Sujet
'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel', 1872. Artist: A Bertrand
Légende
'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel', 1872; showing a lascar washing a dish. The lascar is on the left of the picture, surrounded by children at his feet, and a woman holding a baby behind him in the doorway. A sad looking girl sits at his feet holding a baby, while small children around her play in the gutter. A woman looks out at the scene from a window above. The term lascar means an East Indian sailor serving in the British Navy. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré. A Pilgrimage was a comprehensive portrait of London, but although the book was a commercial success many of the critics disliked it. Several were upset that Jerrold and Doré had concentrated on the poverty that existed in London.
Museum of London
Date
1872
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/London Museum
Notre référence
HRM19A84_226
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,8Mo (3,8Mo) / 32,8cm x 41,1cm / 3877 x 4854 (300dpi)