Title

A Spitalfields silk weaver

Caption

A Spitalfields silk weaver: This man could earn 70p in a good week, but by this date the industry had declined and work was hard to come by. The Spitalfields silk industry begun by Huguenot refugees who left France after Revocation of Edict of Nantes (168

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP07108_0460000732

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,8Mb (3,8Mb) / 12,1in x 11,8in / 3631 x 3543 (300dpi)