Social Conditions

Victorian pictures illustrating conditions of the poor, workers, and  the unemployed and homeless. Soup kitchen, tramp, child labour, laundresses, servants, working men's club, and more ...


 

Barrel organ playerBarrel organ player
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of children dancing to the music of a barrel organ player in a dark, rough alley.

 


 

Basket Makers in a WorkshopBasket Makers in a Workshop
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of men and women making baskets in a workshop.

 


 

Boy Pupil at a Ragged SchoolBoy Pupil at a Ragged School
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a boy pupil at a Ragged School. These charity schools provided free education for destitute children from the 1840s onwards.

 


 

Breton Peasant Woman SpinningBreton Peasant Woman Spinning
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a peasant woman from Brittany, France, sitting spinning by the hearth.

 


 

Builders and foremanBuilders and foreman
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of building labourers getting orders from their foreman.

 


 

Child Labour: Winding CottonChild Labour: Winding Cotton
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of child labour: a girl is minding a large cotton winding machine in a textile mill.

 


 

Child street sweepersChild street sweepers
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of child labour, boy street sweepers.

 


 

Children at Dame SchoolChildren at Dame School
£5.00

Victorian picture showing young boys at a dame school (small school held in the teacher's home) with their teacher.

 


 

Children working at coal mineChildren working at coal mine
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of two children, a boy and a girl, manhandling a truck full of coal at a coal mine.

 


 

Children's Sewing ClassChildren's Sewing Class
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a sewing class in a childrens' charity day nursery.

 


 

Coal Miner in TunnelCoal Miner in Tunnel
£5.00

Dramatic Victorian illustration showing a picture of a coal miner taking refuge in a small cave at the side of a tunnel.

 


 

Coal Miner, TrammerCoal Miner, Trammer
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a dramatic picture of a coal miner, a trammer, pushing a truck of coal.

 


 

Coal Miners at the Coal FaceCoal Miners at the Coal Face
£5.00

Dramatic Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of three coal miners working at the coal face.

 


 

Convalescent Girl outside CottageConvalescent Girl outside Cottage
£5.00

Charming Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a convalescent girl sitting resting outside a cottage.

 


 

Cookery Class for Poor WomenCookery Class for Poor Women
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a young gentlewoman giving a cookery lesson to a group of poor women.

 


 

Crowded prison dungeonCrowded prison dungeon
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Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a crowded cell in a dark prison dungeon.

 


 

Dancing in a peasant cottageDancing in a peasant cottage
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a couple dancing a reel in an Irish peasant cottage.

 


 

Disabled street traderDisabled street trader
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a disabled street trader selling tin graters and funnels.

 


 

Disraeli introduces the Reform Bill in the House of Commons, 186Disraeli introduces the Reform Bill in the House of Commons, 186
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of Disraeli making his speech to introduce the Reform Bill in the House of Commons, 1867.

 


 

Dustyard WorkersDustyard Workers
£5.00

Victorian picture showing workers sorting rubbish in a London dustyard.

 


 

Emigrant Family on a QuayEmigrant Family on a Quay
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of an impoverished emigrant family on a quay.

 


 

Emigrant's Last Look at the VillageEmigrant's Last Look at the Village
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of an emigrant turning at a stile to take a last look at his village.

 


 

Evicted Irish peasant familyEvicted Irish peasant family
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of an Irish peasant family, evicted from their home, in a makeshift shelter.

 


 

Eviction of Mother and DaughterEviction of Mother and Daughter
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture full of pathos of the eviction from their village home of a mother and daughter.

 


 

Flint Mining, Grimes Graves, NorfolkFlint Mining, Grimes Graves, Norfolk
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of a flint miner at work in Grimes Graves, Norfolk.

 


 

Flitting: Family Moving HouseFlitting: Family Moving House
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of an impoverished family flitting, moving house to avoid paying the rent.

 


 

Florence Nightingale in the Hospital at ScutariFlorence Nightingale in the Hospital at Scutari
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of Florence Nightingale, nursing pioneer (1820-1910) in the hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War.

 


 

Footpads, thieves, attack a young manFootpads, thieves, attack a young man
£5.00

Dramatic Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of footpads, thieves, attacking a young man in a country lane by night.

 


 

Forcible Eviction of Tenants, IrelandForcible Eviction of Tenants, Ireland
£5.00

Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of the forcible eviction of a family from their cottage in Ireland.

 


 

Gingerbread SellerGingerbread Seller
£5.00

Lighthearted Victorian picture showing a street trader, a gingerbread seller.

 





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