Overcrowding and poor living conditions in London, 1862: eleven scenes. Wood engraving, 1862.

Date:
1862
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38089i
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Top four scenes: a house in Islington, a decayed suburban cottage, sleeping accommodation for nine children and a bedroom for nine as well as a cat and dog. Bottom seven scenes: people attending a wake in a crowded room, an overcrowded schoolhouse, a sick room, a bedroom under the stairs, a modern house with thirty four occupants, a London house let in apartments and accommodation above a stable

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1862

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; image 28.5 x 18.1 cm

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Overcrowding, and other sanitary derangements, in 1862. Further lettering within the print accompanying each scene

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Wellcome Collection 38089i

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