1842 · Pit Boy · Werk 380 von 1.871

A young trapper boy seated beside a ventilation door in a coal roadway, rope in hand, a full tub rumbling past on wooden rails, his candle set in a clay holder, the boy in a ragged linen shirt, a short jacket and loose trousers of coarse cloth, barefoot or in worn leather boots, a cloth cap, the roadway walled with rough coal and rock and propped with timber, the door of rough planks, darkness beyond the candle.
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