A man in ragged clothes stands facing right, hunched forward under the weight of a basket of 'Rents' and 'Taxes' strapped to his back. His legs are shackled, his mouth is closed by a padlock, and his hands are tied behind him. Image enclosed within a ...
Alternative Title:
Freeborn Englishman
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publishd. by T. Spence, Turn Stile, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Poverty, Poor persons, Locks (Hardware), Shackles, and Taxes
"The platform extends across the centre of the design. Below are the audience, three-quarter length and half-length, standing and seated. A man in patched clothes stands in the front of the semicircle of men seated on the platform, holding out his emp...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] June 21, 1827, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
British and Foreign Bible Society. and Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Watercolor of a beggar dressed in ragged, patched clothes, leaning on two crutches and wearing a bag slung across his body with the words "Scraps thankfully received" lettered upon it. He wears an eye patch on his right eye; a pipe sticks out of his h...
Alternative Title:
Scraps thankfully received
Description:
Title, a quote from Hamlet, written in ink beneath image.
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powder...
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The satire contrasts the life of a street singer with the sweet lyrics of the popular ballad by Thomas Moore
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Harps, Older people, Poor persons, Women, and Doors & doorways
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
841.00.00.37+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, poor emaciated laborers are chained to the ground while above them dangle bread, meat and beer just out of their reach. Behind them a building inscribed 'Poor Law Union'. The ground is inscribed 'Land of the free'. A crowd of people enter...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848
Subject (Topic):
Poor persons, Laborers, Chains, Bread, Meat, Beer, Tunnels, Jails, Politicians, and Public speaking
Newman, W., active approximately 1834-1835, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1833 and 1835]
Call Number:
Maidment N555 no. 1 Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of twenty-six small images, each with a caption below except for the center image, which has its caption "-- the CENTRE of gravity" within top portion of image
Description:
Title from text at top of design; letter "z" in "Magazine" is reversed.
Publisher:
Publish'd at No. 26 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, where may be had a great variety
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
Jany. 10th, 1834.
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 14 Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two men in ragged clothing eat soup from a single large bowl on a table. The man on the left has risen out of his seat and holds up his fork, from which hangs the wig of the man sitting across the table, who wears a bandana covering his bald head. The...
An Irishman, wearing tattered clothing and holding a cudgel, converses with three well dressed men at a table in front of a poor box, the words "Guardians of the Poor" faintly visible on the wall behind them. The Irishman appears obstinate, and the th...
Description:
Title from dialogue below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Poor persons, Poor boxes, Charity, and Writing materials
