Middle class, thread and cotton; Strong class, iron and steel, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1840

Plate no 1, a well dressed man, wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar, leaning on a walking stick, stands facing a muscular workingman smoking a pipe with a hammer lying on the ground beside him. 1840 lithograph. Date: 1840. Dimensions: Height: 309 mm (image); Height: 383 mm (sheet); Width: 223 mm; Width: 253 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Pierre Jean de Béranger. Collection: British Museum. Classe moyenne, fil et coton; Classe fort, fer et acier (BM 1855,0414.33)