Bergarbeiter
with pickaxe a. Miner's lamp, in the background a winding tower a. …
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Bergarbeiter with pickaxe a. miner's lamp, in the background a winding tower a. smoking chimneys. Anonymous, lav. Brush and India ink drawing over pencil, c. 1900. 19.5 x 15.5 cm. Verso: Back view of a lady with hat and umbrella. Also. Mounted on card. - Sporadically somewhat stained, upper right corner with superficial paper tear. D

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Bergarbeiter

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AUDIFFRED, Jean-Honoré - BROUSSE, Emile. Chambre des Deputes. Quatrieme Legislature. Session de 1887. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission chargee d'examiner: 1. la proposition de loi de M. Audiffred et plusieurs de ses collegues, sur les caisses de secours et de retraites des ouvriers mineurs; 2. De la proposition de M. Emile Brousse et plusieurs de ses collegues, relative a la creation de caisses de prevoyance pour assurer des pensions de retraite et de secours aux ouvriers mineurs.Paris, Quantin, 1887 Folio, 290x235 mm. 73 pp., 2 blank. Slight traces of use. Contains two reports relating to miners, presented to the Chamber of Deputies, March 21, 1887: On aid and pension funds for miners, by J-H. Audiffred; On the Establishment of Pension Funds to Guarantee Retirement and Relief Pensions for Miners' Workers, E. Brousse and some of his colleagues.Jean-Honoré Audiffred, 1840 - 1917, lawyer, was a deputy from April 6, 1879 to December 19, 1904; served on several important committees, including one on miners' probationers. Emile Brousse, 1850 - 1914, lawyer, was deputy from August 21, 1881 to November 25, 1895. Of radical views, he went to sit on the extreme left. Folio, 290x235 mm. Pp. 73, 2 blanks. Slight sign of wear. Contains two reports relating to the miners, presented to the Chamber of Deputies, March 21, 1887: On the aid and pension funds of the miners, by J-H. Audiffred; On the creation of provident funds to ensure retirement and relief pensions for miners' workers, E. Brousse and some of his colleagues.Jean-Honoré Audiffred, 1840 - 1917, lawyer, was deputy from April 6, 1879 to December 19, 1904; he was part of several important commissions, including the one on the "honest men" of miners. Emile Brousse, 1850 - 1914, lawyer, was a member of parliament from August 21, 1881 to November 25, 1895; with radical opinions, he found himself on the far left.