the army. Late nineteenth century. Colored engraving

History of France. Decazeville strike. Military patrols crossing the Duke of Decazes square occupied by the strikers in the coal mines and steel mills. Engraving in 1886 by Comba. Colored engraving

Paris. Universal Exhibition of 1889. Construction of the Eif
History of France. Paris. Universal Exhibition of 1889. Construction of the Eiffel Tower. Colored engraving

Spanish industry. Factory. Interior. 1958
Spanish industry, 1958. Factory of a components for motorcycles. Metal sheet department. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Cordoba Station. Arrival of a passenger train from Madrid. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1893. Andalusia. Spain. Colored engraving

Gas plant. Cologne. Germany. Colored engraving from 1879

Workshop dedicated to handcrafting the paperboard. Pulping and pressing. 18th Century. Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Colored engraving

Two Saints make shoes being tempted by the devil. Colored woodcut

De Architectura by Vitruvius. Detail
Labourers working on the foundations of a building. De Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius (88-26 BC). Book IX, page 83 v. Venice. 1511

Workshop handmade candles. Engraving of the eighteenth century in the Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Colored

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