Blind beggar as wounded soldier and decrepit match seller

Notorious blind beggar in costume of a survivor of the Battle of Waterloo with a portrait of a wounded sailor on his chest, and as a decrepit match seller kneeling in front of the Privy Gardens. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817

Anecdotes Beggar C19th Mendicant Notoriety Privy Survivor Vagabondiana Wanderers Waterloo

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