TW429320 Salvation Army, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Brown, J. Gillis (1808-1892); 91.5x61 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK; (add.info.: Numbers Garth in Sunderland was a small square of houses which lay between High Street West and the River Wear. This scene shows a group of Salvation Army members selling their newspaper \'War Cry\'. The Salvation Army was founded by General Booth in 1865 as a religious, educational and anti-poverty movement. It concentrated on poor city areas, where the lives of many working people were damaged by alcohol. Scenes of everyday life were one of the specialities of the Sunderland artist J. Gillis Brown;); 穢 Sunderland Museums ; British, out of copyright.