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 lot 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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The Gleaners Magazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

(By Fred Morgan) “Mr. Fred. Morgan is as sunny as usual in his “Gleaners” (p. 119) Gleaning means going into fields after the harvest and finding left-overs missed by the harvesters. When I was a chil [...]

Keywords: people, poverty, fields, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2010-04-20

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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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