Benjamin Holbrook, shown full-length in profile, walking to the left, holding with a long white staff in his right hand, clutching two memorandum books in his left hand, heading towards Fleet Market, with the west front of St. Paul’s Cathedral visible in the background. His eyes being closed and the presence of the staff indicate his blindness, and the patched elbow of his three-quarter-length coat his poverty
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower left portion of image., Signed with the artist's initials and dated in lower right corner., Numbered "25" in top center., For the related print, entitled "Ben Holbrook, the walking stationer" and published 16 July 1783 by William Wells, see Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 542, no. 1., and Mounted with narrow paper mount.
Subject (Name):
Holbrook, Benjamin, active 1783, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Blind persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Stationery
Title and place of publication from item., Text: Vous devez connaitre les moyens d'éviter les redoutables conséquences de la gonococcie fléau social ; la stérilité, les rhumatismes, les cécité ; Trop de berceaux vides! ; Demandes la liste des centres de prophylazie antivénérienne et des dispensaires ..., Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from poster style., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Ministère de la Santé Publique and Imp. J.E. Goossens
Subject (Topic):
Gonorrhea, Infertility, Female, Rheumatism, Blindness, Sick persons, People with disabilities, Blind persons, Children, and Cribs (Children's beds).
Leaf 17r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A blind man stands in the foreground, in profile to the left, holding a cane in his left hand. The Chapel of Ease of St. Cuthbert's, in Crosscauseway, is seen in the background
Alternative Title:
Chapel of Ease, Cross Causeway
Description:
Title from verses etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented : accompanied with views of several principal buildings of the city. Edinbr. : Sold by L. Scott ..., 1803., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland and Edinburgh.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Blind persons, Poor persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Churches
London's information and advice service for disabled people on arts and entertainment
Description:
Title and publisher from item., Date derived from founding of Artsline., Text in lower margin: Charity Reg. No. 287 988 ; Design: Spark Ceresa ; Illustration: Caroline Della Porta ; Sponsored by BT., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Artsline
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
People with disabilities and the arts, People with disabilities and the performing arts, People with disabilities, Wheelchairs, Children, Theaters, Guide dogs, and Blind persons
"A blind beggar, Sir Cecil Wray, is led (right to left) by his dog, round whose neck hangs a 'Subscription Box'. He supports himself by a long staff; in his left hand is the dog's cord, and under his left arm is a larger box, inscribed 'Subscription Scrutiny Box'. He sings: "Pity the Weak, and Needy pray, Oh pity me, I've lost the day." Behind the dog is a placard inscribed: "See here the Dog, of all his kind, The fittest for a Beggar blind, The Beast can bark or grunt as Hog. His name is Churchill - Oh the Dog!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and month of publication from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title: Ye Christians charitable, good and civil, pray something give to this poor wandering devil ..., Plate from: The history of the Westminster election., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Covent Garden Church -- Allusion to scrutiny -- Allusion to John Churchill of Westminster., and Mounted to 32 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th [May] 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Blind persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Dogs
Leaf 23. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A blind beggar, Sir Cecil Wray, is led (right to left) by his dog, round whose neck hangs a 'Subscription Box'. He supports himself by a long staff; in his left hand is the dog's cord, and under his left arm is a larger box, inscribed 'Subscription Scrutiny Box'. He sings: "Pity the Weak, and Needy pray, Oh pity me, I've lost the day." Behind the dog is a placard inscribed: "See here the Dog, of all his kind, The fittest for a Beggar blind, The Beast can bark or grunt as Hog. His name is Churchill - Oh the Dog!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6578 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Month of publication for original issue of plate from the British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below title: Ye Christians charitable, good and civil, pray something give to this poor wandering devil ..., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 137-8., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster Election, 1784 -- Scrutiny of the Westminster Election -- Chruches: St. Paul's, Covent Garden -- Blind beggar -- Boxes: 'Poor box' -- Churchill, John, fl. 1784-1788 -- Blind beggar's dog -- Blind men., and On leaf 23 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th [May] 1784 by H. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Politics and government, Beggars, Blind persons, and Dogs
Volume 2, page 99. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The beggar kneeling to left, holding a stick, his hat on the ground in front of him, at right a dog jumping up at a woman; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "First state before letters of title filled in"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1888,0716.240., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A blind beggar that had long lost his sight, he had a fair daughter of beauty most bright, and many a gallant brave suitor had she, for none was so comely as pretty Bessey ..., Illustration to the anonymous ballad 'The blind beggar of Bethnal Green'., and Mounted on page 99 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 20, 1790, by T. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Vendors: pig pie vendor.
"An old blind man being guided to right by a young boy, holding a basket full of books, while the boy looks towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Libraire embulant : ayer pitié du pauvre aveugle ...
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Signed and dated by the printmaker in lower right corner of image., Publisher from first plate in series., Sixth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., and Plate numbered "6" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
F. Vivarez and by P. Sandby
Subject (Topic):
Bookselling, Street vendors, Blind persons, and Baskets
A street scene in Paris, at corner of Pont Neuf: a blind man and a lame man beg on the sidewalk beside a bookseller's stall, the seller in glasses looing up at his shelves under an awning. Two street vendors sit in the street: a man with a peg leg holds a brush up along side his shoe shining equipment; above his head a sign with a cage hanging from it reads "La fond. Cond proprement les chiens et coupe les chats et tient depot de mort au rats.". Beside him a woman shears a sheep. Above her head a sign on the right margin: Catrinne coup chien et chat et son mari va-en ville. On the left along the wall a woman carries a dog in a bag and a turkey in her arms. Two other men show signs of shame and fear
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on secondary support.
Publisher:
Chez Noel Fréres, rue St. Jacques no. 16 et rue des Prêtres St. Germain-l'Auxerois, no. 22
Subject (Geographic):
France and Paris.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Beggars, Blind persons, Bookselling, Peg legs, Pleading (Begging), Ratcatching, Sheep shearing, Shoe shining, and Street vendors
