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Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.
Reference: 38802i
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Haberdasher's Almshouse (Aske's Hospital), Hoxton, London. Etching by J. Ralph.
Reference: 24143i- Books
Quando o rico se faz pobre : misericórdias, caridade e poder no império português, 1500-1800 / Isabel dos Guimarães Sá.
Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães, 1958-Date: 1997
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An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.Date: [1558?]Reference: 35278i
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History of the Philadelphia almshouses and hospitals from the beginning of the eighteenth to the ending of the nineteenth centuries ... : showing the mode of distributing public relief through the management of the boards of overseers of the poor, gaurdians of the poor and the directors of the Department of Charities and Correction / with an appendix, containing a list of former visiting and resident physicians ; illustrated from photographs. Compiled and published by Charles Lawrence, superintendent from 1891-1900.
Lawrence, Charles, 1837-Date: 1905