Meagre Collection

British Square / Pollilur
British East India troops under Colonel Baille form a square, offering meagre resistance to assault by the Indian army of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali at Pollilur

Fish leech and freshwater leeches: Branchiobdellida 1, Pontobdella spinosa 2, Whitmania laevis 3, Hirudo vittata 4, Piscicola geometra 5, Ichthyobdella geometra 5, Geobdella trochetii 6

Rainbow wrasse, argus wrasse, brown meagre, and shi drum
Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis 30, argus wrasse, Halichoeres argus 31, brown meagre, Sciaena umbra 32 and shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa 33

Two hares in a field of cabbages, undeterred by a rather meagre-looking scarecrow. Date: 1906

Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain
Frans Hals (c.1582-1666) and Pieter Codde (1599-1678). Dutch painters. Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, known as The Meagre Company, 1637. Detail

Wwi Refugees 1917
A mother and her children, with their meagre possessions wrapped in three bundles, shelter in a ruined building from the battle raging close by. Date: 1917

Sciaena umbra, or Shade Fish
Sciaena umbra, also known as Shade Fish, Brown Meagre and Maigre. Date: 1863

Longtail croaker, Lonchurus lanceolatus, and meagre, stone bass, shadefish, Argyrosomus regius.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles

Belgrade - Serbia - Palace of King Alexander
(translation from the card reverse) The simple palace of King Alexander of Serbia. It is installed between small hovels; in the background of the modern construction Hotel Moscow in Belgrade

Married for Luxury
A humorous American postcard with the title Married for Luxury, depicting a couple who are anything but, tucking into a very meagre repast, with even the dog bemoaning the bum grub ! Date: circa 1910s

World War Two Rationing - Christmas Dinner in pill form - rather meagre Fare. Date: circa 1941

Rome / Colosseum 1875
Preaching to a rather meagre congregation... Date: 1875

Cell contents, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The inmate sleeps on a plank bed covered by a thin mattress

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Sikh Family fleeing to East Punjab
Uprooted from their home, a Sikh family flee to the safety of the East Punjab carrying only meagre possessions

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