Class System Collection (#4)

A London Gentlemen's Club
5616591 A London Gentlemen's Club; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting upper-class English men gathered furtively on a rooftop of seedy London Gentlemen's Club. Dated 19th Century)

A working class family out for a walk, 1850
3478742 A working class family out for a walk, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a working class family out for a walk. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Landscape along a River (oil on canvas)
8682943 Landscape along a River (oil on canvas) by d'Arthois, Jacques (1613-86); Prado, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: By Jacques d'Arthois)

A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start their work day, 1850
3478300 A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start their work day, 1850; (add.info)

Two working class couples, 1850
3478296 Two working class couples, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting two working class couples conversing. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A group of women sat gossiping around a raging fire, 1850
3478239 A group of women sat gossiping around a raging fire, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a group of women sat gossiping around a raging fire)

Children playing with their father, 1850
3478126 Children playing with their father, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting children playing with their father. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A son leaving home, 1850
3478191 A son leaving home, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a son leaving home. Illustration by Henry Towneley Green (1836-1899) an English water-colourist, painter and Illustrator

A London Club waiter serving a member with a drink, 1850
3478080 A London Club waiter serving a member with a drink, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a London Club waiter serving a member with a drink)

A lonely mother with her little boy, 1850
3478183 A lonely mother with her little boy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a lonely mother with her little boy asleep on her lap. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Children playing with their father, 1850
3478157 Children playing with their father, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting children playing with their father. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Gentlemen in top hats, 1876
3479452 Gentlemen in top hats, 1876; (add.info.: Gentlemen in top hats greet a lady wearing a fashionable hat. Dated 1876, London.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A young child learning to walk by using a walking frame, 1850
3477992 A young child learning to walk by using a walking frame, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young child learning to walk by using a walking frame)

Science. Glassmaking. Working women blowing a glass pearl. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de
3434710 Science. Glassmaking. Working women blowing a glass pearl. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part)

Science. Glassmaking: glassworks in the 2nd half of the XIXth cent. Engraving in
3434700 Science. Glassmaking: glassworks in the 2nd half of the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

Science. Textile manufacturing: workers washing the fabrics. Engraving in
3434764 Science. Textile manufacturing: workers washing the fabrics. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Science)

A yachting trip, 1850
3478476 A yachting trip, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a yachting trip, with two gentlemen and gentlewomen. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A young lady with her dog, 1850
3478436 A young lady with her dog, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of a young lady with her dog, asking London natives directions to Hyde Park. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A young man suffering from a hangover, 1850
3478085 A young man suffering from a hangover, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a young man suffering from a hangover. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Spoilt children making a nuisance of themselves, 1850
3478025 Spoilt children making a nuisance of themselves, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting spoilt children making a nuisance of themselves. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Grandchildren playing with their grandfather, 1850
3478016 Grandchildren playing with their grandfather, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting grandchildren playing with their grandfather. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn, 1850
3478145 A cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a cottager spinning while her mother reels the yarn)

Types of Playgoers - No. 1 The Stalls, 1903 (litho)
XJF448214 Types of Playgoers - No. 1 The Stalls, 1903 (litho) by Wimperis, Arthur Harold (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Croquet Tournament at Wimbledon, 1870 (engraving)
1575593 Croquet Tournament at Wimbledon, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of the all England Tournament at Wimbledon. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Veteran Rider, 1870 (engraving)
1575671 A Veteran Rider, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a young girl in competition dress, sat on a horse. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

At Home in the Saddle, 1870 (engraving)
1575668 At Home in the Saddle, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a formally dressed woman riding a horse. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Trade Union Congress, Norwich, 1937 (b/w photo)
8635902 Trade Union Congress, Norwich, 1937 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trade Union Congress, Norwich, 1937)

Rally of unemployed workers in Hyde Park, London, 1931 (b/w photo)
8635299 Rally of unemployed workers in Hyde Park, London, 1931 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rally of unemployed workers in Hyde Park, London)

Upper middle class housing, Wimbledon (b/w photo)
8676223 Upper middle class housing, Wimbledon (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Upper middle class housing, Wimbledon)

Workmen's dining rooms, London (b/w photo)
8676179 Workmen's dining rooms, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Workmen's dining rooms, London)

Officers of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (b/w photo)
8673342 Officers of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Officers of the Miners Federation of Great Britain)

W H Hutchinson, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673339 W H Hutchinson, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: W H Hutchinson (1878-1965), British trade unionist

A B Swales, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673328 A B Swales, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A B Swales, British trade unionist)

John Marchbank, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673395 John Marchbank, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Marchbank (1883-1946), British trade unionist

Caricature of a trade union agitator (litho)
8673248 Caricature of a trade union agitator (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caricature of a trade union agitator in Britain. From Punch, 1856)

Fred Bramley, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673341 Fred Bramley, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fred Bramley (1874-1925), British trade unionist

Dick Coppock, British trade unionist and politician (b/w photo)
8673340 Dick Coppock, British trade unionist and politician (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dick Coppock, British trade unionist and politician)

Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet Russian trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673334 Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet Russian trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mikhail Tomsky (1880-1936)

The Miners and the Coal Commission, USA (litho)
8673327 The Miners and the Coal Commission, USA (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Miners and the Coal Commission, USA)

A J Cook, British trade unionist (b/w photo)
8673359 A J Cook, British trade unionist (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A J Cook, British trade unionist)

William Cobbett at a cottage gate on his rides through England (litho)
8673163 William Cobbett at a cottage gate on his rides through England (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration of a evening meal of a Japanese middle class family, 19th century (print)
3522215 Illustration of a evening meal of a Japanese middle class family, 19th century (print); (add.info.: Illustration of a evening meal of a Japanese middle class family)

A husband and wife discuss social and political issues in Victorian England, 1874
3478933 A husband and wife discuss social and political issues in Victorian England, 1874; (add.info.: A husband and wife discuss social and political issues in Victorian England)

Sciences. Fabrication du verre. Workshop for cuting the lead crystal. Engraving in
3434706 Sciences. Fabrication du verre. Workshop for cuting the lead crystal. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

strike of the workers at the Schneider factory, in Le Creusot, France, in 1899 (photo0)
1802162 strike of the workers at the Schneider factory, in Le Creusot, France, in 1899 (photo0 by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: strike of the workers at the Schneider factory)

Work will be the Master of the Universe, 1922-1923 (poster)
2419980 Work will be the Master of the Universe, 1922-1923 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. History. Russia (USSR). "Work will be the Master of the Universe"

Mowing, Shearing, and Cottagers Flower Show, at Coleshill Park - the Distribution of the... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mowing, Shearing, and Cottagers Flower Show, at Coleshill Park - the Distribution of the Prizes, 1858. For fourteen years the noble owner of Coleshill

Life Peerages - the Assistant-Keeper of the Records Reading the Peerage Patent at the Bar of the Hou Creator: Unknown
Life Peerages - the Assistant-Keeper of the Records Reading the Peerage Patent at the Bar of the House of Lords, 1856. The patent of the Earl of Huntingdon was almost illegible from age

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"Exploring the Layers of Class System: From Royalty to Laborers" In this captivating journey through time, we witness the intricate layers of society's class system. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, stands as a symbol of aristocracy and privilege. His portrait reflects the opulence and grandeur associated with royalty. Contrasting this image is Vera Mukhina's sculpture "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, " capturing the essence of hardworking individuals who form the backbone of society. This black-and-white photograph serves as a reminder that laborers play an essential role in shaping our world. Moving further back in history, we encounter King George V in 1892, epitomizing power within his regal demeanor. The oil painting showcases his authority over vast territories during an era defined by social hierarchy. However, not all depictions revolve around nobility; some focus on leisurely pursuits enjoyed by those with means. An elegant lady gracefully rows her boat across calm waters in an oil-on-canvas masterpiece. Here we glimpse into a world where wealth affords leisurely activities amidst picturesque landscapes. Shifting gears to earlier centuries, we stumble upon frozen Antwerp quay depicted in 1622 by an unknown artist on panel canvas. This scene reminds us that even nature bows before societal divisions - freezing both rich and poor alike under its icy grip. An imaginary Renaissance palace from 1602 transports us to a realm where architecture embodies status and prestige. Elaborate designs signify wealth while emphasizing disparities between classes. The artistry continues with "Boat Builder, " painted circa 1904 on canvas - showcasing skilled craftsmen contributing their expertise to maritime endeavors despite their lower standing within society. Meanwhile, "An open-air Party" from 1615 portrays revelry amongst privileged circles - highlighting how exclusivity often defines social gatherings throughout history. Tompkins Matteson's c.