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Poor older people

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  • A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • An old man in ragged clothes and a fur cap with a feather seen from behind walking with two sticks. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Two old women dressed in rags sharing the contents of a bowl. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding her right arm in a bandage made of straw and a stick in her left hand. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
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    An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her right hand and a staff in her left. Etching possibly after J. Callot.

    Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635. | Reference: 43815i
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    A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: 31 December 1815 | Reference: 43965i
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    An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: 29 May 1816 | Reference: 44003i
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    A street scene with building work going on: an old man holds his cap out to a well-dressed man who refuses to help him. Lithograph by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé.

    Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866. | Date: [1824] | Reference: 32192i
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    A man with a stick selling song-sheets is accompanied by a woman moving with the aid of two crutches. Coloured etching by Lapbame, 1820.

    Lapbame. | Date: 1820 | Reference: 44064i
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