Miserable Collection (page 3)

Lochaber no More, 1886. Dispossessed Scottish crofters, victims of the Highland clearances, taking their last view of home as they depart on board a ship

Napoleon at Fontainebleau During the First Abdication - April 1814. Artist: Paul Delaroche
Napoleon at Fontainebleau During the First Abdication - April 1814. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

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

Gang system of child labour, c1885. Teams of children were formed by a contractor or ganger and hired out to farmers as agricultural labour for tasks such as sowing and hoeing

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

A poor boy, shoeless and in rags, begging on a street corner, c1880

Watercress seller, c1880. A young girl in rags and wearing a shawl, selling watercress on a street corner in a snowstorm, shivering against the cold

Wentworth Street, Whitechapel, London, 1872. A scene depicting life in the poor Jewish quarter of the city. From London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore. (London, 1872)

Dudley Street, Seven Dials, London, 1872. Unkempt, dirty children play in the street while a cab tries to drive through without crushing them

Home-(Rule)-Opathy, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Home-(Rule)-Opathy, 1874. Mr Isaac Butt, the moderate leader of the Irish Home Rule Party opens a box labelled Home Rule. Ireland sits by her small fire with her meagre possessions on a stool beside

The Latest in Russia Bonds, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Latest in Russia Bonds, 1874. Mr Punch, trailing a garland of roses, stands atop a pedestal labelled Hymen. In the foreground

Mrs. North and Her Attorney, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Mrs. North and Her Attorney, 1864. Mrs North says: You see, Mr. Lincoln, we have failed utterly in our course of Action; I want Peace, and so, if you cannot effect an Amicable Arrangement

The Pig and The Peasant, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
The Pig and The Peasant, 1863. Peasant says: Ah! I d Like To Be Cared Vor Half As Well As Thee As Thee Be! Here, Mr Punch highlights the problem by neatly contrasting the fat

The Prodigal Son, ca. 1496. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Prodigal Son, ca. 1496

l Amour simple, Abattement, Le Desir (from Caracteres des passions, graves sur les desseins de l illustre Monsieur le Brun), 1695-1720

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