"The 'Crawlers'", photograph by John Thomson featured in his Street Life in London (1876-7).
Featured on PDR in the essay Rescuing England: The Rhetoric of Imperialism and the Salvation Army
Ellen J. Stockstill on how William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, placed the ideas and language of colonialism at the very heart of his vision for improving the lives of Victorian England's poor.
Also appearing in the essay…
The Crawlers
Artist
Date
1876–7
From
Street Life in London
