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Description: | In October 1936, 200 men walked almost 300 miles from Jarrow to London to petition Parliament against the extreme poverty and deprivation caused by unemployment in the north east of England during the depression. In this painting the arrival of the hunger marchers is watched by an affluent young woman in evening dress through a window overlooking Piccadilly. She and her companion, who does not even turn to look at the protesters, appear unmoved by their plight. The contrast between the wealthy onlookers in the comfortable interior and the impoverished marchers in the street below clearly highlights the social inequalities of the time.
Purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Geffrye Museum | Rights holder: | Unknown | Subjects: | Power and Politics | Temporal: | 1936 | Source: | Geffrye Museum | Creator: | Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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