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Orange Court – Drury LaneLondon (1872)

People sit in the streets in a narrow alley; a barefoot girl carries a child; washing hangs out to dry. On our way to the City on the tide of Labor we light upon places in which the day is never aired [...]

Keywords: poverty, people, street scenes, bare feet, children, greyscale

Places shown: Drury Lane; London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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Newgate – Exercise YardLondon (1872)

Prisoners walk in a circle in a stone-walled prison courtyard that admits very little light. The guards look on, wearing smarter clothes and top hats. Newgate’s sombre walls suggest sad thoughts on t [...]

Keywords: punishments, prisons, people, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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Dudley Street – Seven DialsLondon (1872)

Children play in this crowded street; they are dressed in rags and mostly barefoot. The peculiar character of these streets, and the close resemblance each one bears to its neighbour, by no means tend [...]

Keywords: poverty, people, streets, children, bare feet, houses, misery, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2010-07-31

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London Bridge in 1694London (1872)

The old London Bridge shown in this wonderfully emotive engraving was lined with houses all along, a remarkably unsafe construction that did not survive. The bridge [...] survives in its picturesque m [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, bridges, water, houses, people, boats, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2011-09-11

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Lemonade VendorLondon (1872)

A man with long straggly hair wearing a top hat and an old coat is selling lemonade from a bucket with wooden cups tied to it. “The reader will perceive, in the scenes which have caught the attention [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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The Butcher, Newport Market AlleyLondon (1872)

A bearded butcher chops meat, seemingly on a tree-stump, surrounded by his customers. “What! you have no district markets in London! People buy their meat and vegetables in these horrible little shops [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, beards, shopkeepers, food, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-10-27

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Croquet in the MoonlightLondon (1872)

People dressed in Victorian formal attire are playing croquet on the lawn, seemingly at night since the moon is visible. Although the book I have used this engraving to illustrate a scene in an extrac [...]

Keywords: games, sports, croquet, people, victoriana, costumes, nighttime, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-09

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