Debt Collection

Vanitas still life. Creator: Streeck, Juriaen, van (1632-1687)
Vanitas still life. Private Collection

La Note ou la Vie, 1850. Creator: Honore Daumier
La Note ou la Vie, 1850. The Money or your Life. Maniere delicate don't s'y prennent les Anglais pour reclamer une dette a un people ami

The Peasant Settling His Debt, c1646. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Peasant Settling His Debt, c1646

The Caorsin seizing Master Walter by the Throat, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Caorsin seizing Master Walter by the Throat, 1857. Scene from "Master Walter, the Physician. A Tale of Old London": Master Walter could read no more

Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Creator: Jacob Smies
Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Two men in wigs throw bags of money into a well marked La France, flanked by soldiers and a hussaar on a rocking horse

Encore mes créanciers, toujours... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Encore mes creanciers, toujours... 19th century. Man complaining about creditors

A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795. Creator: Unknown
A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795....Or, a Finishing Blow for Poor John Bull'. British prime minister William Pitt, brandishing a club inscribed Convention Bill

Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida, 1867. Creator: James Edward Taylor
Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida, 1867-01-19

Emperor Charles V with the Fuggers in Augsburg, 1530, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Emperor Charles V with the Fuggers in Augsburg, 1530, (1936). Kaiser Karl V. Bei Fugger in Augsburg, 1530. German businessman

R. B. Sheridan, (1751-1816), 1830. Creator: Unknown
R. B. Sheridan, (1751-1816), 1830. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) Irish satirist, playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, educated at Harrow School

Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. c1850-1890, (1923). Artist: John Everett Millais
Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. c1850-1890, (1923). A parable of Jesus which appears in the Gospel of Matthew (18:21-35) illustrating it is important to forgive others as we are forgiven by God

Inner court, Fleet Prison, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Inner court, Fleet Prison, London, 1808-1811. Prisoners playing fives and skittles, and socialising. Fleet Prison was a prison for debt and contempt of court

A Cool Customer. (1871?)
A Cool Customer, (1871?). A tailor welcomes his customer. The customer offers the tailor a choice of payment methods, none of which will result in the customers account being paid

The Suicide, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Suicide, c1780-1825. This is one of the few drawings of Rowlandsons where humor is not dominant. However, the sincerity of the wife, who has collapsed

The Distressed Poet, 1733-1735. Creator: William Hogarth
The Distressed Poet, 1733-1735

A Rakes Progress, Plate 7, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 7, June 25, 1735

The Distrest Poet, December 15, 1740. Creator: William Hogarth
The Distrest Poet, December 15, 1740

Chap. XII: Je le savais (I thought as much), 1824. Creator: Victor Adam
Chap. XII: Je le savais (I thought as much), 1824

A Rakes Progress, Plate 4, ca. 1800. Creator: Dent
A Rakes Progress, Plate 4, ca. 1800

Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtors Prison (?), n. d
Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtors Prison (?), n.d.. Attributed to Romeyn de Hooghe

Quae Genus & Creditors, from The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Fou
Quae Genus & Creditors, from " The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax", December 1, 1821

A Lady in Limbo, or Jew Bail Rejected, [November 30, ... [November 30, 1785]
A Lady in Limbo, or Jew Bail Rejected, [November 30, 1785], reissued July 1, 1802

School for Modern Romans, May 10, 1802. May 10, 1802. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
School for Modern Romans, May 10, 1802

The Huntsman Rising; The Gamester Going to Bed, [July 31, 1809], reissued 1811

Steward, September 10, 1799. September 10, 1799. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Steward, September 10, 1799

Guildhall, Examination of a Bankrupt before his Creditors (Microcosm of London, plate 41), November 1, 1808

Lord Rodney, (1718-1792), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Lord Rodney, (1718-1792), 1830. George Brydges Rodney (1718-1792) British naval officer known for his command in the American War of Independence and the Battle of the Saintes

G. Gascoigne, (c1535-1577), 1830. Creator: Unknown
G. Gascoigne, (c1535-1577), 1830. George Gascoigne (c1535-1577) English poet, soldier and courtier, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and Middle Temple, disinherited by his father for debts

Document of 25 duros (Spanish coin) of the A Series of society La Navegacion Submarina, constituted by Messr. Monturiol, Font and Altadill in Barcelona on July 15, 1864

Plate IV of A Rakes Progress, 1735. Artist: William Hogarth
Plate IV of A Rakes Progress, 1735. The rake, Tom Rakewell, being arrested as he alights from his sedan chair. Forked lightning can be seen in the sky. On the left is a Bow Street officer

Ah! Mr Bilk em how d ye do?... c1825. Two men meet outside Fleet Prison. One is old, thin, poor and respectable the other obese and flashily dressed

Fleet Prison, London, 1691
Figures inspecting debtors boils and carbuncles at Fleet Prison, London, 1691. From Moses Pitts The cry of the oppressed

A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate VII of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate VII of VIII. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife

A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate IV of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate IV of VIII. Tom Rakewell, heads for a royal levee at St Jamess Palace, London, in his sedan chair. He is stopped by two bailiffs, who arrest him for debt

Debtor and Creditor - Seizure of Goods for a Debt, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Debtor and Creditor - Seizure of Goods for a Debt, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Tenant Paying Rent, 1523, (1903). From Social England, Volume III, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

A Rakes Progress - 7: Fleet Prison, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 7: Fleet Prison, 1733. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife

A Rakes Progress - 4: The Arrest, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 4: The Arrest, 1733 (1904). Tom Rakewell heads for a royal levee at St Jamess Palace, London, in his sedan chair. He is stopped by two bailiffs, who arrest him for debt

Letter from Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector, to General George Monck, 18th April 1660. Artist: Richard Cromwell
Letter from Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector, to General George Monck, 18th April 1660. Letter requesting Monck to use his interest with the Parliament to relieve him from liability for debts

In Egypt: The Reserves of the Debt Going up in Smoke, 1896. Artist: Henri Meyer
In Egypt: The Reserves of the Debt Going up in Smoke, 1896. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th June 1896

A Real Jubilee Memorial, 1887. In Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee Year, one hundred debtors found themselves unexpectedly freed from their obligations

A Rakes Progress, Plate 4, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 4, June 25, 1735

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