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Artist
- Name:
- Smith, John Thomas
- Dates:
- 1766-1833
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Etching
- Engraver:
- Smith, John Thomas
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Internet Archive
- Observations:
- The original etching was probably reproduced by means of a photoengraving process
Book
- Title:
- Lives of famous London beggars
- Author(s):
- Smith, John Thomas
- Publisher:
- London: Diprose and Bateman, n.d. [1897]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A man wearing a kilt and a coachman hat and missing both his hands sells boot laces in the street, with his moneybox around his neck. The full caption reads:
William Frasier, deprived of both his hands in the field of battle. Maintains his family by the sale of boot-laces.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, male
