Items matching poverty (results page 1)

Gardener’s Boy Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

A boy, perhaps thirteen years old, has a large flower on his head and carries a garland; he is selling flowers from a basket.

Keywords: people, children, poverty, flowers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-28

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229.—Residence of a Saxon Nobleman. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There’s a ot going on in this Anglo-Saxon nobleman’s house. The nobleman seems to have an open book upside-down on his lap and is handing something, possibly bread, to one of the beggars at his door, [...]

Keywords: saxon england, people, poverty, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2012-06-16

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Orange Court – Drury Lane London (1872)

People sit in the streets in a narrow alley; a barefoot girl carries a child; washing hangs out to dry. On our way to the City on the tide of Labor we light upon places in which the day is never aired [...]

Keywords: poverty, people, street scenes, bare feet, children, greyscale

Places shown: Drury Lane; London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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Street Music—1789. London (Volume I) (1841)

Dayes, who published a collection of street views about 1789, has given us the group which concludes our paper. Here we have the organ, the triangle, the tambourine, and the hurdy-gurdy,—each strivi [...]

Keywords: musicians, street scenes, poverty, busking, people, instruments, animals, children, dogs, christmas, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-23

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153.—Captain of the Scoundrels. Callot’s Etchings (1635)

The Capitano de Baroni, or captain of the robber-barons, one might say. He is the chief beggar, dressed in rags, begging-bowl at his side, knapsack over one shoulder, one arm held in a sling (probabl [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, beggars, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-31

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154.—Beggar with Hurdygurdy. Callot’s Etchings (1635)

This beggar is an older man; he has a ragged beard like mine, a tattered hat and cloak, and boots; he carries his musical instrument, the ornate hurdy-gurdy, on a strap over his shoulder. The hurdy-gu [...]

Keywords: people, music, musical instruments, poverty, beggars, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-04-04

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160.—Begger Women with Cup and Spoon. Callot’s Etchings (1635)

wo women in tattered clothing, one barefoot, onr using a cane to walk, one with a hat and the othe with a hood and a ruff around her neck.

Keywords: people, poverty, beggars, women, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-03-31

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Dudley Street – Seven Dials London (1872)

Children play in this crowded street; they are dressed in rags and mostly barefoot. The peculiar character of these streets, and the close resemblance each one bears to its neighbour, by no means tend [...]

Keywords: poverty, people, streets, children, bare feet, houses, misery, dickens, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2010-07-31

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Lemonade Vendor London (1872)

A man with long straggly hair wearing a top hat and an old coat is selling lemonade from a bucket with wooden cups tied to it. “The reader will perceive, in the scenes which have caught the attention [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-09-06

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The Butcher, Newport Market Alley London (1872)

A bearded butcher chops meat, seemingly on a tree-stump, surrounded by his customers. “What! you have no district markets in London! People buy their meat and vegetables in these horrible little shops [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, beards, shopkeepers, food, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2008-10-27

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