Itinerant chairmender and beggar, London, Regency era

Israel Potter, itinerant chairmender and beggar, of Compton's Buildings, Burton Crescent. In hat, great coat, ragged clothes with dirty old rushes over his shoulder. Old chairs to mend. Copperplate engraving drawn from life and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839

1839 Beggar Capitalism Destitute Francis Douce Great Coat John Bowyer Nichols John Thomas Smith Lower Classes Rushes The Cries Of London Tradesmen Vagabondiana 2 Working Class Working Poor

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