Shoe making. Frank Holl. Wood engraving, 11½ x 16 inches. the Graphic(16 May 1872): 468. This image typifies Holl’s work as a social commentator. The workers are absorbed in their work, but the atmosphere is dreary; none of the characters is smiling or speaking and none of the joy in work that William Morris and John Ruskin proposed as the only model of gainful living. Click on image to enlarge it.
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Bibliography
Macquoid, Thomas and Katharine. About Yorkshire. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892.
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