Beggar

Attributed to John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921)

Dateca. 1870

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 inches (8.69 × 5.41 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 inches (10.49 × 6.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.64

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InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "Beggars. / There is a system and order even / among this often particularly obnoxious / class. Beggars have their regular beasts / and are governed by head men of their / own. Shopkeepers and merchants who / desire to be relieved from their importun- / nities sometimes make an agreement / with the head men, and pay a sort of / black mail for immunity from visits at / their places of business. Beggars as a / rule do not visit private dwelling houses / but they may do so however on extra- / ordinary occasions such as fests, funer- / als, &c., they are allowed to station / themselves by roadsides and may also / visit public places, temples, banks, &c."

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DescriptionHand colored image of beggar dressed in layers of tattered clothes standing with a cane and one hand outstretched.

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