The Allegory of Poverty
Digital Commonwealth — Perkins School for the Blind

The Allegory of Poverty

[ca. 1750–1920]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Perkins School for the Blind

Rural scene with a man using a cane carrying another man on his back holding two crutches. Beside them a man in a tricorn hat points a gun at a wild dog or coyote seemingly to protect a man sleeping on the ground. Depiction of "The Blind man and the Lame".

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