Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Illustration of verses from In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse - written by George R Sims in 1877. This sentimental poem about the cruelties of the workhouse system became enormously popular. The wintry scene depicts a man being refused food for his dying wife at the workhouse gate
Picture No
10725360
Media ID
47597672
Size
1871px x 3000px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed illustration on a postcard
Date
circa 1905
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