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Beggars Collection (page 3)

Background imageBeggars Collection: Kitchen at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium

Kitchen at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium
Kitchen at the Merxplas (or Merksplas) labour colony and beggars depot, Belgium Date: 1934

Background imageBeggars Collection: Brickworks at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium

Brickworks at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium
Brickworks at the labour colony and beggars depot at Merxplas (or Merksplas), Belgium. Date: 1934

Background imageBeggars Collection: Cinema at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium

Cinema at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium
Cinema at the Merxplas (or Merksplas) labour colony and beggars depot, Belgium Date: 1934

Background imageBeggars Collection: Furniture workshop at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium

Furniture workshop at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium
Cabinet and chair making workshop at the labour colony and beggars depot at Merxplas (or Merksplas), Belgium. Date: 1934

Background imageBeggars Collection: Merxplas (or Merksplas) Labour Colony, Belgium

Merxplas (or Merksplas) Labour Colony, Belgium
A new inmate arrives in the director principals carriage at the labour colony and beggars depot at Merxplas (or Merksplas), Belgium. Date: 1904

Background imageBeggars Collection: Street Scene

Street Scene

Background imageBeggars Collection: The fake beggars

The fake beggars

Background imageBeggars Collection: Bedouin beggars and children, Tunis, Tunisia

Bedouin beggars and children, Tunis, Tunisia. Date ca. 1899

Background imageBeggars Collection: Beggars in front of mosque Sidi Abderrhaman, Algiers, Algeri

Beggars in front of mosque Sidi Abderrhaman, Algiers, Algeria. Date ca. 1899

Background imageBeggars Collection: Vietnam - Beggars at Hanoi

Vietnam - Beggars at Hanoi Date: circa 1903

Background imageBeggars Collection: The beggars of New York

The beggars of New York
Cynical view of New York beggars who apparently pretend to be blind and hire babies to attract more sympathy, then go home or to the nearest eatery for a slap-up dinner. Date: 1886

Background imageBeggars Collection: Hark, hark, the dogs do bark

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, the beggars have come to town. 20th century

Background imageBeggars Collection: Outside the Soup Kitchen

Outside the Soup Kitchen
The poor and distressed throng the entrance to a soup kitchen : well-to-do passers- by look apprehensive as they are assailed by beggars Date: 1871

Background imageBeggars Collection: British Ballad, The Beggars daughter of Bednal Green

British Ballad, The Beggars daughter of Bednal Green
THE (BLIND) BEGGARS DAUGHTER OF BEDNAL GREEN (BETHNAL GREEN) Popular British Ballad, obtained and expanded by Thomas Percy (1729-1811)

Background imageBeggars Collection: Beggar couple with child in pram

Beggar couple with child in pram
A beggar couple with a child in a pram. The pram has no tyres

Background imageBeggars Collection: Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex

Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex
The Brighton Town and London County Council Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex, opened in 1902 to hold 150 boys. After 1933 it became Mile Oak Approved School

Background imageBeggars Collection: Industrial School for Girls, Sale, Cheshire

Industrial School for Girls, Sale, Cheshire
The Manchester Branch Industrial School for Girls, erected in 1870 on Northenden Road, Sale, for 100 girls. From 1933, it became an Approved School

Background imageBeggars Collection: Industrial School, Cockermouth, Cumbria

Industrial School, Cockermouth, Cumbria
The Cumberland County Industrial School on Lorton Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria, was opened in 1881 to hold 150 boys. Industrial Schools housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a

Background imageBeggars Collection: Arresting a Dog

Arresting a Dog
Doing their duty : ordered by the Lord Mayor of London to clear the streets of stray dogs, police arrest the companion of a poor blind beggar

Background imageBeggars Collection: Two young Tunisian beggar children

Two young Tunisian beggar children
Two pretty young Tunisian street beggar children

Background imageBeggars Collection: Gay Beggars Fenton

Gay Beggars Fenton
Miss Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum

Background imageBeggars Collection: Gay Beggars Duet

Gay Beggars Duet
final scene of Act I: Mr Matocks as Macheath and Mrs Cargill as Polly, saying farewell to each other

Background imageBeggars Collection: Blind Beggar and Dog

Blind Beggar and Dog
A blind beggar with his dog

Background imageBeggars Collection: Le Cour Des Miracles

Le Cour Des Miracles
Le cour des miracles - the haunt of beggars, who were miraculously cured every evening, only to recover their afflictions the next morning

Background imageBeggars Collection: The Four Beggars

The Four Beggars
Beggars of France, Spain Germany and Italy complain of being infested by fleas, crabs, lice and bugs respectively

Background imageBeggars Collection: Generous Beggar / 1833

Generous Beggar / 1833
TRUE GENEROSITY " When I see anyone worse off then myself I pity them" ( Where will he find one ) A ragged yet forthright beggar offers a generous view on life

Background imageBeggars Collection: Beggar / Owen Clancey

Beggar / Owen Clancey
Owen Clancey. A noted London beggar, who it seems is not quite as bereft of the use of his legs as it may appear at first glance

Background imageBeggars Collection: Racial / Beggars Dance

Racial / Beggars Dance
Sioux Beggars Dance

Background imageBeggars Collection: Whitehall 1852

Whitehall 1852
Looking up Whitehall towards Trafalgar Square. with the Treasury on your left and busy traffic including a bus, cab and horse-riders, beggars, tradesmen and a flower seller

Background imageBeggars Collection: Happy Prince / Beggars

Happy Prince / Beggars
The rich making merry in their beautiful houses while the beggars were sitting at the gates

Background imageBeggars Collection: Hendrik Van Brederode

Hendrik Van Brederode
HENDRIK VAN BREDERODE Dutch statesman, patriot leader of Les Gueux (the beggars) opposing Spanish domination of the Netherlands

Background imageBeggars Collection: May Day (Haydon)

May Day (Haydon)
A May-Day bride in her carriage passes a Punch-&-Judy show : traditional figures dance beside beggars and street traders

Background imageBeggars Collection: Westminster / Dore / 1870

Westminster / Dore / 1870
A night-time view across Westminster Bridge, with the Houses of Parliament in the distance, and a number of hard-up men sleeping rough under the stars

Background imageBeggars Collection: Nore Mutiny / Cruikshank

Nore Mutiny / Cruikshank
The Delegates in Council or Beggars on Horseback Caricature of the mutineers at the Nore

Background imageBeggars Collection: Sleeping Beggar Rewarded

Sleeping Beggar Rewarded
A Frenchwoman drops a coin into the hat of a sleeping beggar, whose dog looks up at her inquisitively

Background imageBeggars Collection: Social / Broadway 1857

Social / Broadway 1857
New York office workers on their way down Broadway in the early morning

Background imageBeggars Collection: Hark, the Dogs do Bark

Hark, the Dogs do Bark
Some in rags and some in tags and some in silken gowns the beggars come to town but these two girls keep a prudent distance while their dog barks protectively

Background imageBeggars Collection: Paris Streetfolk C16

Paris Streetfolk C16
Paris beggars, one of them crippled but there doesn t seem much wrong with the two others

Background imageBeggars Collection: 17th Century Beggar

17th Century Beggar
A beggar in Germany at the time of the Thirty Years War

Background imageBeggars Collection: Mice and Beggars

Mice and Beggars
A dog solicits a donation for his violin-playing companion, but the three students are as poor as church mice.... one carries a portfolio bearing Grandvilles name

Background imageBeggars Collection: Aristocrat and Beggars

Aristocrat and Beggars
The aristocratic peacock turns up his beak when importuned by beggarly rats

Background imageBeggars Collection: Beggar Holds out his Hat

Beggar Holds out his Hat
A tatty beggar sweeps the cobbled street and holds out his hat for money

Background imageBeggars Collection: Moorgate Mission

Moorgate Mission
Our London poor - a tea to seven hundred tramps and beggars in Moorgate Street Hall

Background imageBeggars Collection: London / Cries / Beggar

London / Cries / Beggar
The beggar with one leg, on a crutch, holds out his hat for money

Background imageBeggars Collection: The Shooting Gallery

The Shooting Gallery
Visitors at the Shooting Gallery Mr Smallweed, carried in by two beggars, and Judy pay a visit to George Rouncewell and his assistant Phil Squod

Background imageBeggars Collection: Beggar on Steps

Beggar on Steps
This beggar curled up at the bottom of some steps is actually a dummy

Background imageBeggars Collection: Beggars in Balloons

Beggars in Balloons
While the wealthy flit about the skies in their private aeroplanes, beggars must make do with balloons, aged and patched

Background imageBeggars Collection: Artists Model & Beggar

Artists Model & Beggar
James Turner a beggar aged 93 who made a lucrative living even posing as an artists model for Sir Joshua Reynolds & Nathaniel Hone at the rate of a shilling an hour



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