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Joseph Arch (1826-1919), English agricultural worker, trade unionist and politician. Artist: John Tenniel
Joseph Arch (1826-1919), English agricultural worker, trade unionist and politician. Arch was the founder of the National Union of Farm Labourers. The Union was established in 1872 and within two years had 86,000 members, 10% of the British agricultural workforce. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, 1886, when Arch became Liberal Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk. He was the first farm labourer to be elected an MP. Cartoon from Punch portraying Arch greeting the Bishop of Manchester, who supported the Union in a letter to The Times.
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AGRICULTURAL WORKER
Agriculture
Ann Ronan Pictures
Arch
B&W
B/W
Bishop
Bishop of Manchester
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
Cartoon
Christian
Christianity
CLERGYMAN
CLERIC
country
England
English
Engraving
farm hand
farm labourer
FARM WORKER
Handshake
JOHN
John Tenniel
JOSEPH
Joseph Arch
Laborer
LIBERAL
LIBERAL PARTY
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Meeting
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MP
NINETEENTH CENTURY
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religion
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SHAKING HANDS
Sir John Tenniel
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Tenniel
TRADE
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