Social class composed of members of the society employed in lower tier jobs

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Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].

A lower class young woman; representing the St Giles's area of London. Stippple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1783, after J.H. Benwell.

A man looms over an old woman, telling her that it will not cost her anything if he has made her daughter pregnant, as she is on welfare support: the daughter lies dishevelled in the background. Colour photomechanical reproduction of lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1902.

A labourer asks a gentleman for his wages so that he may get drunk; both represented as dwarfs. Coloured etching after M. Engelbrecht, 1715.

Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV, is greeted by people from Marylebone. Etching by Th. Hook, 1820.

The British Museum: working-class people attending a guided tour and looking at exhibits of English history in glass cases and on the walls. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1843.

Life and labour of the people in London. Final volume, Notes on social influences and conclusion / by Charles Booth ; assisted by Jesse Argyle, Ernest Aves, Geo. E. Arkell, Arthur L. Baxter, George H. Duckworth.

The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

Monsieur, il est prouvé par les rapports de tous les médecins qui ont étudié la marche du choléra morbus que tout dérangement du systême gastrique prédispose à cette cruelle maladie.

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

Cruel habitations : a history of working-class housing 1780-1918 / [Enid Gauldie].

Cannibals All! Or, Slaves without Masters / George Fitzhugh; ed. by C. Vann Woodward.

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The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

Monsieur, il est prouvé par les rapports de tous les médecins qui ont étudié la marche du choléra morbus que tout dérangement du systême gastrique prédispose à cette cruelle maladie.

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

Cruel habitations : a history of working-class housing 1780-1918 / [Enid Gauldie].

Cannibals All! Or, Slaves without Masters / George Fitzhugh; ed. by C. Vann Woodward.

Working class

Images from the collections

Images about Working class

Works from the collections

The ragged trousered philanthropists / Robert Tressell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Miles.

Monsieur, il est prouvé par les rapports de tous les médecins qui ont étudié la marche du choléra morbus que tout dérangement du systême gastrique prédispose à cette cruelle maladie.

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

Cruel habitations : a history of working-class housing 1780-1918 / [Enid Gauldie].

Cannibals All! Or, Slaves without Masters / George Fitzhugh; ed. by C. Vann Woodward.

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