A Prison Basket Man begging for meat, Restoration era

Prison Basket Man begging for broken meat for the poor prisoners. In hat, doublet, short ragged breeches and shoes, with staff and wicker basket. From a print by Henry Overton of trades and callings in the Restoration era of King Charles II. Copperplate engraving drawn 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 Begging Capitalism Destitute Doublet Francis Douce John Bowyer Nichols John Thomas Smith King Charles Ii Lower Classes The Cries Of London Tradesmen Vagabondiana 2 Working Class Working Poor

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