Gruel Collection

Lear / Nonsense / Ewell
There was an Old Person of Ewell, who chiefly subsisted on gruel; But to make it more nice, he inserted some mice, which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell

Oliver Twist asks for more - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist asks for more - from Oliver Tiwst by Charles Dickens. Date: circa 1910s

Breakfast, 1866, by Amalia Lindegren
Amalia Lindegren (1814-1891). Swedish painter. Breakfast, 1866. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Workhouse bowl and mug
An inmates soup or gruel bowl and spoon from the Hackney workhouse and a mug from the Bootle workhouse, all marked with their unions monogram. Each held up to two pints of liquid. Date: Date unknown

Dietary from Thame Workhouse, Oxfordshire
The dietary or menu plan adopted in 19836 by the Thame Union workhouse in Oxfordshire. It largely comprises bread, meat and gruel, with a cooked meat dinner two days per week. Date: 1836

Weather / Snow / Cold 19C
A very cold fellow stands up to his ankles in the snow. Fortunately, he has items available at home to warm him up. Date: late 19th century

Adoption Society Meal
Mealtime for a group of National Adoption Society children

Oliver Asks for More
Oliver in the workhouse dares to ask for more gruel

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