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Poor children

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  • A sailor on a quay side with one arm in a sling holds out his other hand as if to push away the small beggar boy who is asking for help. Engraving by W. Chevalier, ca. 1840, after H. Brooke.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A man with one foot moves with crutches accompanied by a little girl wearing a hat and her arm in a sling. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
  • A poor woman in a dingy attic, surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III after J. Pierre.
  • A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.
  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.
  • A poor woman in a dingy attic, surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III after J. Pierre.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
  • A one-legged man in rags moving with the aid of crutches is accompanied by a child with a bandaged arm. Gouache on vellum.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    Shaftesbury Society (Ragged Union School) ... : season 1922 / Arthur Black, general secretary.

    Black, Arthur. | Date: 1922
  • view A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 44066i
  • view A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Date: 1 August 1794 | Reference: 17757i
  • view A poor woman in a dingy attic, surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III after J. Pierre.
    • Pictures

    A poor woman in a dingy attic, surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III after J. Pierre.

    Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Marie, 1714-1789. | Reference: 17435i
    • Books

    Parents and children in the inner city / Harriett Wilson and G. W. Herbert ; with a contribution on incomes by John Veit Wilson.

    Wilson, Harriett, 1916-2002. | Date: 1978
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