Poor Collection (#36)

Old Clo Man (Petherick)
London characters: the OLD CLOTHES MAN buys and sells the garments you re tired of, but which the poor are happy enough to wear

Fisherman and Afrite
A poor fisherman unwittingly releases an Afrite, or evil genie, from a brass bottle that he drew up from the lake

Poor Richard - 3
POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC Franklins Lessons in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c, a typical item : If you would know the value of money, try to borrow some

Poor Richard - 1
POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC Franklins Lessons in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c, a typical item : He that hath a trade, hath an estate

Poor Richard - 2
POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC Franklins Lessons in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c, a typical item : Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee

Womens Night Lodging
The womens ward of a night lodging house, London Date: 1902

Swiveller & Marchioness
Dick Swiveller is disturbed at his writing desk by The Marchioness, the poor little servant girl kept locked below stairs by the Brass family

Dressmakers Work at Home
Dressmakers sit up all night working in poor light to finish their work

Saint Anastasia (Of Rome
SAINT ANASTASIA (OF ROME) martyred during the reign of Diocletian after her husband, denied access to her bed, grew suspicious of her nocturnal visits to the poor

Charity at Manor Gate
The fine old English Gentleman distributes winter charity to the poor at the gate of his manor house

Thalberg / Carol Singers
Two poor children in the street sing outside the window of two rich childrens house who give them some money Date: Circa 1815

A depiction of Gluttony, with people feasting greedily at a table, while a poor old man begs for a few coins. Some have too much, others have too little

Preparing the Haggis
A Scottish woman prepares a haggis

Here Comes a Poor Woman
Here comes a poor woman from Babylon With six poor children all alone. One can bake and one can brew, One can shape and one can sew, One can sit at the fire and spin

Mary Brown, words and music
Here we all stand around the ring, And now we shut poor Mary in. Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown, And see your poor mother go through the town

Punch Pities Blind
Punch pities the poor blind

No Smoking Aloud
A very funny postcard about an Irishman who can t spell and thinks, poor fellow, that a notice saying NO SMOKING ALLOWED means NO SMOKING ALOUD, so he smokes quietly

Germany / Soup Kitchen
The poor queue at a state soup kitchen - a symptom of inflation

Chulkhurst Twins
ELIS(Z)A & MARY CHULKHURST: Known as the Biddenden Maids. Siamese twins joined at shoulder & hip. Left land in their will to provide for the poor - Biddenden dole

Poor Flower Girl C19
An impoverished London flower girl sells posies on the street with her two children

Poor Girl Finds Doll
A poor girl finds an old doll abandoned in the street

Westminster / Dore / 1870
A night-time view across Westminster Bridge, with the Houses of Parliament in the distance, and a number of hard-up men sleeping rough under the stars

Crinoline Destroys Love
Frustrated at every turn poor Adolphus, defeated by the crinoline, decides to leave the fashion conscious Kitty. Whale bone and metal triumph over love

Crinoline in the Rain
Another sacrifice made in the name of fashion. The breadth of poor Kittys crinoline prevents her and Adolphus, her chivalrous beau, from gaining shelter inside a carriage

New Year, Modern Egypt
EGYPT The Islamic New Year is celebrated with the bestowal of charity - the Alms of Aschoura - by the wealthy to the poor

Irish Stew for the Poor
An Irish-stew dinner to the poor at the Conder Street mission hall, Limehouse, east London

Poor Mans Sacrifice
Sacrificing to atone for sins - the poor man can afford to slaughter only a single bird

John Bull after Tax
Mr John Bull after an attack of Income Tax

Hogarth Distressed Poet
The Distressed Poet A poor poet wonders what to write, while his wife is unable to pay the milkmaids bill

Canterbury Union Workhouse proposal
An isometrical view of the proposed Workhouse to be built at Canterbury, Kent. The design was presented by Henry Parker, a former Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, at a meeting in November 1846

Children / Arabs Holiday
Two poor street children look at a travel poster and imagine what it would be like to go on a sea trip

Grandma Re Grandpa 1911
Grandmother - Poor grandpa has had to go far, far away. Granddaughter - Do you know if he ll be sending me any postcards?

Pineapples Sold by Slice
A trader selling Pineapples - a penny a slice from a barrow when this fruit was still a rarity in Britain

Myth / Tibet / 2 Neighbours
THE STORY OF TWO NEIGHBOURS A poor man showed kindness to a sparrow, who gave him a seed which grew riches. His rich neighbour stole it, but it didn t have the same effect

The Derby Crowd (Dore)
A massive crowd assembles at Epsom for Derby day

Back from Derby (Dore)
A lively crowd comes back to London after a day at the Epsom Derby

Wet Day in Killarney
Two women pass the day of time in an otherwise empty, rainy street in Killarney, Co. Kerry

SAINT MUSA seems to have been a visionary : our dating is only a guess because she doesn t get a mention in any of our five dictionaries of saints, poor girl

Sandford & Merton / C18Th
A humourless, moral tale in which the unpleasant & rich Tommy Merton is contrasted with the virtuous Harry Sandford

Little Betty Blue lost her holiday shoe. What will poor Betty do ? Why, give her another to match the other and then she will walk in two

Fishy Handouts
Children of the London poor hoping for scraps from the fishmonger at the close of the days trading

Two Old Drunks (Bobbin)
Heavy drinking has taken its toll on a pair of elderly drunkards with gnarled features and poor personal hygiene

Saint Pudentiana
SAINT PUDENTIANA A lady of Rome, daughter of Pudens, who gave her wealth to the poor and helped to bury martyred Christians

17th Century Beggar
A beggar in Germany at the time of the Thirty Years War

Nikolai Tsitsin
NIKOLAI TSITSIN Russian agronomist : rose from a poor peasant family to international repute in the improvement of crops etc

New Year Clown & Coster
A clown makes a coster pull a cart, while the poor old donkey has a free ride for a change

Mice and Beggars
A dog solicits a donation for his violin-playing companion, but the three students are as poor as church mice.... one carries a portfolio bearing Grandvilles name

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