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  • James Turner, a beggar and a painter's model, aged 93. Etching by R. Graves, after N. Hone.
  • Anne Siggs, an eccentric lame beggar. Engraving, 1804.
  • A bearded one-armed beggar in ragged clothes wearing a large rosary with a crucifix. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.
  • A man in ragged clothing. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A legless beggar asking the Wandering Jew for alms in a Spanish square. Etching by Frederick Carter, 1928.
  • The Sheffield election of 1868: (left) two men play cards and drink in a warm pub; (right) two women (one with a baby) beg and cower in a snowy street. Transfer lithograph, 1868.
  • James Turner, a beggar and a painters model. Etching by Captain W. Baillie, 1774, after N. Hone.
  • An old man dressed in rags with a hat made from rags holding a stick with both hands. Etching.
  • A man in Mexico is carrying a blind old man in a chair on his back in order to attract alms. Coloured lithograph by C. Linati, 1828.
  • Samuel Horsey, a legless beggar. Wood engraving.
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • A man carrying a basket and stick with a dog at his feet. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A bearded beggar dressed in a ragged cloak, holding a drinking vessel and a staff. Etching with engraving, possibly after J. Callot.
  • A boy with a monkey perched on his shoulder is begging for alms from an elegant gentlemen. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal.
  • A beggar crouching on the ground next to a jug holding his deformed left leg in his hands. Engraving.
  • A sitting blind beggar sells 'love sonnets' to obtain money with a boy. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A blind beggar holds out his hat for money. Woodcut and colour mezzotint by C.W.E. Dietrich, 1757.
  • A blind musician holding a uilleann pipe or pastoral bagpipe. Etching attributed to G. Grattan.
  • An old man on crutches with a wooden leg. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Toby, a beggar who pretended to be blind and lame. Engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • Vignettes of Peel's first ministry surrounded by eight figures representing certain professions. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • A begging Brahman raising his begging bowl to accept a gift from a woman. Gouache drawing.
  • A bearded lame man walking with the aid of two crutches begging for alms with his hat. Engraving with etching.
  • A man is shown from behind reading a sandwich board attached to the back of the man in front of him, advertising a lottery. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An old beggar in very tattered old clothes is sitting on a staircase with his sleeping dog curled up at his feet. Etching by J.T.Smith, 1816.
  • A woman dressed in rags, possibly a beggar, standing barefoot on the ground, with her skirt hitched up, holding a staff and a drinking vessel. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A man in ragged clothing with a wooden leg and a stick is holding out his hand for alms. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • An old man with a wooden leg and a stick is accompanied by a girl carrying a bowl in her right hand. Etching by Jules Jacques Veyrassat.
  • A woman wearing a ruff carrying a small child in her arms. Engraving with etching.