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Begging

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  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Serbo-Bulgarian War: wounded Russian soldiers begging ambulance men to be taken away from the battlefield. Wood engraving.
  • A bearded beggar with a misshapen left leg standing with two crutches. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A beggar dressed in rags limping with the aid of a staff towards a village. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
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Catalogue

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    Little Saint Mary's Church, Cambridge: exterior with a blind man begging for alms. Etching by R. Farren, 1880.

    Farren, Robert, 1832-approximately 1894. | Date: 1880 | Reference: 730485i
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    Domestic violence: a man beating his wife with a shoe. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 27912i
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    Savitri pleading with Yama for her husband's life. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26220i
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    A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 44066i
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    The British Museum in Montague House: the Great Russell Street facade. Engraving after T. H. Shepherd.

    Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer) | Reference: 38433i
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