"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powdered wig. Beside him (left) lies an empty and dilapidated bag inscribed The Old Bagg [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12883]. He looks down with a gloomy scowl, and from his closed lips rise the words: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man [cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 13991, 16236]--vide beggars petition, Tricked out of Work by a Soldier. Round his neck is tied a placard reaching below the waist, and inscribed: Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78 [76], and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. His pension is only 4.000 P A [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10714] and not a Dinner has been dressed in his house within the memory of man! He has a wife to support, and a Son to provide for, who holds only Eight Appointments! Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hindlegs holding a begging-dish, with a piteous expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To a benevolent public
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 31 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man places a coin in the hat of an old, one-eyed beggar who leans on a crutch
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink., Date from Rowlandson's etching based this drawing., Drawing numbered in black ink in the upper corner: 14., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Misers, Charity, Poor persons, Hats, and Crutches
Leaf 106. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A rotund cobbler leans against a table in his shop, looking down at a cup of tea he stirs with his right hand, a teapot sitting beside the cup and saucer on the table. He holds a knife in his left hand and wears a large coat, an apron, and a looped tricorne with a pipe in it. Behind him on the table is a bucket, with tufts of horse hair beside it that extend onto the floor below, partially obscuring several pairs of shoes in the process of being made
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and First of three plates on leaf 106.
Title below image., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from Library of Congress entry for publisher., Above image: Scè̀nes populaires; No. 16., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Gihaut et Martinet and Lith. de Langlumé.
Subject (Topic):
Pulse, Medical care, Cost of., Physical diagnosis, Physicians, Sick persons, and Poor persons
Title below image in German and French., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from first language of caption., Book illustration., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medicine & morality.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Religion and medicine, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sin, Poor persons, People with disabilities, Sick persons, Crutches, Horses, and Prayer
Title from text below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Text in both German and French., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Religious aspects, Christianity, Health aspects, Sick persons, Poor persons, Croplands, and Prayer
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The satire contrasts the life of a street singer with the sweet lyrics of the popular ballad by Thomas Moore
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.318., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text beneath title: "Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Harps, Older people, Poor persons, Women, and Doors & doorways
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1841]
Call Number:
841.00.00.37+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left, poor emaciated laborers are chained to the ground while above them dangle bread, meat and beer just out of their reach. Behind them a building inscribed 'Poor Law Union'. The ground is inscribed 'Land of the free'. A crowd of people enter a tunnel that above has a sign that reads, 'County Gaol.' In contrast, on the right fat Members of Parliament sit and listen to a speech against Poor Law Reform made by possibly Melborne (William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne) who has a paper inscribed with '£70 000 Per Annum'.
Description:
Title from text below image., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left portion of design., Part of a new series of The political drama that was begun in 1841. See pages 12-13 in: C.J. Grant's political drama: a radical satirist rediscovered. London : University College, c1998., "Price 1d. plain."--Upper right corner., and Wood engraving with letterpress text.
Publisher:
Printed and published by B.D. Cousins, 18, Duke-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848
Subject (Topic):
Poor persons, Laborers, Chains, Bread, Meat, Beer, Tunnels, Jails, Politicians, and Public speaking
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Verlag von G. L. Lang in Speyer and Lithographisches Instit. v. Dubois in Zweibrücken
Subject (Topic):
Pulse, Sick persons, Physicians, Medical equipment & supplies, Poor persons, Families, Dogs, and Chamber pots
