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beggar

Also known as: beggar
Broader terms: poverty; trade/occupation

865 related objects

album; painting

Museum number: 1884,0913,0.102 |
Production date: 1830-1835 |
Production place: Painted in:Tamil Nadu |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.27 |
Cultures/periods: x23192 Mughal dynasty |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

album; drawing

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.94 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:India

drawing

Title: 병신이 동냥하는 모양 |
Museum number: OA+,0.482.3 |
Producer name: BIOG11475 Made by:Kim Jun-geun 김준근 金俊根 (Kisan 기산 箕山) |
Cultures/periods: x13756 Joseon Dynasty |
Production date: late 19thC-early 20thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Korea

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.35 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1745-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.532 |
Producer name: BIOG49521 Drawn by:Adriaen van de Velde |
Production date: 1650-1672

drawing

Museum number: D,5.45 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 After:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1520-1550

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.986 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1950,0311.7 |
Producer name: BIOG33105 Drawn by:Ernest Borough Johnson |
Production date: 1921

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.62 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.51 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1880,0911.1776 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Paul SandbyAfter:Abraham Bloemaert |
Production date: 1746

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.54 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Title: 해금장이 제 어버이 데리고 동냥하는 모양 |
Museum number: OA+,0.482.19 |
Producer name: BIOG11475 Made by:Kim Jun-geun 김준근 金俊根 (Kisan 기산 箕山) |
Cultures/periods: x13756 Joseon Dynasty |
Production date: late 19thC-early 20thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Korea

drawing; album

Museum number: 1936,1116.31.30 |
Producer name: BIOG25601 Drawn by:John Downman |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.988 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1841 1843

drawing

Museum number: 1947,1222.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacopo ConfortiniFormerly attributed to:Paris Bordone |
Production date: 1620-1672

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.989 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Hans Holbein the Elder |
Production date: 15thC

drawing; album; print study

Museum number: 1857,0613.752 |
Producer name: BIOG20397 Drawn by:Edme Bouchardon |
Production date: 1730s

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.989 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1900,0725.121.17 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1803-1860

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0109.7.a |
Producer name: BIOG25019 Drawn by:Baron Dominique Vivant Denon |
Production date: 1802

drawing

Museum number: 1994,U.8 |
Producer name: BIOG47150 Drawn by:Henry Stanier |
Production date: 1866

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.326 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1879,1011.1360 |
Producer name: BIOG22127 Drawn by:Owen Browne Carter |
Production date: 1829-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.1072 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1835

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.987 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1871,0812.1659 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William James SmithAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1824

drawing

Museum number: T,12.69 |
Producer name: BIOG37072 Drawn by:Giovanni Manozzi |
Production date: 1607-1636

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.1030 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1609

drawing

Museum number: 1986,0621.6 |
Producer name: BIOG30014 Ascribed to:Guercino |
Production date: 1606-1666

drawing

Museum number: 1913,1216.15 |
Producer name: BIOG28875 Drawn by:James Gibbs |
Production date: 1682-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1861,1109.507 |
Producer name: BIOG34203 Drawn by:Simon Andreas Krausz |
Production date: 1775-1825

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0911.91 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 After:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1700-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0911.92 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtAfter:Jan van Vliet |
Production date: 1700-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.985 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.119 |
Producer name: BIOG20509 Drawn by:Pieter Bout |
Production date: 1673-1719

drawing

Museum number: 1848,0911.93 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtAfter:Jan van Vliet |
Production date: 1700-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.982 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.984 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.983 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.203 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Drawn by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1540-1550

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.52 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.66 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing

Museum number: Nn,6.56 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Drawn by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1730-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1856,0510.1165 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,1209.469 |
Producer name: BIOG25614 Drawn by:John Doyle (HB) |
Production date: 1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: SL,5224.82 |
Producer name: BIOG19901 Drawn by:Abraham Bloemaert |
Production date: 1579-1651

drawing; print study

Title: Sir Archie and the beggars |
Museum number: 1890,1220.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21103 Drawn by:Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) |
Production date: 1845

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1979,1215.11 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Blake HumfreyAfter:Joseph Lawrens Dyckmans |
Production date: 1860-1870

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1900,0725.120.31 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1828

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.990 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.948 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0717.61 |
Producer name: BIOG21334 Drawn by:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1789

drawing; album

Museum number: 1981,0516.19.1-163 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edwin LandseerDrawn by:Frederick Richard Lee |
Production date: 1819-1885

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0725.43 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.1074 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1815-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.327 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1840-1842

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0614.947 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1840-1841

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1836,0109.7.b |
Producer name: BIOG25019 Drawn by:Baron Dominique Vivant Denon |
Production date: 1802

figure

Museum number: 1940,0401.20 |
Producer name: Modelled by:Johann Gottlieb KirchnerFactory of:Meissen Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1727-33 |
Production place: Factory in:Meissen

figure

Museum number: 1893,0601.457 |
Production date: 1642

hanging scroll; painting

Museum number: 1881,1210,0.1727 |
Producer name: BIOG2235 School of/style of:Hanabusa Itcho 英一蝶 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.577 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927-1928 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.220 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 21.06.1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.200 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 21.06.1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.292 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (County)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.199 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 21.06.1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.219 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 21.06.1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.201 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 21.06.1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.431 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 31.12.1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (City)

negative (polymer film)

Museum number: 2015,OA+.291 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1927 |
Production place: Photographed in:Gyantse (County)

painting

Museum number: 1993,1020,0.1.16 |
Producer name: BIOG2809 Painted by:Kawahara Keiga 川原慶賀 |
Cultures/periods: x13725 Bunsei Era |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Nagasaki-shi

painting; 繪畫

Museum number: 1919,0101,0.359 |
Cultures/periods: Tang dynasty唐代 |
Production date: 9thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cave 17Excavated/Findspot:第17窟

painting

Museum number: 1993,1020,0.1.14 |
Producer name: BIOG2809 Painted by:Kawahara Keiga 川原慶賀 |
Cultures/periods: x13725 Bunsei Era |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Nagasaki-shi

painting; manuscript

Museum number: 1934,1013,0.2 |
Cultures/periods: x23294 Timurid dynasty |
Production date: 1430 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

painting; 繪畫

Museum number: 1919,0101,0.4 |
Cultures/periods: Five Dynasties五代 |
Production date: 901-950 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cave 17Excavated/Findspot:第17窟

painting

Museum number: 1880,0.2105 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B8.31 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1930

photographic print

Museum number: Hopkinson,B8.30 |
Producer name: BIOG133520 Photographed by:Arthur J Hopkinson |
Production date: 1926-1930

plaque

Museum number: 1868,0904.51 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)Found/Acquired:Thames, River

postcard

Title: A waterseller, Tangier |
Museum number: EPH-ME.7080 |
Producer name: BIOG215216 Published by:Valentine's |
Production date: 1900-1905

postcard

Title: Bedouine mendiante |
Museum number: EPH-ME.5518 |
Producer name: BIOG223798 Published by:J Geiser |
Production date: 1905-1915 |
Production place: Published in:Algiers

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.6435 |
Producer name: BIOG223567 Published by:Castro Brothers |
Production date: 1920s |
Production place: Published in:Cairo (city)

postcard

Museum number: EPH-ME.2307 |
Producer name: AUTH234269 Published by:Levy Fils et Cie |
Production date: 1930s |
Production place: Published in:Tunis

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0628.522 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0628.397 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Gustav Richard SteinbrecherAfter:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1850

print

Title: The beggar New specimen of cast-metal ornaments and wood type |
Museum number: 1952,0502.19 |
Producer name: BIOG24656 Published by:William Davison of Alnwick |
Production date: 1820-1840 |
Production place: Published in:Alnwick

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.5419 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Print made by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1796

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.5340 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Print made by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1790

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0811.229 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1780-1790

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.2306 |
Producer name: BIOG29524 Print made by:Graeff |
Production date: 1850s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2681 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William Alfred NichollsAfter:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2006,U.1723 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 After:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1811-1823

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.2317 |
Producer name: After:Yan' DargentPrint made by:Auguste Joliet |
Production date: 1860-1878

print

Title: Respice Finem |
Museum number: 2019,7015.555 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard RedgravePublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1838-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3114 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Print made by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1790-1792

print

Title: The beggar New specimen of cast-metal ornaments and wood type |
Museum number: 1952,0502.20 |
Producer name: BIOG24656 Published by:William Davison of Alnwick |
Production date: 1820-1840 |
Production place: Published in:Alnwick

print

Museum number: 1895,0420.176.50 |
Producer name: BIOG46190 Print made by:Christoffel van Sichem III |
Production date: 1645

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.355 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1756