British writer and activist (1812–1887)

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Travels into the poor man's country : the work of Henry Mayhew / Anne Humpherys.

A map for Mayhew's London : the geography of poverty in the mid-nineteenth century / David R. Green.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. / by Henry Mayhew.

London labour and the London poor : the condition and earnings of those that will work, cannot work, and will not work / by Henry Mayhew.

The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison life / by Henry Mayhew ... and John Binny.

The Morning Chronicle survey of labour and the poor : the metropolitan districts / Henry Mayhew.

Young Benjamin Franklin : showing the principles which raised a printer's boy to First Ambassador of the American Republic / by Henry Mayhew ; with eight illustrations by John Gilbert.

The unknown Mayhew : selections from the Morning Chronicle, 1849-1850 / edited and introduced by E.P. Thompson and Eileen Yeo.

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Henry Mayhew

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Images by Henry Mayhew

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The Morning Chronicle survey of labour and the poor : the metropolitan districts / Henry Mayhew.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. / by Henry Mayhew.

Young Benjamin Franklin : showing the principles which raised a printer's boy to First Ambassador of the American Republic / by Henry Mayhew ; with eight illustrations by John Gilbert.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. / by Henry Mayhew.

The unknown Mayhew : selections from the Morning Chronicle, 1849-1850 / edited and introduced by E.P. Thompson and Eileen Yeo.

Henry Mayhew

Images from the collections

Images by Henry Mayhew

Works from the collections

The Morning Chronicle survey of labour and the poor : the metropolitan districts / Henry Mayhew.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. / by Henry Mayhew.

Young Benjamin Franklin : showing the principles which raised a printer's boy to First Ambassador of the American Republic / by Henry Mayhew ; with eight illustrations by John Gilbert.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. / by Henry Mayhew.

The unknown Mayhew : selections from the Morning Chronicle, 1849-1850 / edited and introduced by E.P. Thompson and Eileen Yeo.

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