Money Collection (page 35)

Lionel Earl Middlesex
LIONEL CRANFIELD, earl of MIDDLESEX statesman who incurred the resentment of Charles for not giving him enough money with his autograph

Avarice / Greed by Galle
A profile portrait of a woman holding a purse surrounded by an ornate border of putti holding money bags, cutting purse strings and counting coins

Pound and Dollar Notes
Lots of British and American bank notes, Pounds and Dollars

Miners Playing Faro
Miners gamble their money playing the card game Faro in California

Drunken Blind Granny
Blind Granny: a half blind, drunken nuisance who would beg by using her paricularly long tongue to wash her blind eye then spend the money on drink. Poems were written about her!

Evils of Greed & Wealth
All kneel in subservience to the demon of wealth-getting and greed. He sits blindfolded a sceptre in one hand. bulging money bag in the other. He can have whatever he wants

French Assignats
Assignats - paper money of the French revolutionary era. (Note : we have some actual assignats in our collection.)

Pyne - Dustman
THE DUSTMAN He actually pays a fee for his contract, for there is money to be made by scavenging through the rubbish he collects from house to house

Rent Collectors Reckon
Rent collectors do their reckoning

Financial U. s. Giants
The giants of the financial world - Morgan and Vanderbilt

Gutenberg on Inflation
INFLATION IN GERMANY Gutenberg : To think that my wonderful invention should be use to spew out banknotes that are hardly worth more than the paper they re printed on !

Bank of England Postcard
The Bank of England: scene inside the Corporation and Colonial Stocks Office

Misers Just Love Gold
A miser hugs his sack of gold coin

Bank Note - Norway
NORWAY - 5 KRONER

Bank Note - Brazil
BRAZIL - 500 REIS

Bank Note - Argentina
Argentina - Diez Peso

Bank Note - Italy
ITALY - VENTI LIRE

Bank Note - Canada
Canada - Five Dollars

Bank Note - USA
USA - ONE DOLLAR

Bank Note - Peru
PERU - DOS SOLES

Heavenly Taxes
CHINA Chinese bonzes burn paper money as heavenly taxes, trusting that the gods are so stupid, they won t notice the difference

Jesus Clears Temple
Jesus clears the merchants and money changers from the precincts of the Temple at Jerusalem

A Bank Failure
SUSPENDED ! When a bank suspends payments, its clients know they are unlikely to see a penny of their money again: for most it spells ruin Date: 1882

Red Devil / 3 Horned
Red Devil with 3 horns, tail and goats legs pours money into the fire

Latvian Con Man
Preying on superstitious countryfolk, a Latvian confidence trickster, dis- guised as the Devil, demands money to save the victim from hell - but is not believed Date: 1935

Hogarth / Industry / Idle 6
6. The industrious prentice out of his time and married to his masters daughter

Charles II Era Crown
The Crown or Tryal-piece of Thomas Simon during the reign of Charles II

Emigration Office Cork
At the emigration agents office, Cork, would-be emigrants pay their passage money for the journey to America

The Maid & the Milk-Pail
THE MILKMAID & THE MILK A dairymaid, daydreaming about what she ll do with the money for the milk at market, drops the pail and the milk is wasted

Gold-Tree Needs Blood
The gold-tree must be watered with blood

Stafford Pageant / Clown
Stafford Pageant - Clown collecting money

Solicitor cheating a couple
An elderly couple are cheated by a solicitor

Roman Senate refuses to ransom prisoners
SECOND PUNIC WAR: The Roman Senate refuses to ransom prisoners taken by the enemy in battle, because to do so would not be honourable, and to pay so many ransoms would be very costly

Catholic / Pope
Jesus chased the money-lenders from the Temple, but today the Pope is prepared to do deals with the businessmen

Mr Harding of London cursed by gipsy Martha
Mr Harding of London is cursed by the gipsy Martha when he refuses to give her money

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