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With the distressed hop pickers in Kent

With the distressed hop pickers in Kent - a series of drawings by ILN Special Artist Mr H. C. Seppings Wright showing the poor conditions for hop pickers in Kent during bad wet weather. A rudimentary shelter from the rain, tramping through the lanes in search of work and sitting beneath umbrellas sorting the hops.
1897

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

The Picking; La cueillette, c.1925 (oil on canvas)

1769296 The Picking; La cueillette, c.1925 (oil on canvas) by Martin, Henri (1860-1943); 204.4x109.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Picking; La cueillette. Henri Martin (1860-1943). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1925. 204.4 x 109.5cm. The picture depicts September grape-picking.); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

© © Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images

A Labour of Love, 1905

A Labour of Love, 1905. A little boy in a straw hat and sailor suit hoes the flower garden for his grandmother who, in shawl and bonnet, sits watching outside her thatched country cottage. From The Prize for Girls and Boys. (London, 1905)

© Ann Ronan Picture Library / Heritage-Images

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