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Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
Sara Crewe / Becky / MaidBecky the maidservant comforts Sara Crewe when she is orphaned and penniless
Broke by BarbosaAn elegant gentleman in top hat and tails sits with his head in his hands, having spent all his money on cocktails and women by the looks of things. Date: 1929
Portrait of Louis Wain taken from an advertisement for Phosferine, a tonic medicine, featuring Louis Wain, the famous cat artist
Well-heeled man reduced to staying at the Temperance HotelFormerly Well-heeled elderly gentleman (now a little tatty) reduced to staying at the Temperance Hotel. Down in the World Alas! See what Drink had brought him to. Date: 1892
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people
A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family of nine who are stranded and penniless in New Mexico. Date 1937 Aug
London Pub / The CastleThe Castle public house, Cowcross Street, Clerkenwell, London, where a penniless King George IV once pawned his watch and later granted the pub pawnbrokerage forever! Date: 19th century
Istanbul -So near, but yet so far - satirical comment on class distinctions in early 20th century Turkey between wealthy Turk and a poor penniless Armenian beggar
Robbing the Orchard by Louis WainAn unusual illustration by Louis Wain, more usually known for his cat drawings, showing a group of children stealing apples from an orchard