Title

'Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge', 1872. Artist: Adolphe François Pannemaker

Caption

'Scripture Reader in a Night Refuge', 1872. A man stands in the gangway reading a passage from the scriptures. Either side of him the poor and destitute huddle under blankets. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré. A Pilgrimage was a comprehensive portrait of London, but although the book was a commercial success many of the critics disliked it. Several were upset that Jerrold and Doré had concentrated on the poverty that existed in London.
Museum of London

Date

1872

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A84_232

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (9,7Mb) / 16,2in x 13,0in / 4856 x 3886 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male man men religious night religion guy sleep sleeping reading bed bedroom room shelter lighting refuge poor poverty lamp century asleep blanket gas lamp lady scripture concept time of day B&W homeless homelessness MONOCHROME destitute 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Museum of London bedchamber engraving Paul Gustave;Dore Gustave;Gustave Dore;Louis Christophe Gustave Dore ;Paul Gustave Dore Blanchard Jerrold Jerrold Blanchard Pannemaker Adolphe Francois Pannemaker Gustave Doré;Doré Adolphe François Pannemaker Pannemaker Adolphe François Blanchard Jerrold engraving