Pauper Collection (page 6)

Les GUEUX - La borgne engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim in cm 13, 9x8
JEB4889979 Les GUEUX - La borgne engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim in cm 13, 9x8, 7 Private collection.; (add.info)

LES GUEUX - Le beggar aux bequilles engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13
JEB4889968 LES GUEUX - Le beggar aux bequilles engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

Les GUEUX - Les deux beggars engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8
JEB4889902 Les GUEUX - Les deux beggars engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

Les GUEUX - Frontispice engraving of 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim in cm 13, 9x8
JEB4889373 Les GUEUX - Frontispice engraving of 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim in cm 13, 9x8, 7 Private collection.; (add.info)

Gypsy family musicians in France, 1880 (b/w photo)
ELD4837784 Gypsy family musicians in France, 1880 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Gypsy family musicians in France, one of the men plays a triangle, while a woman holds a mandolin)

First World War: Greece, Thessaloniki: December 25, 1915, shelters in slums and precarious camps
LUX4809866 First World War: Greece, Thessaloniki: December 25, 1915, shelters in slums and precarious camps; (add.info.: First World War: Greece, Thessaloniki: December 25, 1915)

Two young men warm themselves in front of a wood fire during the winter. Chromolithography of the 19th century
JAB5036999 Two young men warm themselves in front of a wood fire during the winter. Chromolithography of the 19th century; (add.info)

Warrior in winter dress, smoking the pipe - Coolie winter dress - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980141 Warrior in winter dress, smoking the pipe - Coolie winter dress - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Warrior in winter dress)

Gypsy family in Hungary engraving from " La Hungary historique" 1851
ELD4960422 Gypsy family in Hungary engraving from " La Hungary historique" 1851; Private Collection; (add.info)

Ticket distribution for the soup soup to the unborn, on a snow day in London (England). 19th century lithography
NWI4960407 Ticket distribution for the soup soup to the unborn, on a snow day in London (England). 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Ticket distribution for the soup soup to the unborn)

Homeless women discussing better times in a charity shelter in New York City, around 1870 - Colorisee engraving
NWI4960857 Homeless women discussing better times in a charity shelter in New York City, around 1870 - Colorisee engraving

Milk distribution to poor children in a summer camp, Staten Island, New York, around 1870
NWI4959490 Milk distribution to poor children in a summer camp, Staten Island, New York, around 1870. By a woman from a Children's Aid Society

Housing properties for Irish immigrants in Donovan Lane, near the Five Points, New York, around 1870
NWI4958607 Housing properties for Irish immigrants in Donovan Lane, near the Five Points, New York, around 1870. Coloured engraving

Cartoon of a miser Screwby being duped by a bankrupt aristocrat with a parcel of fake parchments
FLO4717935 Cartoon of a miser Screwby being duped by a bankrupt aristocrat with a parcel of fake parchments. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier)

Representation of Gervaise washing the parquet of the grocery store of Virginia Poisson Illustration of the novel
ELD4953272 Representation of Gervaise washing the parquet of the grocery store of Virginia Poisson Illustration of the novel " The darkness" by Emile Zola

Gervaise came to collect Coupeau's pay in front of the zinger's workshop before he spends it at the wine
ELD4953242 Gervaise came to collect Coupeau's pay in front of the zinger's workshop before he spends it at the wine merchant Illustration of chapter 12 of L'Assommoir by Emile Zola 1884;

Coupeau motivating Lantier to enter the laundry in the evening where Gervaise celebrates his reussite Illustration of
ELD4953395 Coupeau motivating Lantier to enter the laundry in the evening where Gervaise celebrates his reussite Illustration of " The darker" by Emile Zola 1884; Private Collection;

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: little sister of the poor, court with the clerge and employees, 1895
LUX4797536 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: little sister of the poor, court with the clerge and employees, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: little sister of the poor, court with the clerge and employees, 1895
LUX4797574 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: little sister of the poor, court with the clerge and employees, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Herring. The itinerant saleswoman cries to the painter of Montmartre "Go, wicked Rapin, go eat your cracks
DUV4222375 Herring. The itinerant saleswoman cries to the painter of Montmartre "Go, wicked Rapin, go eat your cracks!" c.1830 (engraving); 16x12 cm; (add.info.: Alphabet fun. J)

Small metier: peddler - dead man to rats with his dog - rat - poison - engraving of the 19th century
PCT4287490 Small metier: peddler - dead man to rats with his dog - rat - poison - engraving of the 19th century -; (add.info.: Small metier)

English Georgian ladies seeing an old woman fortune teller in a garret. Tom and Jerry catching Kate
FLO4662020 English Georgian ladies seeing an old woman fortune teller in a garret. Tom and Jerry catching Kate and Sue on the Sly having their Fortunes told

Parable of the bad rich and poor Lazarus, 12th century (sculpture)
PCT4295878 Parable of the bad rich and poor Lazarus, 12th century (sculpture); (add.info.: Parable of the bad rich and poor Lazarus - Church Collegiale Saint-Andre)

Illustration for " Les Liaisons dangereuses", epistolaire novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
PCT4293090 Illustration for " Les Liaisons dangereuses", epistolaire novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803). Volume 1

Postcard with Portrait of Little Beggar 1920
JAB4119111 Postcard with Portrait of Little Beggar 1920; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Saint Eloi (Eloi de Noyon, ca. 588-659) offers the poor food, 1932 (engraving)
DUV4202329 Saint Eloi (Eloi de Noyon, ca. 588-659) offers the poor food, 1932 (engraving) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Eloi (Eloi de Noyon, ca)

Saint Benoit-Joseph Labre nicknamed the vagabond of God, 1932 (engraving)
DUV4202306 Saint Benoit-Joseph Labre nicknamed the vagabond of God, 1932 (engraving) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Woman asleep on a cot, with hat boxes for a somno or night table, and a chipped vase for a candlestick
FLO4677727 Woman asleep on a cot, with hat boxes for a somno or night table, and a chipped vase for a candlestick. Her clothes are expensive: a cornette night cap, fancy bonnet

The rich man. A demon blows corruption in the ear of a magistrate, who turned his back on a poor man
FLO4675702 The rich man. A demon blows corruption in the ear of a magistrate, who turned his back on a poor man, while he is in intimate conversation with another person

The judge. The judge has to decide a dispute between a rich man and a poor man
FLO4675659 The judge. The judge has to decide a dispute between a rich man and a poor man. From the first, he's about to receive a bribe. Death behind him tears off his bureaucrat dress

Le savetier et le financier: fable de La Fontaine illustrated by Grandville
PCT4269318 Le savetier et le financier: fable de La Fontaine illustrated by Grandville. by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); (add.info.: Le savetier et le financier)

Representation of Saint Julien and Basilissa with the poors. 19th century (engraving)
ELD4913148 Representation of Saint Julien and Basilissa with the poors. 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

France, Picardie, Somme (80), Peronne: A couple in front of his prefabricated house from military shelters, 1920
LUX4808509 France, Picardie, Somme (80), Peronne: A couple in front of his prefabricated house from military shelters, 1920; (add.info.: France, Picardie, Somme (80)

Les GUEUX - Le beggar a la head ecouverte et aux pieds barefoot engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot
JEB4889711 Les GUEUX - Le beggar a la head ecouverte et aux pieds barefoot engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

Les GUEUX - The player of old engraving from 1632 with strong water by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim in cm 13, 9x8
JEB4889397 Les GUEUX - The player of old engraving from 1632 with strong water by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim in cm 13, 9x8

Italy, Naples: young beggars posing in studio, 1865
LUX4747208 Italy, Naples: young beggars posing in studio, 1865; (add.info.: Italy, Naples: young beggars posing in studio, 1865); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Gervaise giffing her daughter Nana (heroine of the novel of the same name) (chapter 11)
ELD4953276 Gervaise giffing her daughter Nana (heroine of the novel of the same name) (chapter 11) Illustration of L'asommoir" by Emile Zola

LES GUEUX - La beggar aux bequilles engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13
JEB4889628 LES GUEUX - La beggar aux bequilles engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

Wealthy fat broker and poor rustic peasant in rags. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical
FLO4718172 Wealthy fat broker and poor rustic peasant in rags. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) (1708-1786)

Les GUEUX - Le malingreux engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8
JEB4889850 Les GUEUX - Le malingreux engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

Les GUEUX - Le beggar au couvot engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8
JEB4889770 Les GUEUX - Le beggar au couvot engraving de 1632 a l'eau forte by Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Dim en cm 13, 9x8

Queen Blanche of Castile visiting poor families Lithograph from Saintes, 1844 - Private collection
ELD4859530 Queen Blanche of Castile visiting poor families Lithograph from Saintes, 1844 - Private collection; (add.info.: Queen Blanche of Castile visiting poor families Lithograph from Saintes)

Naples, Italy, Colorisee genre scene showing a man and children pick-pocket (pickpocket), 1860
LUX4729632 Naples, Italy, Colorisee genre scene showing a man and children pick-pocket (pickpocket), 1860; (add.info.: Naples, Italy)

Medieval tax: a family of french peasants paying the tithe, one-tenth part of the fruit of their labor to the church
ELD4852289 Medieval tax: a family of french peasants paying the tithe, one-tenth part of the fruit of their labor to the church

Disabled soldier begging charity from a rich parson and receiving nothing. The Pluralist and the Soldier
FLO4718155 Disabled soldier begging charity from a rich parson and receiving nothing. The Pluralist and the Soldier. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by Timothy

View of the working (family) gardens of the working houses of Chambly, Oise
ELD4948895 View of the working (family) gardens of the working houses of Chambly, Oise (allotment or community garden of the Company town of Chambly)

Cinderella: the young Cinderella sitting among the ashes in the chimney, c.1910 (lithograph)
XEE4143307 Cinderella: the young Cinderella sitting among the ashes in the chimney, c.1910 (lithograph) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

The song of the shirt by Thomas Hood ed. Moxon - A poor couturiere sewing a shirt in a bedroom
PCT4276075 The song of the shirt by Thomas Hood ed. Moxon - A poor couturiere sewing a shirt in a bedroom, a crucifix hangs over the bed

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"Pauper: A Glimpse into the Lives of the Forgotten" Step back in time and discover the world of paupers, as depicted by Victor Hugo's iconic character Cosette in Les Miserables. From the Hollies Childrens Home in Sidcup, Kent to Guinness Lodging Houses in Lever Street, London, these places were once a refuge for those who had nowhere else to turn. Imagine spending Christmas Day in the workhouse, where hope was scarce but resilience prevailed. Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Middlesex offered solace and care to those without means. Market Hill and former workhouse in Maldon stands as a testament to an era when poverty was rampant. Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Manchester provided shelter for countless souls seeking comfort amidst destitution. In St Pelagias Home Highgate's children's playroom laughter echoed through walls that witnessed both hardship and innocence. The Union Workhouses of Wokingham, Berkshire and Wantage Oxfordshire were beacons of support for individuals struggling against adversity. Poplar Workhouse situated on East London's streets became synonymous with tales of survival amid harsh conditions. Warren Farm School nestled within Brighton Sussex aimed to provide education despite limited resources - nurturing young minds even amidst scarcity. These glimpses into history remind us that paupers were not merely statistics; they were real people with stories untold. Their struggles shaped society’s understanding of compassion and empathy towards our fellow human beings. Let us remember their plight so that we may continue striving towards a world where no one is left behind – a world where every person finds dignity regardless of their circumstances.