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  • A doctor examining a patient and enquiring about his health, leading to a mis-apprehension. Coloured lithograph, c.1848(?), by Gnat.
  • Travelers receiving alms and food from a Capuchin monastery. Line engraving by J. Moyreau, 1750, after P. Wouvermans.
  • A farm worker has fallen among the corn owing to starvation, and has dropped his scythe and barrel; another worker is also about to faint. Engraving by Anthony Cardon after P.J. de Loutherbourg after himself.
  • One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Feed the hungry. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
  • Paris: a rich couple walk away in disgust at the feeding of poor and hungry soldiers. Wood engraving.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris: panoramic view. Line engraving by M.A. Duparc, 1789, after J. Savard.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • A man, ruined through drink, sits at home with his poor, starving family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • New York dispensary, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales.
  • New York dispensary, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Life and labour of the people in London. Final volume, Notes on social influences and conclusion / by Charles Booth ; assisted by Jesse Argyle, Ernest Aves, Geo. E. Arkell, Arthur L. Baxter, George H. Duckworth.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.
  • Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / By John Coakley Lettsom.
  • Homoepathic Dispensary, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / By John Coakley Lettsom.
  • Eastern Dispensary, Essex and Grand, New York. Coloured wood engraving by N. Orr. Co.
  • The London Workhouse: view of the street facade. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.
  • Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / By John Coakley Lettsom.
  • Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science / By John Coakley Lettsom.