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Workers on the "Silent Highway"

Series TitleStreet Life in London, part 8, September 1877
Artist John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921)
Date1877
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (11.43 x 8.89 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.18.40.7.2
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionScene on barge on Thames: two men are working, one in white jacket/shirt on right, one in darker outfit on left.
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The "Wall Worker"
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.5.2
Thames Barge
Alvin Langdon Coburn
ca. 1913
2005.27.1211
Cast-Iron Billy
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.7.1
"Caney" the Clown
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.3.1
Dealer in Fancy Wear
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.3.2
Covent Gardens Labourers
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.5.3
Public Disinfectors
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.1.3
image overall
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.6.3
Halfpenny Ices
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.6.1
"Mush-Fakers" and Ginger-Beer Makers
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.8.3
The Temperance Sweep
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.3.3