Labourers Collection

Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. September 1902
A view of the quarry face showing workers sitting on a granite block weighing an estimated 2, 738 tons. It was claimed to be the largest single block ever quarried

Quarry in Mabe or Constantine, Cornwall. 1903-1904
A view of the quarry face showing two workers with sledge hammers standing by a granite block that is being dressed. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection. Photographer: Unknown

Freeman & Sons dressing floor, probably Penryn, Cornwall. 1903-1904
Classical granite columns on the dressing floor of Freeman & Sons works. The man pictured is either Bernard Freeman or his brother. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection. Photographer: Unknown

Transporting granite blocks for King Alfreds statue to Penryn Station, Penryn, Cornwall. 1901
Fowler traction engines 7974 and 9016 are pictured hauling blocks of granite from one of the Mabe quarries to Penryn Station, for onward transportation by train to Winchester, Hampshire

Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. 1903-1904
A general view of Polkanuggo Quarry with steam traction engine BETA No 483 and workers posing for the camera. The traction engine was made around June 1885 by John Fowler of Leeds

Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. c. 1889 (photo)
3091121 Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. c.1889 (photo) by Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow (1853-1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Gullet, Stafford Street, Birmingham
Under the Artisans and Labourers dwellings Improvement Act, 1875, slum areas like the gullet were cleared and improved. Date: 16 December 1876

Wallingford Castle in 1810 During Bridge Repairs, engraved by Robert Havell the Younger
STC218479 Wallingford Castle in 1810 During Bridge Repairs, engraved by Robert Havell the Younger (1793-1878) published 1818 (aquatint) by Havell

Brunels Thames Tunnel
Brunels Thames tunnel - the method of work, whereby a number of labourers could work side by side

Trade Union March 1874
Trade Unionists marching through Manchester in support of locked-out farm labourers

Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland

Postcard depicting lacemakers of Le Puy, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
REV382774 Postcard depicting lacemakers of Le Puy, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: carte postale, dentellieres)

Labour Union Poster - Great London Dock Strike
Labour Union Poster Commemorating the Great London Dock Strike of 1889. This industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London broke out on 14 August 1889

Tresahor Quarry, Constantine, Cornwall. 1903-1904
A general view of the quarry with the crane used for moving the granite blocks. Part of the Freeman & Sons, Penryn Collection. Photographer: Unknown

Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. Around 1900
A view of the quarry face showing workers holding the tools of their trade while dressing stones. Blocks of granite are ready to be moved using the cranes based at the edge of the quarry

WW1 - Pekin Camp, Camp for Chinese Labour Corps, Mont Kemmel
WW1 - Pekin Camp - Camp for The Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front. The camp was near The Kemmelberg (also known as Kemmel Hill or Mont Kemmel), Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium

Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b / w photo)
PNP340145 Yukon-Klondike Gold Rush, Dawson City, 1898 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: ghost town; ); Peter Newark American Pictures; American

London River - The Limehouse Barge-Builders, 1877 (oil on canvas)
TW427976 London River - The Limehouse Barge-Builders, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Hemy, Charles Napier (1841-1917); 91.5x137 cm; South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, South Shields

The Golden Spike Ceremony, 10th May 1869 (b / w photo)
PNP246752 The Golden Spike Ceremony, 10th May 1869 (b/w photo) by Savage, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909); Private Collection; (add.info)

Wootton Basset Incline

Sugar Cane field - Barbados
A Sugar Cane field in flower ( in arrow ) and local Bajan workmen in Barbados, West Indies

Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage
Interior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county

Busy Fleet Street
Two labourers lift a box crate onto the back of an open carriage parked on busy Fleet Street

Labourers, 1781. Creator: George Stubbs
Labourers, 1781

The Colza (Harvesting Rapeseed), 1860 (oil on canvas)
CGW443187 The Colza (Harvesting Rapeseed), 1860 (oil on canvas) by Breton, Jules (1827-1906); 93.9x137.1 cm; Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. USA; William A

The Harvest Moon, 1833 (oil on paper laid on panel)
XYC162467 The Harvest Moon, 1833 (oil on paper laid on panel) by Palmer, Samuel (1805-81); 22.2x27.6 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Kaiser Wilhelm II at Kiel shipyard, Germany, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, visiting Kiel shipyard, Germany, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 2 October 1918

Medieval Workers 15C
Labourers & Artificers

Map showing the placings in Australia of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers
5614433 Map showing the placings in Australia of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for

A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form
5614423 A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment; (add.info.: A Hobart chain-gang)

Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, 1784-1854
5614422 Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, 1784-1854; (add.info.: Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, 1784-1854)

Map showing the arrest and transportation to Australia and Tasmania of the Tolpuddle Labourers, 1834
5614420 Map showing the arrest and transportation to Australia and Tasmania of the Tolpuddle Labourers, 1834; (add.info.: Map showing the arrest and transportation to Australia)

A shipyard, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404015 A shipyard, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

Underneath a ship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404012 Underneath a ship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

Erecting aeroplanes, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400467 Erecting aeroplanes, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

Mounting a great gun, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400449 Mounting a great gun, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

A shaft bracket, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404005 A shaft bracket, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Plater's Shed, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404002 The Plater's Shed, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Mounting a great gun, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400466 Mounting a great gun, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850
3480189 A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850; (add.info)

Market garden labourers, 1850 (engraving)
3478379 Market garden labourers, 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting market garden labourers enjoying a drink and a smoke after work)

Group of agricultural labourers at the time of the passing of the first Reform Act in 1832. Engraving
527937 Group of agricultural labourers at the time of the passing of the first Reform Act in 1832. Engraving.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Facsimile of a letter from the wives of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to Lord John Russell thanking him for his part in
5614432 Facsimile of a letter from the wives of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to Lord John Russell thanking him for his part in bringing about the pardons for their husbands; (add.info)

Map showing the placings in Canada of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who
5614436 Map showing the placings in Canada of The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for

Public notice advising caution to people thinking of joining illegal societies or unions, early 19th century
5614415 Public notice advising caution to people thinking of joining illegal societies or unions, early 19th century; (add.info)

Navvies working
5308306 Navvies working.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Navvies working on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway line across the Chat Moss Bog. Navvies were the men who actually built railways)

Family of brickmakers in a shed shaping clay in molds, boy bringing more clay
FLO4688702 Family of brickmakers in a shed shaping clay in molds, boy bringing more clay, and another boy arranging bricks on a barrow

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"Unsung Heroes: The Grit and Resilience Through Time" Polkanuggo Quarry, Stithians, Cornwall. 1903-1904: In the heart of Cornwall's rugged landscape, labourers toiled tirelessly at Polkanuggo Quarry, shaping the region's stone heritage with their unwavering determination. Stithians, Cornwall. September 1902: Amidst the picturesque beauty of Stithians in Cornwall stood a group at Polkanuggo Quarry, exemplifying strength and unity as they harnessed nature's resources for progress. The Gullet, Stafford Street, Birmingham: Within the bustling streets of Birmingham's historic Stafford Street lay an indomitable spirit embodied by hardworking labourers who built foundations for a thriving industrial city. Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. C. 1889 (photo): Captured in time through an old photograph from Whitby's Lealholm Hall Farm stands a testament to agricultural labourers whose sweat and dedication nurtured fertile fields that sustained communities. Wallingford Castle in 1810 During Bridge Repairs engraved by Robert Havell the Younger: As Wallingford Castle underwent bridge repairs in 1810 under skilled hands guided by Robert Havell the Younger’s engraving prowess; it was ordinary labourers who laid each brick with precision and craftsmanship. Brunel's Thames Tunnel: Beneath London’s bustling streets lies Brunel’s Thames Tunnel - an engineering marvel brought to life by countless unsung heroes who risked their lives digging deep into darkness to connect two worlds above ground. Raleigh / Potatoes / Ireland: From Sir Walter Raleigh introducing potatoes to Ireland centuries ago till today – generations of tireless Irish they have cultivated this humble crop, nourishing nations and shaping the island's agricultural landscape.