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  • A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • An old man in ragged clothes and a fur cap with a feather seen from behind walking with two sticks. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Two old women dressed in rags sharing the contents of a bowl. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding her right arm in a bandage made of straw and a stick in her left hand. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old woman dressed in rags carrying a bowl in her left hand and a stick in her right hand. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A beggar woman with a gourd. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1629.
  • An old woman wearing ragged clothes is leaning on a stick. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A man with one foot moves with crutches accompanied by a little girl wearing a hat and her arm in a sling. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
  • A bearded old man dressed in rags moves with the aid of a stick and carries a bowl in his left hand. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
  • A female beggar sitting on a stool with a cat on her lap and another cat curled up under the stool. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A man in ragged clothes with a walking stick. Etching by F. Vivares, 17--, after Rembrandt, 1639.
  • An old man with two crutches is sitting on the steps of a church begging for alms from two women entering the church. Etching by A. Legros.
  • A soldier bends down to put some money into the hand of an old lady who is sitting on the side of the road. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1829.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding her left arm in a bandage made of straw and a stick in her right hand. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A gentleman giving alms to two lame beggars by leaning over an inscribed banner. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, 1632.
  • An old man in ragged clothes and a feathery fur cap playing the hurdy gurdy. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A street scene with building work going on: an old man holds his cap out to a well-dressed man who refuses to help him. Lithograph by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé.
  • An old woman in ragged clothes with a stick. Etching, 1817.
  • A one-legged hurdy gurdy player dressed in rags with his companion, an old woman dressed in rags reading from a song sheet. Engraving with etching by J. Matham after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her right hand and a staff in her left. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A hawker with a hawker's tray full of rodents. Etching by Jan van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A lame man in ragged clothes and a boy approach a gentleman for alms. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A female beggar sitting on a stool with a cat on her lap and another cat curled up under the stool. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A man with a stick selling song-sheets is accompanied by a woman moving with the aid of two crutches. Coloured etching by Lapbame, 1820.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her left hand and a staff in her right. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old man dressed in rags with a hat made from rags holding a stick with both hands. Etching.
  • 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 woman carrying a basket of eggs looks at a poor old man who is working as a chiffonnier and picking up rubbish with a stick: she exclaims that they were once lovers. Lithograph by H. Bellangé, 1826.