The Wall Worker c.1877 20th Century irrepressible Gladys to Miss Smith

irrepressible Gladys to Miss Smith who tries to keep a workforce of flirtatious young men and women on the straight and narrow

One of a portfolio of nine lithographs of Bedford Park

and at his companion with the note-book

both from its confined space and bad ventilation

The Pride Fund

The Wall Worker c.1877 20th Century irrepressible Gladys to Miss SmithMr Cannon, seated on the right, a displayer of cheap advertising boards on walls or fences, known as a 'wall worker', c. 1877. The boards had to be removed each night and replaced again in the morning. Mr Cannon had been a prosperous shoe maker whose business had been ruined by the Crimean War, causing him to fall on hard times.