A ragged looking man stands in a prison courtyard with an empty purse in his left hand; a broken pipe rests on the ground by his feet
Description
Title from text below image. Approximate date of publication inferred from no. 25 in the "Tregears flights of humour" series of prints, which was published 1 July 1833. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1951,0411.4.87. Text beneath title: He who steals my purse steals trash!!! But he who filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, but makes me poor indeed!!!