XJF466268 The Sewing Class at the Manchester and Salford district Providence Society\'s rooms, illustration from \'The Illustrated London News\', November 29th 1862 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: sewing classes were offered as an alternative form of work for the women made redundant by the Lancashire Cotton Famine between 1861-65; the participants received benefit payments in return for their work;); English, out of copyright.