Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs

Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer John Thomson, accompanied by individual essays -- by Thomson himself or social activist Adolphe Smith -- that offer sharply drawn vignettes of lower-class laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, and other street people. A treasure trove of astonishing historical detail.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 07/13/1994
ISBN: 9780486281216
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 11.22h x 8.38w x 0.34d

Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/1994 pg. 116