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Beggar Collection

Background imageBeggar Collection: St Martin De Tours

St Martin De Tours
Saint Martin of Tours divides his cloak with a beggar

Background imageBeggar Collection: Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620, by Hendrick Avercamp

Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620, by Hendrick Avercamp
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634). Dutch painter. Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands

Background imageBeggar Collection: Alice as a Beggar Girl

Alice as a Beggar Girl
ALICE LIDDELL Alice Liddell as a beggar girl

Background imageBeggar Collection: Winter landscape with skaters by Droochsloot

Winter landscape with skaters by Droochsloot
Winter landscape with skaters (1629) by Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (1586-1666). Dutch painter. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imageBeggar Collection: Young Beggar Girl - Algeria

Young Beggar Girl - Algeria. Date: 1900s

Background imageBeggar Collection: View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Background imageBeggar Collection: An old woman holds out a cup to beg on a Venice bridge

An old woman holds out a cup to beg on a Venice bridge
An old woman holds out a cup to beg for money. She sits and half-lies on the stone steps of a bridge in Venice, Italy. People walk by Date: 2013

Background imageBeggar Collection: A blind bible reader, Victorian period

A blind bible reader, Victorian period

Background imageBeggar Collection: The Blind Beggar Bethnal Green London Victorian period

The Blind Beggar Bethnal Green London Victorian period

Background imageBeggar Collection: The Blind Beggar pub, Bethnal Green, London

The Blind Beggar pub, Bethnal Green, London

Background imageBeggar Collection: I Danced with a Beggar

I Danced with a Beggar Date: 1925

Background imageBeggar Collection: Altar depicting scenes from the life of St Martin of Tours

Altar depicting scenes from the life of St Martin of Tours
Altar frontal depicting scenes from the life of Saint Martin of Tours. Romanesque style. Lleida workshop. Polychromed board. Santa Maria de Palau de Rialb (Lleida province, Catalonia, Spain)

Background imageBeggar Collection: Courtier Duke Beggar Woman Child Crown Leaves

Courtier Duke Beggar Woman Child Crown Leaves
courtier, Duke, beggar, woman, child, crown, leaves, finger, handcolored, engraving, Chretien, Mechel, Hans, Holbein, Triumph, Death, original, drawing, Peter, Paul, Rubens, skeleton, history

Background imageBeggar Collection: The Beggar sits forlornly on his crutches outside

The Beggar sits forlornly on his crutches outside the town walls.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Background imageBeggar Collection: THE CORONATION RING - Edward the Confessor giving a ring to a beggar

THE CORONATION RING - Edward the Confessor giving a ring to a beggar (in fact St John the Evangelist in disguise); a ring representing this one has been used at Coronations ever since

Background imageBeggar Collection: 1860s Japan - portrait of a mendicant nun beggar Felice or Felix Beato

1860s Japan - portrait of a mendicant nun beggar Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Background imageBeggar Collection: Beggar woman from Ghoom, India, c. 1880

Beggar woman from Ghoom, India, c. 1880
Beggar woman from Ghoom, India, c.1880

Background imageBeggar Collection: Beggar in winter clothing, China, c. 1880 s

Beggar in winter clothing, China, c. 1880 s
Beggar in winter clothing, China, c.1880 s

Background imageBeggar Collection: Homeless man asks for donation from PDSA collector

Homeless man asks for donation from PDSA collector
A homeless man asks PDSA collector for donation, Central London. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageBeggar Collection: Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC

Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, 18thC
Travellers dining at a restaurant in a French inn, late 18th century. Table d hote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Journal of Sentimental Travels

Background imageBeggar Collection: Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806

Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806
View of a group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806. Strollers include Catalonian women in veils and mantillas, a monk, a soldier in bicorn, children

Background imageBeggar Collection: Tomb and effigy of El Cid Rodrigo Diaz, etc

Tomb and effigy of El Cid Rodrigo Diaz, etc
Tomb and effigy of El Cid Rodrigo Diaz and his wife Jimena Diaz 1, Duke of Cardona 2, King of Aragon 3, and portrait of Conquistador Hernan Cortes 4. Sepolcro e simulacro del Cid

Background imageBeggar Collection: The Beggar Maid

The Beggar Maid
The King and the Beggar-maid is a 16th-century ballad that tells the story of King Cophetua of Ethiopia and his love for the beggar Penelophon.Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1914

Background imageBeggar Collection: Invitation to a Game of Argolla, by Murillo

Invitation to a Game of Argolla, by Murillo
Invitation to a Game of Argolla [a form of croquet], by Murillo, in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Depicting two beggar boys and a dog. Date: circa 1660s

Background imageBeggar Collection: Lazarillo de Tormes and the blind man bumping into a pillar

Lazarillo de Tormes and the blind man bumping into a pillar
Lazarillo de Tormes takes his revenge on the blind beggar by forcing him to bump into a pillar. Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in the background

Background imageBeggar Collection: George Dyball, a blind beggar in a sailor s

George Dyball, a blind beggar in a sailor s
George Dyball, a blind beggar who dressed in a sailors uniform, and his dog Nelson with begging bowl. Another blind begging couple behind him

Background imageBeggar Collection: Gabled houses from the Interregnum (1650s)

Gabled houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on Winchester Street, London Wall, 1804. Characters on the right pavement include Professor of Languages Count John Theodora de Verdion with umbrella

Background imageBeggar Collection: Muslim fakir or faqir holy men in India

Muslim fakir or faqir holy men in India
Muslim fakir or faqir holy men: naga with stick, paramahamsa sitting under a tree, painted sannyasi, naked avadhuta, robed Baisnab Vaisnava and fakir at prayer

Background imageBeggar Collection: Mother and child giving charity

Mother and child giving charity. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Background imageBeggar Collection: Modes of travelling in India

Modes of travelling in India. Clockwise from top left: tramps; hindu pilgrim; travelling beggar; charry dawk; an ekha; the East Indian railway; a bhylie; camel caravan; palky dawk; and in the centre

Background imageBeggar Collection: Joseph Johnson - crippled sailor begging

Joseph Johnson - crippled sailor begging
Joseph Johnson or Black Joe, wounded veteran merchant seaman, wearing his Nelson ship hat. He earned his living as a Regular Chaunter singing songs such as Storm and The British Seamans Praise 1815

Background imageBeggar Collection: Paris beggar 1850

Paris beggar 1850
French woman beggar with child, holding out her hand for money. Date: 1850

Background imageBeggar Collection: Beggar seeking alms, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Beggar seeking alms, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageBeggar Collection: Mother begging in streets of London 1851

Mother begging in streets of London 1851
Mother selling flowers from a basket for a bit of money in the Strand, London, while her baby sleeps in her arms. Date: 1851

Background imageBeggar Collection: SOCIAL / SQUIRES DOOR 18C

SOCIAL / SQUIRES DOOR 18C
A lady at the Squires door giving charity to a beggar Date: 1790

Background imageBeggar Collection: ISTANBUL / BAZaR 1869

ISTANBUL / BAZaR 1869
Istanbul: English tourists browse at the stalls of an Istanbul bazaar Date: 1869

Background imageBeggar Collection: FALL / IRISH SETTER / 1952

FALL / IRISH SETTER / 1952
CHAMPION WENDOVER BEGGAR Owned by James. Date: 1952

Background imageBeggar Collection: BEGGAR - CHARLES MACKEY

BEGGAR - CHARLES MACKEY
Charles Mackey, a black beggar, stands with cap in hand before an old stone cross. Date: Early 19th century

Background imageBeggar Collection: ENGLISH TOURISTS / TURKEY

ENGLISH TOURISTS / TURKEY
English tourists browse the stalls at an Istanbul bazaar. Date: 1869

Background imageBeggar Collection: Paris Streetfolk 16th century

Paris Streetfolk 16th century
Paris street types - a chimney-sweep, a peasant and a beggar Date: early 16th century

Background imageBeggar Collection: LADY GRANNY BEGGAR

LADY GRANNY BEGGAR
Lady Granny A well known beggar on the London streets. Date: 19th engraving

Background imageBeggar Collection: FRENCH BEGGAR 1820

FRENCH BEGGAR 1820
French beggars Date: circa 1820

Background imageBeggar Collection: RELIGION / CONFESSION

RELIGION / CONFESSION
Pious French Catholics queue to confess their sins to a popular priest; an elegant gentleman reads a pious text on bended knee, a beggar begs Date: 1737

Background imageBeggar Collection: Market day 1856

Market day 1856
Market day in a country town, with the Town Crier crying, a farmers wife in a cart, a beggar, a carriage advertising a circus, an organic vegetable stall, and much, much more... Date: 1856

Background imageBeggar Collection: LONDON / CRIES / DEFORMED

LONDON / CRIES / DEFORMED
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823

Background imageBeggar Collection: LONDON / CRIES / BEGGAR / TINY

LONDON / CRIES / BEGGAR / TINY
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England. Date: 1823

Background imageBeggar Collection: Poor French beggar 1850

Poor French beggar 1850
French beggar in old top hat Date: 1850

Background imageBeggar Collection: Street sweeper 1863

Street sweeper 1863
Young barefoot boy sweeping the streets for some money. Date: 1863



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