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An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Pen and ink drawing after J.B. Greuze.

An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Line engraving by Th.-F. Vi-., 1781, after J.B. Greuze.

A wife tells her husband to add her charitable givings to his records of their outgoings. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A woman kneels in a church with a collecting purse in her hand. Coloured lithograph.

A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.

Women in social work / Ronald G. Walton.

Slum travelers : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross.

A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.

Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.

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Women in social work / Ronald G. Walton.

Slum travelers : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross.

A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.

A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.

Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.