The March of the Guards to Finchley by Hogarth

This well known painting by Hogarth, is in the possession of the Foundling Museum, London.

The group of two women and a grenadier at the centre, front, catch the eye. They both have papers, one set is in a basket of the woman on the left, and the other paper is rolled up, and held up high (on the right)


 

 As the Wiki article states:

"In the approximate centre of the piece, two women apparently quarrel fiercely over the courtship of a grenadier. The woman to his right, an impregnated ballad-singer, carries a basket full of copies of “God Save the King”  while the older woman to his left, dressed in dark priest's robes with a crucifix swinging around the neck, holds a rolled Jacobite newspaper above her head."

More details at: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_of_the_Guards_to_Finchley

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-march-of-the-guards-to-finchley-191927

Samuel Begg. Gentlemen reading newspapers. Ca. 1905

There is quite a bit of information about Samuel Begg available on websites. Have a look at:



http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp130649/samuel-begg

http://www.daao.org.au/bio/samuel-begg/biography/?

http://www.guise.me.uk/begg/sambegg.htm

http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/889981?c=people

 
In this picture, we see five gentlemen in a railway carriage, four of whom  are struggling to read  a newspaper. ca. 1905.

Max Slevogt Francisco d'Andrade Zeitung lesend/ Reading a Newspaper. 1903.

Image from:


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Slevogt_Francisco_d%27Andrade_Zeitung_lesend_1903.jpg