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Peasants

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  • A woman breast feeding two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.
  • Peasants sitting, smoking, outside an inn as the hostess pours a glass of ale. Engraving by J. Suyderhoff after A. van Ostade.
  • A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by M. Liart, c. 1783, after A. van Ostade.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by J. Heudelot, late 18th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • A peasant without shoes removing a thorn (?) from his foot, a dog accompanies him. Etching by J. Miel.
  • Six figures passing the time with various entertainments. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, 1771, after G.M. Kraus.
  • Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.
  • Louis Pasteur and his rabies patients. Wood engraving after Paul Renouard, 1886.
  • Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.
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    The interior of a tavern with men smoking and drinking by a barrel table and playing cards by the fire. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after D. Teniers.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Reference: 26831i
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    Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Reference: 26303i
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    Deaf and dumb people communicating through sign language. Pen and ink after S. della Gatta, 1828.

    Gatta, Saviero della, active 1777-1828. | Date: 1828 | Reference: 18032i
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    Franco-Prussian War: peasants going to bury the dead from the Battle of Worth. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 21785i
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    A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

    | Reference: 23654i
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