Title

'The Homeless Poor, 1859. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The Homeless Poor, 1859. Two members of the 'ragged' underclass are shown sheltering in a doorway, emphasising the point that they do not have any homes of their own. The cropped hair of the man on the right may suggest he has recently been in a workhouse or prison. He is commenting to his companion that the middle classes who are even worse off, being obliged to eat roast mutton and boiled fowl every day. The caption refers to some recent articles in The Times which bemoaned the monotony of the middle-class diet. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 22, 1859.

Date

1859

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_031

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (3,3Mb) / 12,3in x 17,0in / 3697 x 5087 (300dpi)

Keywords

food people male man men hunger politics doorway class guy door poor poverty hungry meat doorstep century barefoot concept B&W homeless homelessness beggar beggars cost cartoon MONOCHROME RAGGED inflation 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Heritage Image Partnership social class engraving Unknown engraving