xml/lby.00130.xml Icons of Liberty: The Triumph of Labour

Walter Crane, The Triumph of Labour (1891)

Walter Crane, The Triumph of Labour (1891). Engraving. Reproduced from Robert Philippe, Political Graphics: Art as a Weapon, Phaidon, 1980, 204-05. Crane's illustration shows the rise of labor concerns and egalitarian ideals at the end of the 19th century as industrial captialism got into full swing.