Ragged Collection (page 4)

Gipsy Kids & Dog 1973
A scruffy gipsy boy and girl (holding an old supermarket basket), at the back of a caravan with their dog

Gipsy Boy & Dog
A charming portrait of a gypsy boy and his little dog

Ragged Laundry
Rather ragged towels and washing, hanging out to dry on a clothes line which stretches across a cobbled street running between back to back London slums

Homeless in St James s
Early morning - the Enumerator taking the census in St Jamess Park. The homeless are woken and interviewed

Street Trade / Lettuce
A young man sells lettuce and other green salad ingredients on the street. He is using a distinctive large-framed backpack wicker basket

Generous Beggar / 1833
TRUE GENEROSITY " When I see anyone worse off then myself I pity them" ( Where will he find one ) A ragged yet forthright beggar offers a generous view on life

Mother Skinflint / Thrift
MOTHER SKINFLINT, THE THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE You re a genius for saving! Yes, everyone knows. You would skin a flint and starve the crows!

Ragged School
Scene in a ragged school, probably in London, where homeless boys are cared for and taught a useful trade

Child Selling Flowers
A London street girl with a small baby selling flowers

Waifs and Strays Fed
Ragged English waifs and strays, some with no shoes to their feet, are fed with soup and buns. Date: 1885

Crusoe Sees Footprints
Robinson Crusoe, believing himself to be alone on the island, discovers footprints on the beach, to his utter amazement

Thomas Guthrie / E&f Cdv
THOMAS GUTHRIE Scottish preacher and philanthropist, apostle of the ragged schools movement

Child Selling Matches
A London street Arab selling matches

Charles Hawtrey / Players
(Sir) CHARLES HAWTREY English actor-manager in A Message from Mars

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

Falstaffs Regiment
Falstaff reviews his ragged regiment

Smithfield Ragged School
The ragged school in Smithfield, with one room for several classes

Ragged School 1853
Children being taught at the Brook-Street ragged and industrial school

Ragged Robin & Lily of V
CONVALLARIA (Lily-of-the- valley) & LYCHNIS FLOS- CUCULI (Ragged Robin) depicted with blue & yellow butterflies. Date: 1867

Henry Iv / Falstaff / Regimt
Falstaffs Ragged Regiment Act IV Scene II

E J Eyre Completes Trek
EDWARD JOHN EYRE, English explorer in Australia & his aborignine friend WYLIE being greeted by the English captain (Rossiter) of a French whaling ship in June 1841

Ragged Truants Captured
An inspector of the London School Board accompanied by a constable captures a ragged group of schoolboys playing truant

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