Poor Collection (page 7)

The Thirteen Days Of Leandre, Two Sketches
A pair of sketches, one displaying a scene in which a military tailor is trying to force close a jacket that is clearly too small, on a poor man who risks being suffocated

Cartoon, A Noble Example, Lord and Lady Overbury having a vegetarian lunch in front of their house in Belgrave Square to set an example of frugality to the carnivorous poor Date: 1919

The Flight
This painting shows a poor family travelling a dirt path. Figures include a father and son, ferociously pulling a cart, which has two women sat inside with travel necessities

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

Studies in a London Poor Quarter Date: 1904

Peoples dispensary for sick animals of the poor, established for the sick pets for the poor parts of London. Caravan was fitted with a miniature hospital within

Aeroplane in Sea, Spithead
A British aeroplane had fallen into the sea at Spithead due to the bad weather and high winds. The plane can be seen getting towed away by R.A.F Auxiliary vessel Adastral. Date: 1925

Coal mining pit boys and girls
The girls and boys who worked in the mines. Children covered in coal who had been working in the mines all day. The maidens (girls) who would sift the coal

Trawlers at Aberdeen
Trawler boats at the Quay in Aberdeen. The fishing industry had increased in 1900 due to the convenance of the ports for the North Sea

French Herring Fleet
A group of civilians watching in Boulogne watching the French herring fleet go out to sea. Traditional working-class fisherman village folk are seen here

Three mine workers in America
The United Mine Workers (UMWA) had won a sweeping victory in an 1897 strike by the soft-coal miners in the Midwest, winning significant wage increases and growing from 10, 000 to 115, 000 members

The Proposed Gordon Camp, Gravesend
General Charles Joseph Gordon and his kings at Gravesend, England, at the proposed Gordon Camp. Gordon, also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, Gordon of Khartoum

United States of America. Pennsylvania Hospital. Philadelphia. Founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. It became one of the leading public hospitals in the country. Engraving

Spain, Ponferrada. Templar castle. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Burial of a Pauper in Germany, 1880, by Franciszek Streitt
Franciszek Streitt (1839-1890). Polish painter. Burial of a Pauper in Germany, 1880. Detail. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Knavesborough
A pencil drawing of Knavesborough, a market town in north Yorkshire, with its 24.5 metre high gritstone viaduct. Upon nearing completion in 1848, the viaduct collapsed into the River Nidd

Church Army Advertisement
Advertisement for the Church Army, an evangelistic organisation founded in 1882. This advert is charitable in that it tries to provide holidays

Waifs and Strays appeal
Appeal for gifts on behalf of homeless wartime children. Date: 1940

A Poor old Lancashire Spinner on Strike
A humourous postcard from the Lancashire Cotton Towns when organised strikes were beginning to take hold around 1910 Date: circa 1912

Bedford Board of Guardians
Bedford Poor Law Union Board of Guardians Date: 1907

Photograph of Indian troops lined up to receive inoculations, 1916 (c). The high temperatures in Mesopotamia, alongside poor medical facilities, flies

1890s Poor Dog Dead Old Woman Looking Down Floor
1890s, poor, dog, dead, old, woman, looking, down, floor, Nursery, Rhymes, lantern, slide, 11058600

Illustration, The Goosegirl -- Alas! dear Falada, there thou hangest. Date: 1909

Death snatches the staff of office from the Judge as he receives a bribe.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Death grabs the crown of the Emperor seated on a throne, and attended by his courtiers.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Spanish Civil War. Poster of the 1937's film Barrios bajos (Poor neighbourhoods) by filmaker Pedro Puche. Sindicato de la Industria del Espectaculo (Entertainment industry syndicate). Drawing

Teaching Mothers to Care for their Infants 1907
In a parish in St. Pancras, Battersea, poor mothers being taught how to care for their infants. Date: 1907

French Soldiers Cutting Dead Horses Franco Prussian
french, soldiers, cutting, dead, horses, franco, prussian, war, 1871, meat, failure, la, grande, sortie, november, 1870, generals, break, lines, end, siege, paris, turning, point, communication

A scene in a church, with the priests dead and the poor-box robbed, during the Spanish Civil War. On the wall, a hammer and sickle motif and the legend Viva Russia has been painted

Gratuitous Distribution of Waste Fish, London 1882
On a winters night poor people of London gather to get the distribution of fish in the West End of London. Date: 1882

Royal Philanthropic Society at Redhill, Surrey was set up to help homeless boys that were begging or would have entered into crime, a skill that they could apply into adulthood. Date: 1872

A POOR MAN'S EPITAPH
The epitaph of Robert Bone Phillip, a poor man, at St. Edmund's Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England. Date: 1793

CHARLOTTE ST JOHN
CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH ST JOHN daughter of R W St John : she will die unmarried, poor girl, which explains her wistful expression. Date: ? - 1871

AFTER CHARITY BURIAL
After a burial at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Paris - the old ladies wonder if it will be their turn next... Date: 1860

Poor Dickie! A little girl with a dead bird
Poor Dickie! A little girl in a red coat and hat feels sorry for a bird which has died in the snow. Date: 1900

SWITCHBACK FATALITY
Antoine Friley is flung from a switchback car at Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris : the poor fellow dies instantaneously 1891

GIRL WITH BROKEN DOLL
This little girl is on her way to get her dolls mended to be ready for Christmas. The Dolls Hospital gives new life to dead toys, so that they can be given to poor children. Date: 4 December 1929

WORKHOUSE FUNERAL
A WORKHOUSE FUNERAL A poor woman is distraught as the body of her husband is carried away Date: circa 1860

MOTHER HUBBARD/DOG DEAD
She went to the baker's to buy him some bread, But when she came back The poor dog was dead Date: 1890s

Old Mother Hubbard: went to the cupboard
Old mother hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone, but when she came there the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
She went to the baker's to buy him some bread, but when she came back the poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's to buy him a coffin

A view of Cleveland Street in the Fitzrovia area of London. The large building right of centre is the Middlesex Hospital out-patients department

Southam Orphanage, Warwickshire
The Roman Catholic orphanage for girls at Southam, Warwickshire, opened in 1880 by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. Date: Date unknown

London Asylum for the Deaf, Margate Branch
Two children, identified as Evan Williams (with Indian clubs) and Rhoda Pippeck (with barbells), both inmates of the Margate branch of the London Asylum for the Support and Education of the Deaf

Two Peasant Girls ? Ireland
Two Peasant Girls - Ireland. Date: 1843

Comic postcard, Teddy bear soldier with bearskin, Alas, my poor brother! Date: 20th century

Members of the Guild of the Poor Brave Things established to help crippled and otherwise handicapped youngsters learn crafts and trades, seen in their workshop at the training school of the guild

Photogravure, Donald Mennie, The Grandeur of the Gorges
Photogravure from a photograph by Donald Mennie, from his book The Grandeur of the Gorges, published in China in 1926. He took the pictures during two trips on the upper Yangtze River in China

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