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Editorial Little Wanderers., Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909), 1882, Albumen silver print.
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Inner Voices (Christ Consoling the Wanderers).
- 2019-03-22
- 1
Editorial Beggar carving Turkish Moorings, a chain made of ash, seated with hat, crutch and walking stick. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
Editorial Venerable disabled Jewish mendicant beggar pulled around Petticoat Lane in a truck. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Silent blind beggar wear a sign that reads Pray pity the Blind, selling penny tracts from his hat. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Two bone pickers sitting on the stairs with a dog. One sews patches onto his patchwork coat of bits of old velvet, carpet, cloth, etc. Bones are sold to burners at Haggerstone, Shoreditch and Battlebridge for two shillings a bushel. Copperplate etching...
- 2019-02-22
- 2
Editorial Street crossing sweeper on Ludgate Hill wearing a cloth on his head. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
Editorial John MacNally, a go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He lost both legs in an accident when an apprentice in Cork. Rides a dog-drawn cart drawn by Boxer and Rover. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, ...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Disabled mendicant Lilly who worked Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. Lost his leg in an accident at Westminster. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets ...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Bill Row and John Taylor, two grubbers with iron pick, broom and basket. They search for nails, rings and coins in the cracks between cobblestones. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendican...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Joseph Johnson or Black Joe, wounded veteran merchant seaman, wearing his Nelson ship hat. He earned his living as a Regular Chaunter singing songs such as Storm and The British Seaman's Praise. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smi...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Blind chaunter or singer with a catgut fiddle and bow. The fiddle has a tea canister for a soundbox. Copied from an etching by Miller after a drawing by Gravelot. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdo...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Taylor, a blind cobbler or industrious beggar. Lived at 6 Saffron Hill and worked stands at Whitehall and Tottenham Court Road. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through ...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Medieval beggar types: soap eater (lunatic imposter) from the era of Elizabeth I, Tom of Bedlam from the era of Edward VI, and disabled vagabond with performing dog from the era of Henry VIII. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial George Dyball, a blind beggar who dressed in a sailor's uniform, and his dog Nelson with begging bowl. Another blind begging couple behind him. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wa...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Beggars leaving London for their workhouse. Disabled mendicants on crutches in patchwork coats and rags. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, ...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Samuel Horsey, a famous go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He claimed to have had both legs amputated by the surgeon John Abernathy in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Works at Charing Cross and the door of Coutts Bank. Copperplate etching drawn and ...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial William Friday, a Simpler, supplier of herbs. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Charles McGee, one-eyed Jamaican beggar aged 73 who stands at the Obelisk, Ludgate Hill. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 3
Editorial Blind beggar with walking stick attended by a young boy, frequently seen at Finsbury Square and Bunhill Row, London. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Street entertainer who mimicked bird song using a piece of tin in his mouth, while he pretended to play two tobacco pipes like a violin. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial William Tomlins, street crossing sweeper on Albermarle and St. James' Street. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial May Day street performer in mask, hat and beribboned suit and Street-strolling Clown in bells and tassles. Fellows dismissed from the public places of entertainment, perhaps for their indecent conduct. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Tho...
- 2019-02-22
- 2
Editorial Daniel Cropp, filthy street-crossing sweeper on Charles Street and Rathbone Place. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Street-crossing sweeper boy in a large waistcoast and soldier's jacket. With dog and broom. Worked Prince's Street and Hanover Square. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers t...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Joseph Thake and son, makers of willow rattle puzzles which they sold for 6p at St. Paul's Churchyard. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Portrait of Saint Martin, patron saint of beggars and vagabonds, with two disabled beggars at his feet. By an unknown German artist circa 1460. Copied from a rare print in the possession of Thomas Lloyd by Sawyer Jr. facsimile copperplate engraver from...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Teetotal blind beggar who sold halfpenny ballads on the beggars' road near Bethnal Green. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?' A scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream. . A Midsummer Night's Dream ... With illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London : William Heinemann, 1908. Source: Cup.410.bb.55, facing page 26.
- 2019-01-24
- 1
Editorial Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?' A scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream. . A Midsummer Night's Dream ... With illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London : William Heinemann, 1908. Source: Cup.410.bb.55, facing page 26.
- 2018-12-06
- 1
Editorial A football match. Illustrated Sporting News. London, April 6, 1889. The Final Tie of the Football Association Cup competition'. The match between Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Image taken from Illustrated Sporting News. Originally pu...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
Editorial A pictorial map of South America, for the purposes of a game. Wallis's new game of wanderers in the wilderness [of South America]. London : Edward Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, [1844?]. 1 map : col ; 68x44cm., folded to 17x13cm in slipcase + 1 booklet + 1...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
Editorial A map of South America;cover;a table; and, a title page. Wallis's new game of wanderers in the wilderness [of South America]. London : Edward Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, [1844?]. Source: Maps.C.29.b.9.
- 2018-12-06
- 1
Editorial 'The F.A. Cup final - Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Newcastle United by 3 goals to 1'. The illustrated sporting and dramatic news. May 2, 1908. Source: The illustrated sporting and dramatic news. Page 305.
- 2018-12-06
- 1
Editorial The Sheffield Wednesday team - Association champions. Team photograph. Illustrated sporting and dramatic news. 14 April 1896. Sheffield Wednesday won the FA Cup in 1896, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 at Crystal Palace. Source: Illustrated sport...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
Editorial Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905?8, Oil on canvas, 53 x 74 in. (134.6 x 188 cm), Paintings, Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (Russian, Mariupol 1842?1910 St. Petersburg), Arkhip Kuindzhi is considered one of the most talented Russian landscape painters of his ...
- 2018-08-03
- 1
Editorial Beggar carving Turkish Moorings, a chain made of ash, seated with hat, crutch and walking stick. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 2
Editorial Venerable disabled Jewish mendicant beggar pulled around Petticoat Lane in a truck. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Silent blind beggar wear a sign that reads Pray pity the Blind, selling penny tracts from his hat. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Two bone pickers sitting on the stairs with a dog. One sews patches onto his patchwork coat of bits of old velvet, carpet, cloth, etc. Bones are sold to burners at Haggerstone, Shoreditch and Battlebridge for two shillings a bushel. Copperplate etching...
- 2018-08-02
- 2
Editorial Street crossing sweeper on Ludgate Hill wearing a cloth on his head. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 2
Editorial John MacNally, a go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He lost both legs in an accident when an apprentice in Cork. Rides a dog-drawn cart drawn by Boxer and Rover. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, ...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Disabled mendicant Lilly who worked Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. Lost his leg in an accident at Westminster. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets ...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Bill Row and John Taylor, two grubbers with iron pick, broom and basket. They search for nails, rings and coins in the cracks between cobblestones. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendican...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Joseph Johnson or Black Joe, wounded veteran merchant seaman, wearing his Nelson ship hat. He earned his living as a Regular Chaunter singing songs such as Storm and The British Seaman's Praise. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smi...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Blind chaunter or singer with a catgut fiddle and bow. The fiddle has a tea canister for a soundbox. Copied from an etching by Miller after a drawing by Gravelot. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdo...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Taylor, a blind cobbler or industrious beggar. Lived at 6 Saffron Hill and worked stands at Whitehall and Tottenham Court Road. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through ...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Medieval beggar types: soap eater (lunatic imposter) from the era of Elizabeth I, Tom of Bedlam from the era of Edward VI, and disabled vagabond with performing dog from the era of Henry VIII. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial George Dyball, a blind beggar who dressed in a sailor's uniform, and his dog Nelson with begging bowl. Another blind begging couple behind him. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wa...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Beggars leaving London for their workhouse. Disabled mendicants on crutches in patchwork coats and rags. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, ...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Samuel Horsey, a famous go-kart, billy in bowl, or sledge beggar. He claimed to have had both legs amputated by the surgeon John Abernathy in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Works at Charing Cross and the door of Coutts Bank. Copperplate etching drawn and ...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial William Friday, a Simpler, supplier of herbs. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Charles McGee, one-eyed Jamaican beggar aged 73 who stands at the Obelisk, Ludgate Hill. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 3
Editorial Blind beggar with walking stick attended by a young boy, frequently seen at Finsbury Square and Bunhill Row, London. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Street entertainer who mimicked bird song using a piece of tin in his mouth, while he pretended to play two tobacco pipes like a violin. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial William Tomlins, street crossing sweeper on Albermarle and St. James' Street. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial May Day street performer in mask, hat and beribboned suit and Street-strolling Clown in bells and tassles. Fellows dismissed from the public places of entertainment, perhaps for their indecent conduct. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Tho...
- 2018-08-02
- 2
Editorial Daniel Cropp, filthy street-crossing sweeper on Charles Street and Rathbone Place. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Street-crossing sweeper boy in a large waistcoast and soldier's jacket. With dog and broom. Worked Prince's Street and Hanover Square. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers t...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Joseph Thake and son, makers of willow rattle puzzles which they sold for 6p at St. Paul's Churchyard. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Portrait of Saint Martin, patron saint of beggars and vagabonds, with two disabled beggars at his feet. By an unknown German artist circa 1460. Copied from a rare print in the possession of Thomas Lloyd by Sawyer Jr. facsimile copperplate engraver from...
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Teetotal blind beggar who sold halfpenny ballads on the beggars' road near Bethnal Green. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817.
- 2018-08-02
- 1
Editorial Edward Tennyson Reed, 1860; 1933: The annual Football Match between the old red sandstone rovers and the pliocene wanderers was immensely and deservedly popular.
- 2018-07-24
- 1
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