Hungry Collection (page 5)

Le Rationnement du Pain, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Le Marche aux Lapins, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Soldiers of the Garde Nationale, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Artist: Auguste Bry
Soldiers of the Garde Nationale, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Two hungry soldiers filling up jerrycans with water and dreaming of having soup to eat

Pauvre Nini, tu as mange du chien!, Siege of Paris, 1871. Artist: Auguste Bry
Pauvre Nini, tu as mange du chien!, Siege of Paris, 1871. A man commiserating with a woman that due to the lack of meat she has had to eat dog

Cantine Nationale, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871. Artist: Auguste Bry
Cantine Nationale, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, January 1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. Artist: Auguste Bry
Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. A hungry soldier tries to catch a stray dog for his dinner. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Buddha with daughters of Sena, Gandhara Style, c2nd-3rd century. Before his enlightenment and emaciated by austerities, Buddha receives food from the daughters of Sena, Gandhara Style

Swallow in flight at the nest
Swallow (Hirunda Rustica) in flight at the nest

Swallows at a nest
Swallows (Hirunda Rustica) at a nest

Yellowhammer and a nest
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) and a nest

Fish, 1620. Artist: Frans Snyders
Fish, 1620. Snyders, Frans (1579-1657). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1871. Artist: George Cruikshank
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1871. Oliver Twist causes a sensation in the childrens ward of the workhouse by asking for a second helping of porridge

London Street Arab, 1883. A boy, shoeless and in rags, looking longingly at the sweets in a confectioners window. From Le Voleur. (Paris, 1883)

Boy chimney sweeps eating their evening meal, 1861. From London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew. (London, 1861)

The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Artist: T Cobb
The Children of the Poor (Les Enfants Pauvres) - The Ragged Babes That Weep, c1875. Miserable, ragged, undernourished children

Temptation: A poor shoeless boy looking longingly at fruit on display in a shop window, c1880

Boer women and children in a British concentration camp in the Transvaal, Boer War, 1901. This represented the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. The tiles made of gingerbread can be seen. Arthur Rackham illustration from the Brothers Grimm fairy story. (Copyright must be cleared)

Soup kitchen for the needy, les Halles, German-occupied Paris, February 1941

Aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886
The aftermath of famine, Ireland (1840s), 1886. Distress in Ireland as people Collect limpets and seaweed for food in west of Ireland

Irish Potato Famine, 1842
Irish Potato Famine, Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. From The Illustrated London News, June 1842. Wood engraving

Dog and cat meat butcher in Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. During the war Paris was under siege from September 1870 to late January 1871

An English butchers, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 1871
An English butcher s, Boulevard Haussmann, 1871. The meat on sale is from animals, including elephant, from the Jardins des Plantes (Paris Zoo)

We have no more than that Sir, 1871. A market trader in poultry, during the Siege of Paris, showing that she has nothing to sell

Boer families in a British prison camp, 1901. Distressed condition of Boer civilians dispossed or imprisoned for resisting the British

The Present and The Future, 1862. Artist: John Tenniel
The Present and The Future, 1862. John Bull comments: I ll Do My Best to Help You Over The Christmas - You Must Then Look to My Friend Yonder

Home Intervention, 1862. Britannia says: My Poor, Brave Children! At Least I May Intervene Here! Britannia arrives at the home of a Lancashire mill worker with supplies for his family provided by

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

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