Covent Garden Labourers

Name: Covent Garden Labourers
Brand: John Thomson, 1877
Price: 25.99 GBP
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These are the men who kept Covent Garden's flower trade moving, working for a well-known florist who dealt only in flowers. The 'odd-men' were paid per delivery, so a busy week could bring in over two pounds and a quiet one nothing at all. They even had to pay eighteen pence for a ticket just to look for work in the market. The older men who couldn't carry pots any more ended up in a cellar gumming flowers, where the scent gave them headaches. Taken by John Thomson in 1877 for Street Life in London.

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan

Paper: Enhanced matte poster paper, 189 g/m² and 10.3 mil thick, with a smooth, non-glare finish that suits the original sepia tones.

Sizes: 12×16 in (30×40 cm) or 18×24 in (45×60 cm).

Printing: The photo is printed edge to edge with no border. Prints are sent unframed, so they'll fit a standard frame of the same size.

The photo: Taken by John Thomson for Street Life in London (1877), written with journalist Adolphe Smith. The original is in the public domain and held by LSE Library.
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