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Illustration Portfolio: 18th, 19th and 20th Century

Industrial Revolution (cotton spinning)

Selected illustrations from The Story of Cromford Mills, a children's guidebook telling the history of Richard Arkwright and cotton spinning.
Humorous educational illustration showing industrial espionage during Industrial Revolution
Secrets & Spies: Atmospheric illustration showing someone attempting to steal secrets from the mill
Educational children's illustration showing slaves being loaded onto a slave ship, and slaves picking cotton, by illustrator Emma Metcalfe
Illustration showing links between British cotton mills and the slave trade
Humorous educational illustration showing Richard Arkwright as a barber, by children's illustrator Emma Metcalfe
Humorous educational illustration showing Richard Arkwright as a barber
Humorous children's cartoon illustration of Georgian lady reading a fashion magazine
Georgian lady reading about the latest cotton fashions
Children's educational cartoon strip illustration about child mill workers during Industrial Revolution
Comic strip showing a 'day in the life' of an 18th/19th century child mill worker
Children's educational illustrations of children working at spinning mill during Industrial Revolution
Illustrations of child mill workers and simplified illustration of Arkwright's spinning frame

Cloth trading at The Piece Hall

Selected illustrations from A Woolly Welcome to The Piece Hall, a children's trail leaflet about the history of woollen cloth making and  cloth trading in West Yorkshire.
Illustration of eighteenth century Yorkshire cloth hall Piece Hall Halifax building illustration by Emma Metcalfe
Illustration of The Piece Hall, a historic cloth hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire where woollen cloth was traded
Cartoon illustration activity of eighteenth century woollen cloth merchant at cloth hall
Illustrated cloth merchant educational activity
Children's educational illustrations of industrial history wool cloth making process by emma metcalfe
Step by step illustration of eighteenth century woollen cloth making process

Lacemaking in Victorian Times

Selected illustrations from Weaving, Wonderful Webs, a children's leaflet about the history of bobbin lacemaking in Victorian times.
Illustration of girl lace school pupil holding lace pillow and bobbins for lacemaking in Victorian times by Emma Metcalfe
Character illustration of Victorian girl who is learning to be a lacemaker
Illustration of rich Victorian child in fine clothes holding doll by children's illustrator emma metcalfe
Character illustration of wealthy Victorian girl whose father owns a lace factory
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Illustration of children learning to make bobbin lace by the light of a candle stool at a Victorian lace school

First World War/Early 20th Century

Selected illustrations from various projects.
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Character illustration: Young boy (around 1916)
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Character illustration: Female tram conductor during First World War (around 1916)
Black and white line drawing of First World War Belgian refugees by illustrator Emma Metcalfe
Black and white illustration of man watching Belgian refugees arriving in Folkestone during World War One
Illustration of World War One British soldier reading letter from home by Emma Metcalfe
British soldier reading a letter from home during the First World War
Illustration of new recruit to British Army during World War One by illustrator Emma Metcalfe
New recruit being measured up upon enlistment to the British Army during World War One
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