Begging Collection (page 4)

The Orphan, 1830. A Scrap is all that I implore, Pray give it, and I ll ask no more

Prince Arthur and Hubert (King John), c1870. Artist: David Desvachez
Prince Arthur and Hubert (King John), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

The Moorish pleading for King Philip III to repeal the decree of expulsion of 1609. Engraving published in La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana on a painting by E. Long

Entrance to Croydon Palace, Croydon, Surrey, c1800. Croydon is now in the London borough of Croydon. A man can be seen begging from two figures

Cold Bath Fields Prison, Finsbury, London, 1830. Artist: W Watkins
Cold Bath Fields Prison, Finsbury, London, 1830. View with figures and horse-drawn carriages on the street. Also showing a figure begging on the left

Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street, known as Leadenhall Chapel, City of London, 1805. View with figures outside, including a woman with a basket and boy begging on the left

Pray remember us poor children, 1795. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Pray remember us poor children, 1795. Duke of York, Duke of Clarence and Prince of Wales at the door of the House of Commons. Henry Addington, Charles Fox and William Pitt speak

A crowded coach travelling between Greenwich and Charing Cross, London, 1783. Artist
A crowded coach travelling between Greenwich and Charing Cross, London, on the Whitsunday holiday, 1783. A helpless dog is dragged alongside the coach

Owen Clancy, begging with his hat in hand, on crutches and with devices strapped to his legs, 1820

Hot cross Bunns two a penny Bunns, plate VIII of Cries of London, 1799. Artist
Hot cross Bunns two a penny Bunns. Plate VIII of Cries of London, 1799. A stout woman sells buns to a woman with three children standing in their doorway

Stick seller, Cries of London, 1760. Artist: Paul Sandby
Stick seller, 1760. A ragged stick seller and two background views; to the left a woman is holding a stick over her kneeling husband and twisting his nose

View of the Cambridge Heath Turnpike, Hackney, London, 1809. Artist: Heinrich Schutz
View of the Cambridge Heath Turnpike, Tower Hamlets, London, 1809. With a view of St Pauls Cathedral on the horizon. In the foreground a man with crutches begs from a passing group

Theatrical Mendicants, Relieved... 1809. Artist: James Gillray
Theatrical Mendicants, Relieved... 1809. John Kemble, with his brother Charles and his sister Sarah Siddons in tears, begging outside Northumberland House and receiving a draft for 10, 000 pounds

The Last Shilling, 1841
The Last Shilling, from Songs, Naval and National: Of the Late Charles Dibdin, pub. 1841 (hand coloured engraving)

Swear to me, Hagen, my son!, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Swear to me, Hagen, my son!, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Alberich goes to his son while he is sleeping and implores him to get the ring back

The ring upon thy hand - ah be implored! For Wotan fling it away!, 1924. Artist
The ring upon thy hand -..ah be implored! For Wotan fling it away!, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods

Blind man begging, Great Depression, New York, USA, 1933

Queen Anne intercedes with Gloucester and Arundel for Sir Simon de Burley, 1388 (1864). The Earls of Gloucester and Arundel were two of the five powerful nobles known as the Lords Appellant

Bishop Ken and a Beggar, 1912. Thomas Ken (1637-1711) was an English cleric who was considered the most eminent of the English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of modern English hymnody

Blind beggars of Tehran, Persia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Stood at the Door and Begged for a Piece of Barley-Corn, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

A Man with a Club and Shackled Feet, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Man with a Club and Shackled Feet, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Jesus Y El Centurio De Cafarnaun, (Jesus and the Centurion), 1571, (c1934). Artist: Paolo Veronese
Jesus Y El Centurio De Cafarnaun, (Jesus and the Centurion), 1571, (c1934). From the Book of Matthew, the encounter between two groups of characters

Mamma, Don t Make Me Beg in Vain, Please Read That Pretty Book Again, c1808. Artist: Adam Buck
Mamma, Don t Make Me Beg in Vain, Please Read That Pretty Book Again, c1808. From The Connoisseur Vol LIX, [Otto Limited, London, 1921]

Measure for Measure. Act 2. Scene 4. Angelo and Isabella, 1797. Artist: WC Wilson
Measure for Measure. Act 2. Scene 4. Angelo and Isabella, 1797. After Robert Smirke (1753-1845). From Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, 1795, by John Boydell. [J. & J. Boydell, London, 1795]

Gipsy Beggars, c1795. Artist: Julius Caesar Ibbetson
Gipsy Beggars, c1795. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Baksheesh, 1936. Baksheesh or Bagsheesh is tipping, charitable giving, and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia

Milkmaid and beggar, 1316, (1910). The beggar wears a horned hood which covers the shoulders like a cape. He carries a similarly dressed child on his back

Millie Legarde, English actress, c1906. Artist: Rotary Photo
Millie Legarde, English actress, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906

The Mendicant Priest and the Wild Geese, late 17th or early 18th century (1886). From a picture by Hanabusa Itcho (1651-1724), engraved in the Itcho gwa-fu

Pocahontas saves Captain Smiths life, 1607 (c1880). John Smith, a member of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, after being captured by Native Americans and brought before their chief, Powhatan

L Imploration, 1898. Artist: Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Defonaines
L Imploration, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 62 (London, 14th May 1898)

Tibetan mendicants, c1910. The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to

L Intrigant, c1859-1889, (1924). Artist: Ludovic Lepic
L Intrigant, 1924. A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

The Ancient Mariner, 1923. Artist: Gay & Hancock Ltd
The Ancient Mariner, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

St Paul at Rome, 1926. Artist: Frederic Shields
St Paul at Rome, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Duke of Monmouth pleads for his life, 1685, (c1920). Artist: John Pettie
The Duke of Monmouth pleads for his life, 1685, (c1920). James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (1649-1685), Pretender to throne of Scotland and England

Cardinal Wolsey Going in Procession to Westminster Hall, 1887, (c1920). Wolsey dominated Henry VIIIs government from 1515 to 1529

John kneeling for forgiveness before his brother Richard
Prince John kneeling for forgiveness before his brother King Richard I. Richard (1157-1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199

Lascar, c19th century

The countess of Derwentwater pleading for her husbands life, 1715-1716. James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, participated in the Jacobite Rising of 1715

The Surrender of Calais, (19th century). Artist: JC Armytage
The Surrender of Calais, 19th century. A scene from the 100 Years War, in which Edward III of England, having finally taken Calais in 1346, asks for six citizens to be sent to him

Death Of Piers Gaveston, 1312, (c1850). Piers, alleged lover of King Edward II of England, was executed on the 19 June, 1312, at Warwick Castle

Letter from John Dryden to Laurence Hyde, c1682-1683. Artist: John Dryden
Letter from John Dryden to Laurence Hyde, c1682-1683. Letter from the poet John Dryden to Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, First Lord of the Treasury on his necessities

Letter from James, Duke of Monmouth to the Catherine of Braganza, Ringwood, 9th July, 1685. Artist: Duke of Monmouth
Letter from James, Duke of Monmouth to the Catherine of Braganza, Ringwood, 9th July, 1685. Letter from James, Duke of Monmouth to the Queen Dowager Catherine, widow of Charles II

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)

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