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  • An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.
  • Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A bearded elderly man, carrying a prayer wheel and a rosary, in a studio setting.
  • The British Museum: the Etruscan Room, with visitors. Wood engraving, 1847.
  • London Ophthalmic Infirmary, and the Catholic church, Finsbury. Coloured engraving by R. Acon after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A bearded man walking the streets with his hat under his arm deeply engrossed in reading a book. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • The parable of the blind leading the blind: two blind men walk into a stream. Engraving after H. Bosch.
  • James Rae, James Hay, William Laing, and his niece, Miss Laing, standing on some planks. Etching by J. Kay, 1786.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, with a pipe in one hand and a stick in the other, being rolled out of a sheet [hammock?] by a sailor. Wood engraving by J. Jackson.
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Works

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    A man wearing a curved sword and a hat, in a studio setting.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 538634i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
  • view Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.
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    Three men sit smoking at a barrel-table in a dingy smoke-filled den, others play cards. Engraving by R. Cooper, c. 1813, after J.(?) W. Strutt after D. Teniers the younger.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690 | Date: 1 November 1813 | Reference: 24833i
  • view An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
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    An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833 | Date: 31 December 1815 | Reference: 44015i
  • view A sitting blind beggar sells 'love sonnets' to obtain money with a boy. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
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    A sitting blind beggar sells 'love sonnets' to obtain money with a boy. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833 | Date: 30 April 1816 | Reference: 16450i
  • view Three hatters at work in their workshop, with hats on display. Woodcut by J. Amman.
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    Three hatters at work in their workshop, with hats on display. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591 | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34931i
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