![A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10416004 | agefotostock A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10416004 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/bcf04ca55442757329769aea37e56f13/mev-10416004.jpg)
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10416004 | agefotostock
![Title-page vignette "Oliver is taken to the Workhouse" by Frederic W. Pailthorpe — initial (hand-tinted) illustration for "Oliver Twist" (1886) Title-page vignette "Oliver is taken to the Workhouse" by Frederic W. Pailthorpe — initial (hand-tinted) illustration for "Oliver Twist" (1886)](https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/pailthorpe/22.jpg)
Title-page vignette "Oliver is taken to the Workhouse" by Frederic W. Pailthorpe — initial (hand-tinted) illustration for "Oliver Twist" (1886)
![Title-page vignette "Oliver is taken to the Workhouse" by Frederic W. Pailthorpe — initial (hand-tinted) illustration for "Oliver Twist" (1886) Title-page vignette "Oliver is taken to the Workhouse" by Frederic W. Pailthorpe — initial (hand-tinted) illustration for "Oliver Twist" (1886)](https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/mahoney/81.jpg)
Title-page vignette "Oliver is taken to the Workhouse" by Frederic W. Pailthorpe — initial (hand-tinted) illustration for "Oliver Twist" (1886)
![Mr Bumble and Mrs Corney, the Workhouse matron, taking a flirtatious cup of tea. George Cruikshank illustration for ''Oliver Twist'' Stock Photo - Alamy Mr Bumble and Mrs Corney, the Workhouse matron, taking a flirtatious cup of tea. George Cruikshank illustration for ''Oliver Twist'' Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DYEJJY/mr-bumble-and-mrs-corney-the-workhouse-matron-taking-a-flirtatious-DYEJJY.jpg)