Beggars Collection

Beggars Opera Poster
Poster for production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (London)

Industrial School, Ashford, Kent
The Kent County Industrial School (also knows as the Stanhope Industrial School) at Kingsnorth near Ashford in Kent opened in 1875 for 150 boys. After 1933 it became an Approved School

Industrial School, Buxton, near Norwich, Norfolk
Boys and dog stand on the football pitch of the Buxton Industrial School near Norwich, Norfolk, established in 1855 to hold 100 boys. From 1933 it became Red House Farm Approved School

Industrial School for Girls, Dundee, Scotland
The Industrial School for Girls, at Balgay Park, Dundee, Scotland, was established in 1861. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Labour Candidates
Labour candidates. - A postcard with a dual meaning, both a satire on potential Labour Party MPs and three down and out men all of whom are good candidates as labourers. Date: circa 1900s

The Old Curiosity Shop, Nell and grandfather in the shop
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Beggars Opera / Hogarth
a burlesqued version of John Gays opera: several of the characters are wearing animal heads Date: 18th century

Northumberland Village Homes for Girls, Whitley Bay
The Northumberland Village Homes for Girls, Whitley Bay (or Whitley-on-Sea), was an industrial school established in 1879 for 140 girls. It became an Approved School in 1933

Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, Glasgow
The Glasgow Industrial School for Girls at Maryhill was established in 1855. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons

Industrial School, Harborne, Birmingham
A man with umbrella at the gates of Harborne Industrial School, Balden Road, Birmingham, opened in 1902 to hold 150 boys. It later became Ansell School then after 1933 was the Tennal Approved School

King Oswalds Arm
St Aidan prayed that the arm of King Oswald, which had given freely to beggars, would never decay. A story told in Bedes History. The arm remained uncorrupted for 9 centuries

Noise Pollution
A knife-grinder, a milkmaid, dogs, beggars, musicians, a coalman, and a dustman, a postboy with his horn and a child with her rattle - noise pollution in the 18th century

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Beggars Bridge, Glaisdale

Beggars Bridge, Glaisdale, Victorian period

Jolly Beggars Inn, Mauchline, Scotland - Victorian period

Two photos from the show Hassan at His Majesty's Theatre, December 1923 showing the Dance of the Beggars in the Divan of the Caliph scene

Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark
This illustration depicts the scene of an old English nursery rhyme, Hark hark, the dogs do bark, Beggars are coming to town, Some in jags, some in rags, And some in velvet gowns. Date: circa 1914

The Beggars are Coming to Town
Oil painting showing a travelling crew of beggars arriving at a town after a presumingly long journey. The central main figure seems awestruck by the place he has come to

Spanish fleet and the ships of the Sea Beggars
Action between the Spanish fleet and the ships of the Sea Beggars or Geuzen (Calvinist Dutch nobles who opposed Spanish rule in the Netherlands), 26 May 1573 Date: 1573

Adam and Eve led out of Paradise by Death, who plays on a vielle or beggar's lyre.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

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

Gentleman giving out medicines to beggars, 18th century
English gentleman dispensing his medicine cabinet to beggars at Ivry-sur Seine, 18th century. He gives aerated salts to a one-armed soldier, Bruchsal elixir to an old woman, and magnetic drops

Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors

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

Crossing-sweeper nuisance Crossing-sweeper nuisance 1856
Group of young children with brooms, sweeping the ground as a gentleman walks alone, asking for a ha penny. Date: 1856

Boys crossing-sweepers, London boys asking an affluent gentlemen for a penny for keeping the streets tidy. Date: circa 1850s

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

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

Two blind beggars playing stringed instruments. Date: 1890s

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

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

NORE MUTINY / CRUIKSHANK
The Delegates in Council or Beggars on Horseback Caricature of the mutineers at the Nore Date: 1797

CHINESE BEGGARS / MASOCHIS
Strolling Beggars in China placing burning coals on their heads and using other austerities Date: 1752

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

FRENCH BEGGAR 1820
French beggars Date: circa 1820

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

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

Industrial School, Chelmsford, Essex
The Essex Industrial School on Rainsford Road, Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, certified in 1879 to hold 150 boys. In 1933 it became the Essex Home Approved School

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

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

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

St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
St Josephs Industrial School at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, was opened in 1885 for 170 Catholic boys. Industrial Schools, often privately run

A begging musician in Suez, Egypt
A begging street musician holding his traditional plucking instrument in Suez, Egypt Date: circa 1910

Homeless men by J O Brien
No-goods or might-be-goods? The Faces of the Night. Victims of our social system or of their own faults? Men of the under-world Character sketches of homeless men to be seen each night sleeping in

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