The British Workman was a broadsheet

Broadsheet

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, periodical published monthly in England by Partridge and Co in London

London

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] It was published between 1855 and 1892 with the aim to

"promote the health, wealth and happiness of the working classes"

.It was illustrated with contemporary engravings with some editions having the first page given over to a single engraving. The text, written by a number of authors was a mixture of socialism

Socialism

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 and protestant Christian

Christian

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 religion. It strongly advocated temperance and was

"dedicated to the industrial classes"

.