Beggars Collection (page 7)

A begger, India, 20th century

A Fakir at Delhi, 20th century

Woman in Costume of the Time of Louis XIV, (1885). A woman about to enter a sedan chair gives money to a beggar on crutches. Louis XIV, known as the Sun King, ruled France 1643-1715

Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
Blind man of Quinze-Vingts, 1737-1742. Quinze-Vingts was a hospital for the blind in Paris. The name, meaning 15 times 20 (which equals 300) in the vigesimal system

Charity or The Indigent Family, 1865, (1912). Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Charity or The Indigent Family, 1865, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, 1884, (1912). Artist: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, 1884, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, London, New York, Toronto, 1912

Poverty, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Poverty, c1480, (1843). A 19th-century copy after a manuscript illustration in the Romance of the Rose. From Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries

Old Age and Poverty, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Old Age and Poverty, c1480, (1843). A 19th-century copy after a manuscript illustration in the Romance of the Rose. From Dresses

Haitian women, 19th century. Artist: T Wust
Haitian women, 19th century

Saint Martin and a Beggar, 1596. Artist: Bartholomeus Spranger
Saint Martin and a Beggar, 1596. Spranger, Bartholomeus (1546-1611). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Saint Martin and a Beggar, early 16th century. Artist: Giulio Romano
Saint Martin and a Beggar early 16th century. Giulio Romano (1499-1546). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Beggars in front of the Valaam Monastery, Moscow, Russia, 1907. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

All Saints Day, 1888. Artist: Emile Friant
All Saints Day, 1888. Found in the collection of the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

Alms, c1870-c1875. Artist: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Alms, c1870-c1875. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Lord Kitcheners horse accident, India, 1903. Kitchener, commander-in-chief of the English armee in the Indies. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th November 1903

Beggar, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Beggar, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

A Doorway in Cairo, 1884. Artist: William Simpson
A Doorway in Cairo, 1884. Found in the collection of the The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

House of Beyt El-Tcheleby, 19th century. Artist: Emile Prisse D Avennes
House of Beyt El-Tcheleby, 19th century. Found in the collection of the La Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris

St Denis preaching, 1317. In the background are Parisians breaking idols. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves, a monk at the Abbey of St Denis

Giving alms, 1393. Scenes including beggars asking for alms. Illustrated page from Le Pelerinage de vie humaine by Guillaume de Deguilleville, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

The Beggar and the Parrot, c1750-1808. Artist: Robert Hubert
The Beggar and the Parrot, c1750-1808. Robert Hubert was a French Rococo Era Painter

The Small Red-Headed Beggar, 1843. Artist: Emile Isidore Deroy
The Small Red-Headed Beggar, 1843. From the collection of the Musee du Louvre, France

Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate. Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I to thee.... From the Bible (Acts 3.6)

St Martin of Tours, 4th century (19th century). After converting to Christianity, St Martin (c316-397) lived as a hermit in France at Liguge near Poitiers

St Elizabeth of Hungary giving alms to a beggar, 18th century. After the death in 1227 of her husband Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, from plague while on crusade

Page from the Belleville Breviary 1323-1326. Artist: Jean Pucelle
Page from the Belleville Breviary 1323-1326. The upper miniature shows Saul (11th century BC), Old Testament ruler, in a fit of jealous madness

George Wishart, 16th century Scottish reformer and martyr, mid 19th century. Wishart (c1513-1546) on his way to trial before Archbishop Beaton, giving his purse to a beggar

An Open Secret, 1888. The blind man is not an honest beggar, but is instead intent, along with his little dog, on fleecing a philanthropic public. From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 8, 1888

The Strike - Hitting him Hard, 1861. Illustrating the plight of the worker committed to a union. The union man, involved in a strike over which he now has no control

The Homeless Poor, 1859. Two members of the ragged underclass are shown sheltering in a doorway, emphasising the point that they do not have any homes of their own

An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered, 1860-62. Creator: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
An Arabic man seated on the ground, head partly covered, 1860-62

A beggar, seated on the ground holding a stick, ca. 1862. Creator: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
A beggar, seated on the ground holding a stick, ca. 1862

The Blind Man of Bagnolet from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

The Beggars. n. d. Creator: Unknown
The Beggars.n.d

The Beggars, ca. 1509. Creator: Lucas van Leyden
The Beggars, ca. 1509

A Beggar, 1833-38. Creator: Alexandre Gabriel Decamps
A Beggar, 1833-38

Pray Remember the Blind, 1801. 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Pray Remember the Blind, 1801

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