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'Temple from the River'

between 1930 and 1932

showing nos 35 and 53

18th June 1988

Mammon's Rents! George Lane 'Temple from the River''Mammon's Rents!', 1883. A rent collector has come to collect the week's payment from one of London's poorest families. The well fed and well clothed appearance of the collector is in stark contrast to the terrible poverty of the family. The condition of the poor was a matter of great concern during the mid and late Victorian period. This cartoon was prompted by the publication of Andrew Mearns' The Bitter Cry of Outcast London. An inquiry into the

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