Tall blind beggar, with a long staff, with which he strikes the curb-stones. Drawn while standing against the wall of Whitbread's Brewery.
The beggar portrayed in the next plate is a blind man, who remains for many hours successively with his legs in one position. He observes a profound silence when on his stand, but makes noise enough when he attends the Tabernacle Walk on the Sabbath; on the week days, however, he is frequently heard singing obscene songs. He is introduced, with his wife, in the background of George Dyball's plate.
PLATE V.
Blind beggar, who observes a profound silence when on his stand, but makes noise enough when he attends the Tabernacle Walk on the Sabbath.
The next plate affords a remarkable instance of sobriety in a blind man, who never tasted gin in his life. He was some years since to be found on the historically and beggarly-famed road of Bethnal Green, and obtained an honest livelihood by trafficking in halfpenny ballads.
PLATE VI.
Blind man, who never tasted gin in his life. Frequented Bethnal Green Road, and obtained an honest livelihood by trafficking in halfpenny ballads.
