scrappy 12-year-old Victorian-era street urchin,...

A scrappy 12-year-old Victorian-era street urchin, clad in tattered clothing and holding a makeshift toy, embodies the struggles of a bygone era. They stand in the grimy streets of a Victorian city, captured in a poignant portrait by a historical street photography pioneer, 1880. The image is bathed in the diffused light of a gas lamp.