Begging Collection

Hills. Christmas Is Coming. Cecil Aldin. 1898. jpg
Illustration by Cecil Aldin depicting a kindly Father Christmas reciting the traditional song, " Christmas is Coming, the Goose is getting Fat" to a gaggle of obviously dim geese

Komuso Buddhist monks, Japan. They wear a straw basket (tengai) over their head and play a bamboo flute (shakuhachi). Date: circa 1890s

James Doughty, oldest clown in England
James Doughty of Brighton, at the time of this photograph the oldest clown in England, about to celebrate his 94th birthday. Seen here in costume with two of his performing dogs

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

Dog Begging Owner
Her dachshund is proposing a walk : she is reluctant to abandon her book just as its getting interesting, but she will probably yield

Wandering Uzbek Dervishes from Samarkand. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

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

Common Raccoon - adult female, begging for food (Procyon lotor). Zoo in Ekaterinburg, Urals, Russia

Proposal on a leap year
A woman proposing to her boyfriend on Valentines Day during a leap year - the only occasion by tradition that this is allowed !

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

Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercy
During the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the wife of King Henry VI asks a robber for mercy for her and for her son Pince Edward. circa 1460

Portslade Industrial School near Brighton in Sussex, opened in 1902 to house children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for reasons such as vagrancy, begging, disrupting schools

Burmese Monks Begging
A group of monks pass through a Burmese village, begging for food, which two small children carry for them

Belisarius Begging
BELISARIUS Byzantine general under Emperor Justinian I, in disgrace, forced to beg in the street

Cartoon, The Sphinx is Silent (Disraeli foreign policy)
Cartoon, The Sphinx is Silent -- Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, depicted as the Sphinx, with people below begging him to speak

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

A blind bible reader, Victorian period

Blind bible reader

WW1 Belgian woman and children begging in front of their burnt out home

Belgian family begging in front of their burnt-out home during WW1

Pamela May, ballerina in The Gods go A-Begging, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

Advert, Trust Beecham's Pills to keep you fit Date: 1920

Dog begging for meal - 1950s printer's block Date: 1950s

Poster, Oranjeboom Beer Date: circa 1950

Pavement artist drawing with chalk on the streets of London, with a curious crowd around him. Date: 1874

THE CZAR SEEKS RECRUITS
Czar Nicholas II pleads for willing recruits...he has, after all, always treated his subjects so well... Date: 1914

Buddhist priests collecting alms, Burma, Myanmar, c.1890

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

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Early Birds
The Caption is Early Birds. There is a little bird on the window sill - most likely a robin. The small flower bed has flowers - not the vegetables that everyone was encouraged to cultivate.Mr

c. 1880s Japan - pilgrims begging for alms
c.1880s Japan - pilgrims begging for alms

The Lamplighter, Watchman and Link-boy. London lamplighter with ladder and fuse lighting streetlamps 55, watchman in great coat with lantern and rattle 56

The Enraged Ox, the Dustman and the Taking of Guy Fawkes. Boy chased by an angry bull near Smithfield market 36, dustman with horse-drawn cart removing rubbish 37

English gentleman writing a begging letter in a decrepit parlour with lawyer and loanshark looking on. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William

Father Time showing men and women scenes from life
Allegorical illustration of Father Time with scythe, globe and hourglass showing men and women scenes from life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Greetings card, Terrier dog sitting up and begging. 20th century

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

Stuart Houses in the Foliated Style
Stuart Houses from the reign of King Charles I in the Foliated Style on the west side of Little Moorfields, 1810. Oak timber house with plaster foliage

Plaque showing King Priam of Troy begging Achilles for the body of his son Hector. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Illustration, Tessa. late 19th century

Illustration, Who Speaks First, girl making dogs beg. late 19th century

Two women and a little dog -- Beg for it

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

Friday begs to become Robinson Crusoes servant
Victorian scrap - Friday begs to become Robinson Crusoes servant. 19th century

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