Title
Wool Merchant
Caption
Wool Merchant taking 'pieces' of cloth to the Cloth Hall at Leeds for sale. These lengths of cloth were made by homeworkers. Merchants supplied raw material and marketed finished cloth. With the coming of woollen mills and industrialisation these craftsmen were gradually driven out of work. From George Walker "The Costume of Yorkshire" Leeds 1814. Aquatint
Date
1814
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP07096_390001667
License type
Rights managed
Available size
23,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 11,8in x 7,6in / 3543 x 2294 (300dpi)