Title

'Love Conquered Fear', 1840. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Love Conquered Fear', 1840. Michael Armstrong, adopted by a mill owner, embracing his brother Edward who is one of the ragged factory boys working amongst the spinning mules. By Michael's foot a child crawls out from under the mule. Children were employed to keep the floor under the mules free of dust and fibres to minimise risk of fire. They often suffered horrific injuries when crushed by moving machinery. From The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong by Frances Trollope, who was an active campaigner against the use of child labour in British factories. (London, 1840). (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1840

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D06_087

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (7,8Mb) / 9,1in x 12,8in / 2734 x 3835 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings female women woman people male boy boys child children interior indoors working event work job technology man men embracing arts industry manufacturing danger window trade guy dangerous occupation British color colour spinning factory machine machinery progress poor poverty century textiles Britain profession inside literature lady concept exploitation rags textile industry colourised industrial revolution RAGGED 19th century Health and safety nineteenth century textile mill The Print Collector child labour mechanisation spinning machine spinning mule textile manufacturing textile worker textiles worker Unknown colorised