‘No Home, No Dole’, London
About this artwork
In a society with only rudimentary welfare payments, high levels of unemployment were one of the central political questions of the day. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Britain’s access to world markets declined dramatically, leading to heavy job losses, particularly in industrial regions. By 1931 unemployment had reached more than three million and the Labour Government collapsed, in part because it attempted to reduce benefits. This photograph is a comment on these events and perhaps particularly the problems faced by workers who had been made homeless as a result of joblessness.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edith Tudor-Hart (1908 - 1973) Austrian
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title:‘No Home, No Dole’, London
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date created:Photographed about 1931
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printed by:Owen Logan (born 1963) Scottish
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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credit line:Printed 2004 from original negatives held in the Edith Tudor Hart Archive
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accession number:PGP 279.2B
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Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart, née Suschitzky, was one of the most significant documentary photographers working in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Vienna, she grew up in radical Jewish circles. Edith married Alex Tudor-Hart, a British doctor, and the pair moved to England. There she worked as a...