The following image shows the homeless in London applying for tickets to stay overnight in a workhouse. These shelters were maintained under the supervision of the Poor Law Commissioners for the 'destitute, wayfarers, wanderers and foundlings'. Identify the year in which this image was painted by Samuel Luke Fildes.

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1872

1874

1877

answer is C.

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This picture is known as "Houseless and Hungry," a painting by Samuel Luke Fildes in 1874.
This image shows the homeless people in London standing in line to get a ticket to stay overnight in a workhouse. The Poor Law Commissioner did the maintenance of these shelters for the needy, wayfarers, wanderers, and foundlings. Staying in these shelters was not like home. People had to go through humiliation. There were no personal spaces. Everyone had to undergo a medical examination to check whether they carried any disease. Their bodies were cleansed, and their clothes were purified. Staying in these workhouses was not free; people had to do hard labour in exchange for the opportunity to live.

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