Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 78 (Sale info: To Be Auctioned).
"(25 x 30.) A young girl, reduced by sickness and extreme want, for the first time solicits alms. An empty basket hangs on her left arm; the hand grasps a shawl about her neck; the right hand, half open is timidly and reluctantly extended. On the right of the picture is the abode of wealth; on the left justice looks alike upon the rich and the poor. The sky, drapery, and foliage indicate a cold, windy, autumnal day." [P. 5.]
Catalogue of Pictures and other Works of Art, the property of the American Art-Union. To be sold at Auction by David Austen, Jr. At the Gallery, 497 Broadway, on Wednesday, the 15th, Thursday 16th, and Friday 17th, December, 1852. At 11 o'clock, A.M.
