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  • Beggars outside a building; many scratch their heads and bodies having been bitten by fleas. Coloured lithograph after G. Dura.
  • 'XX. Cabul - A 'Kuttar' or string of blind beggars'
  • Two beggars asking for alms. Collotype (?) after an Indian draftsman.
  • A line of blind Chinese beggars approaching a shop. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Lame people, war victims and beggars receiving alms at a hospital. Etching after J. Callot.
  • A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging / by C.J. Ribton-Turner.
  • Two bearded beggars holding out an upturned hat begging for alms. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • A woman giving money to beggars at the entrance to a church or convent. Colour lithograph by Valerio.
  • Two beggars dressed in ragged clothing, one with a large stick, are walking together on the road. Etching.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
  • A ragged beggar carrying a banner reading "Capitano de baroni" leads a procession of lame people and beggars out of a village. Etching after J. Callot.
  • A gentleman giving alms to two lame beggars by leaning over an inscribed banner. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, 1632.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an earthquake, beggars at a rich man's door, a funeral, and a shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1852?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an earthquake, beggars at a rich man's door, a funeral, and a shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1852?].
  • A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.
  • Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Frontispiece to "Etchings of remarkable beggars itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its environs by John Thomas Smith". Coloured etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A group of beggars, one playing the violin, the other walking with the aid of a stick holding out a hat to collect alms. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • The spider and fly : the advertiser takes this opportunity of informing his friends and a discerning public, that he continues the trade of making drunkards, paupers, thieves, beggars, adulterers, and murderers, on the most reasonable terms, and without notice.
  • Anaesthesiology, "The Beggar's Opera".
  • Possibly Beggar's or Leper's rattle
  • "The absent-minded beggar" / [Bovril Limited].
  • "The absent-minded beggar" / [Bovril Limited].
  • Samuel Horsey, a legless beggar. Wood engraving.
  • Peruvian vessel of beggar holding a bowl.
  • Samuel Horsey, a legless beggar. Stipple engraving, 1803.
  • Anne Siggs, an eccentric lame beggar. Engraving, 1804.