Benevolence Collection

Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, London
The Mount Pleasant Hotel at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. The building was originally erected in 1894 as one of Londons six Rowton Houses - large

Saint Yves (Card)
SAINT YVES French lawyer, whose honesty and benevolence led to his becoming the patron saint of notaries and attorneys

Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, Sussex
Children and staff stand in front of the orphanage and childrens home at Peacehaven in East Sussex. The home was opened in 1933 by the singing star Gracie Fields to care for the children of parents

London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, Woking
General view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey. The orphanage was founded in 1885 in Clapham, south west London

Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie, Maundy Thursday
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and her sister Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), leaving the Maundy Thursday distribution ceremony at Westminster Abbey

WWI Poster, Belgian & Allies Aid League
Design by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), Belgian & Allies Aid League, Will you help these sufferers from the war to start a new home. Help is better than sympathy

Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, Berkshire
The Wallingford Unions cottage homes on Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berkshire. Cottage homes were established by some poor law authorities to house pauper children away from the workhouse

First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses
The First Alexandra Rose Day charity, women selling roses outside the Hotel Cecil on 26 June 1912. The charity was launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Princess Alexandra from her

BAREFOOT GIRL / BREAD 1905
A generous girl gives a poor street girl some bread outside a bakers shop Date: 1905

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal healing a sick woman, circa 1799
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (1271-1336). Queen of Portugal. Saint Elizabeth of Portugal healing a sick woman, circa 1799. By Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid

Receipt, Ragged School Union, London
Receipt for donation to the Ragged School Union, London, 22 May 1894 Date: 1894

Poster advertising the NSPCC, Diamond Jubilee Year Appeal - In 60 years the NSPCC has come to the rescue of 5.5 million children - please help us, if you can. Date: circa 1944

Cartoon, Victimised Citizen - Here comes that cadger, Old Father Christmas, again! John Bull digs in his pocket for some change. 1884

View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, London
View inside the Chapel, Foundling Hospital, Bloomsbury, London, founded by Thomas Coram and opened in the 1740s. Date: 1845

Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold with Dame Bewley
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and her husband Prince Leopold of Belgium finding Dame Bewley at her cottage door reading her old Bible. circa 1816

Railway Orphanage Charity Collecting Dogs, December 1907. 1907

Dr Barnardos Village Homes, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex
Children perform a dance display at Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls at Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. The occasion is presumably an open day, for the benefit of visitors and benefactors

Rowton House, Kings Cross, London
The Kings Cross Rowton House (built in 1894) at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

Parable of the Good Samaritan. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19
Parable of the Good Samaritan. The Good Samaritan arrives to the inn. Gospel of Luke. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century

Brotherhood of the Misericordia of Florence, Italy, a charitable institution dating back to the Middle Ages. Seen here transporting a sick man. Masks are worn to preserve anonymity

Rowton House, Arlington Road, Camden, London
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden, north west London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex
Girls and staff in the grounds of Barnardos Home, Barkingside, Essex, with childrens cottages in the background. In 1873, Thomas Barnardo set up a Village Home for Orphan

Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, Norfolk
Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, near Sandringham in Norfolk. When these elderly women enter the almshouses (known collectively as Trinity Hospital) they are required to wear an old Welsh costume

Victorian scrap - School Board and politics
Victorian scrap - Political Types - School Board and Politics. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - Charity and Wealth
Victorian scrap - Ragged School Union, Charity and Wealth. late 19th century

Cartoon, C W Thompson -- This is the gentleman who has done so much for actors benefits. 1883

Cartoon, Sir Michael Costa and Sir Julius Benedict
Cartoon -- Benefit Knights. They are (left) Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (1808-1884), an Italian-born conductor and composer, and (right) Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885)

Soho, London - 1 Greek Street W1, sign for The House of St Barnabas-in-Soho, founded in 1846 as a homeless charity (described here as a temporary home for women)

Church Charity Box - Remember the Poor - a woman and a little girl. 1897

Emptying the Missionary Box -- a smartly-dressed woman empties coins onto a plate. 1894

Allegorical scene
An allegorical scene, possibly depicting a charitable act. circa early 20th century

Lady Mary Armine
LADY MARY ARMINE wife of sir William A. remarkable for her learning, piety and benevolence, Date: ? - 1676

Maria Pazzi / Piattoli
Maria Maddalena de Pazzi, Italian mystic, as a child is noted for her benevolence to people in the prisons of Florence. Date: circa 1560

Elizabeth Hungary / Huyot
SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY Washing the lepers Date: 1207 - 1231

Saint Elisabeth, Princess of Hungary (1207-1231), wife of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She spent vast sums of money improving the conditions of the poor, and died at the age of 24

Two children visit an old lady on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Receipt, Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey
Receipt from the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey, dated 6 June 1889, confirming one years subscription of one guinea from Mrs R Blake Byass, signed by James Downing, Secretary

St Dunstans Hostel, Regents Park, London, for soldiers and sailors blinded during the First World War. Date: 1920s

Scouts during Accra Scout Week, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts at the Gold Coast Hospital during Accra Scout Week, Ghana, West Africa. They are standing by the bed of a sick boy patient, with a nurse alongside. Date: 1951

General William Booth (1829 1912), British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army. Date: 1889

Benevolence. Print showing a woman distributing food and clothing to a poor family. Date c1873

The brotherhood of pythianism
The brotherhood of Pythianism

Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton, Essex
The first National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, donated by and named after The Honourable Artillery Company whose Drama Club sponsored it, was launched in 1884

Lady Mayoress and Lord Mayor of London
The Lady Mayoress watched by the Lord Mayor of London handing a Way Bill to one of the carmen who took hampers arranged by Sir William Treloar to the homes of disabled children

The Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival, North London

Sir William Treloar distributing Christmas gifts
Sir William Purdie Treloar (1843-1923) distributing Christmas gifts to the poor. He began his annual charitable activities in the East End of London by the distribution of Christmas hampers to poor

Queen Marys Coronation gift, Barn House, Whitstable, Kent

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