Portrait of display-card painter, London
Tickets, the Card Dealer. A Parisian by birth, Tickets served in the French army. After his discharge he emigrated to America, where he became a French teacher. Returning to Europe, he worked in London, first as an extra in plays, for a shilling (5p) a night. He is photographed here ekeing out a living as a display-card painter for shopkeepers. Tickets has never made more than 15 shillings (75p) in a week
Picture No
11939063
Media ID
46076843
Size
2367px x 3052px
(2.0MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Street Life in London' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1877'8. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1877 - 1878
