List of figures
0.1 The male occupational structure of England and Wales (percentage of the labour force), 1600–2011. Source: Occupational Structure of Britain Project: testamentary database: parish register database: national censuses: I-CeM: C.H. Lee: UK Dataservice. Reproduced by permission of CAMPOP.
3.1 Professional and amateur artists opening new accounts with Roberson 1820–1939.
3.2 Single-order accounts, by date.
3.3 Roberson’s ‘retail branch’ in temporary accommodation on Piccadilly circa 1904, during the construction of the Ritz Hotel, its eventual location. Author’s collection.
3.4 Mildred Holland’s ceiling paintings in St Mary’s church, Huntingfield, Suffolk. Photo: author.
3.5 Combination pocket sketch book and palette in catalogue dated circa 1899–1906. Author’s collection.
3.6 The ‘belt’ easel in catalogue dated circa 1899–1906. Author’s collection.
7.1 Oliver Cox, Rural Plan, 1939. Architectural Association Archives.
7.2 Anthony Cox and Unit 15, ‘Plan for Faringdon, Berkshire’, 1936.
7.3 Oliver Cox’s 1948 satirical drawing of the ‘revolution’ at Bedford Square. Plan 1, Architectural Students Association Journal (1948), p. 3.
7.4 Fulham Survey cover, showing a map of Strode Road. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive © The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive.
7.5 Strode Road elevation in the Fulham Social Survey. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive © The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive.
7.6 A mantelpiece in the Fulham Social Survey, with a self-portrait of Cox in the reflection. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive © The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive.
7.7 Notes on patterns in the Fulham Social Survey. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive © The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive.
7.8 Illustrations of Buildings questionnaire in the Fulham Social Survey. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive © The Trustees of the Mass Observation Archive.