Histoire d'un sou, Gustave Janet, 1840s-1860s (circa)

Image divided into three parts, on the themes of poverty, charity: and miserliness; in the main central composition, a smartly dressed boy holding a hoop places a coin in the outstretched hand of a woman with an infant wrapped in her shawl and accompanied by a barefoot girl carrying a bag, a large house in the distance; above this a boy seated on the ground on the countryside and below an interior with an old man counting money, seated at a table with money bags and lit by a candle; music cover sheet for a song with lyrics by h. Boisseaux and score by l. Clapisson lithograph. Date: 1840s-1860s (circa). Dimensions: Height: 242 mm (image); Width: 196 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Histoire d'un sou (BM 1922,0410.105)