SEW OR DIE! The silent inferno of the East End needlewomen: 14 hours a day for one shilling and sixpence a week
Whitechapel, December 1850. We descend into a cellar to share a day of sewing with a woman who makes shirts for pennies. The lamp lasts until three in the morning. The sweater calls on Friday to collect his share. A chronicle of the invisible labour that clothes England.