Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, 18th century

Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, 1693-1759. Notorious vagabond, beggar, vagrant, King of the Gypsies, King of the Mendicants, 18th century. From a portrait in his autobiography An Apology for the Life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew Commonly Call'd the King of the Beggars, Goadby and Owen, 1765. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by R. Page from Henry Wilson and James Caulfield's Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869

18th Century 19th Century Autobiography Beggar Book Of Wonderful Characters Eccentric Extraordinary Freak Henry Wilson James Caulfield John Camden Hotten Memoirs And Anecdotes Notorious Piccadilly R. Page Remarkable Stipple Engraving Vagabond Vagrant

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