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Hospital for Incurables, Blackwell Island, New York. Wood engraving by W.S.L. Jewett.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

A Nun (Sister of Charity) bloodletting a seated patient. Line engraving.

Hospital ward in Liverpool Workhouse; requisitioned for wounded soldiers. Pencil drawing.

Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.

Three means to gain God's mercy: fasting, prayer and alms, which cause the heart of man to fly towards God. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.

Bedford hospital: view of grounds. Lithograph after J. Sunman Austin, 1850.

Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science. Vol. I.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.

Saint Martin of Tours: he divides his cloak with a poor man. Etching after M. Schongauer.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.

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Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science. Vol. I.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.

Saint Martin of Tours: he divides his cloak with a poor man. Etching after M. Schongauer.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.