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

Collection Data

Names
Mayhew, Henry (1812-1887) (Author)
Whymper, Elijah, active 1848-1863 (Wood engraver)
Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866 (Wood engraver)
Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895
Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883 (Illustrator)
Beard, Richard, 1801 or 1802-1885 (Illustrator)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Place: London
Publisher: George Woodfall and Son
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: Stuart 11967-11969
Topics
Poor
Working class
Street life
London (England)
London (England) -- Social conditions
Genres
Illustrations
Prints
Books
Notes
Content: Copy in SGF: Vol. 1 only. "Answers to correspondents": [50] p. inserted at end of v. 1. Binding: Publisher's bluecloth. Black Temperance Collection.
Content: Originally issued in 63 parts (nos.), comprising v. 1 and parts of v. 2-3, all that was issued in this ed.
Content: Stuart copy: "Answers to correspondents": [106] p. inserted at end of v. 3.
Statement of responsibility: The ill. are wood engravings by E. Whymper, W.G. Mason andothers, after designs by H.G. Hine, H. Anelay and others, many based on daguerreotypes by Richard Beard.
Content: Vol. 1: iv, [2], 492 p.; v. 2: 432 p.; v. 3: 192 p.
Content: Vols. 2-3 lack title pages.
Content: v. 1-2. The London street-folk.--v. 3. Those that will not work.
Physical Description
Extent: 3 v. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Wood engravings
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13347937
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 41419440-c608-012f-d3b2-58d385a7bc34
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