Beggar Collection

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

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

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

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

Comic postcard, Elegant woman and blind man with dog - Lead me to it! Date: early 20th century

Cartoon -- Asquith half-promises to introduce votes for women - if the country agrees... A parody of Burne-Jones's painting, King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid. Date: 1908

Elderly Beggar - Algeria, North Africa
Elderly Beggar and young boy - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1910s

Tibetan Mendicants in Darjeeling, India, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

French costumes from La Danse Macabre, 15th century
French costumes, 15th century. Gaoler, minstrel, fool, bourgeois, beggar, pilgrim and shepherd. Geolier, menestrel, fou, bourgeois, mendiant, pelerin, berger. XVe siecle

French costumes, end of the 15th century
French costumes, end of 15th century. Disabled beggar with crutches 1, female fool with marotte 2, witch with broom 3 and sergeants at arms with rods and swords 4, 5

The skeleton of Death embraces a poor man, 18th century
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, embraces a poor man, 18th century. Death points a bony hand to the sky while leading the old man to an open grave. Safe passage for a friend. Freundes Geleit

One-legged sailors and sailing ship on a London street
One-legged sailors begging with a donkey dragging a sailing ship on a waggon in a London street. The Humourist and her Crew

17th century Dutch pedlar with straw box of wares seated by a ro
17th century Dutch itinerant pedlar with straw box of wares seated by a roadside. Engraver's signature on lid of open box

Beggar with dog sitting on some stairs, London, Regency era. Man in ragged clothes with hat and stick

Thomas Hudson, 18th century London vagabond
Thomas Hudson, remarkable for his misfortunes, died 1767. Clerk from Leeds who lost his inherited fortune in the South Sea Bubble in 1720

Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, 18th century
Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, 1693-1759. Notorious vagabond, beggar, vagrant, King of the Gypsies, King of the Mendicants, 18th century

Henry Jenkins, who lived to the amazing age of 169 years
Portrait of Henry Jenkins, 1501-1670. Fisherman and later beggar who lived to the amazing age of 169 years. Self-proclaimed supercentenarian who died 1670 in Bolton-on Swale, Yorkshire

Riding Saint Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar. Unknown artist, 1531. Loire Valley (France). Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

Seeing: Now then gents -open yr eyes - blow yr precious noses and don't breathe on the glasses! Date: circa 1844

Young Beggar Girl - Algeria. Date: 1900s

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

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

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

Fakeer - Religious Beggar - at Pune (Poona) India
Fakeer - Religious Beggar with an Ox - at Pune (Poona) India Date: circa 1905

A blind bible reader, Victorian period

The Blind Beggar Bethnal Green London Victorian period

The Blind Beggar pub, Bethnal Green, London

I Danced with a Beggar Date: 1925

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)

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

The Beggar sits forlornly on his crutches outside the town walls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gabled houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on Winchester Street, London Wall, 1804

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

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

Modes of travelling in India

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FRENCH BEGGAR 1820
French beggars Date: circa 1820

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

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

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

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

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

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

CIRCA 1480 BEGGAR
A beggar and her bowl. Date: circa 1480

Strolling beggars in China knocking their heads together and on a stone in order to extort alms. Date: 1737

Strolling beggars in China with burning coals
Strolling beggars in China laying burning coals on their heads and using other austerities in order to extort alms. Date: 1752

A woman beggar sits in a church doorway, Cadiz, Spain
A woman beggar sits with her hand out in a church doorway as a man in a white suit and hat walks by in the street. Cadiz, Spain. He is carrying a basket. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Beggar in rags, India, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Beggar boys playing dice, 1675, by Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). Spanish painter. Beggar boys playing dice, 1675. Detail. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Serbian Beggar - clutching a handful of unusual root vegetables... Date: circa 1910s

Tetouan - Street Beggar
" One can admire the stubborn insistence of the Maghreb" - a pleading Tetouan street beggar holding out his bowl and asking for alms. Date: 1930s

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Beggar Children Date: circa 1910s

Barefoot Girl / Bread 1905
A generous girl gives a poor street girl some bread outside a bakers shop

Beggar, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

St. Martin of Braga (520-589) sharing his cloak with a begga
Saint Martin of Braga (520-580). Archbishop of Bracara Augusta i Gallaecia (now Braga, Portugal). St. Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar. Engraving by Cibera. Ano Cristiano. 1853. Colored

Odysseus returns home. Roman Fresco
Odysseus disguised as a beggar returns home. Episode of the Odyssey. Roman Fresco. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

Bamfylde Moore Carew
BAMFYLDE MOORE CAREW King of the gypsies and a beggar Date: 1693 - 1770

Armenian monks, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Armenian monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Beggar in ragged clothes, China
A beggar in ragged clothes, China. Date: circa 1890

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

Poor Macedonian Beggar Woman and her dog
Poor Macedonian Beggar Woman sitting on the pavement with her dog beside her. Date: circa 1920s

Russia - Wandering Russian Mystic begging for alms Date: 1902

The Beggars Opera, piano music cover
Cover design on a book of piano music for The Beggars Opera, by John Gay, first performed in 1728. A plump man of the 18th century is depicted, taking a bow at the theatre footlights

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