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  • Hospital for Incurables, Blackwell Island, New York. Wood engraving by W.S.L. Jewett.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • A Nun (Sister of Charity) bloodletting a seated patient. Line engraving.
  • Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
  • The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.
  • Three means to gain God's mercy: fasting, prayer and alms, which cause the heart of man to fly towards God. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Bedford hospital: view of grounds. Lithograph after J. Sunman Austin, 1850.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • A man in religious clothing standing on a balcony is handing out money to the crowd below him. Watercolour drawing by Le Sueur (?).
  • Hospice de la Charité, Rheims, France: staircase. Lithograph by A. Dauzats after himself.
  • The good Samaritan helping a stranger who has been ignored by a priest and Levite. Line engraving by S. Smith after C.L. Eastlake.
  • Foundling Hospital, London. Etching by H. Roberts, 1749, after J. Robinson after T. Jacobson.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara requests Prince Vessantara to leave the city. Watercolour.
  • The Trinity Hospital, Greenwich, with the sails of a ship in the distance. Coloured engraving by Angus after Tomkins, 1801.
  • Thomas Guy. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after J. Bacon, senior, 1779.
  • A man holds out his hand to a weeping woman [Fidelia]. Engraving by Springwell after R. Corbould, 1792.
  • Two nuns in a pharmacy, one holds a sick child on her lap: Sisters of Charity Order. Mezzotint by T. Oldham Barlow, 1862, after H. Browne.
  • A saint or holy man (Saint Philip Neri?) giving alms as he enters a church. Etching.
  • Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving, 1720.
  • The supper of Saint Gregory. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Vasari.
  • Poor House Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England: with floor plan. Photolithograph by W. & A.K. Johnston, 1874.
  • The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: plan and elevations, with a scale and a key. Engraving by P. Fourdrinier [after T. Jacobsen, 1742].
  • A French lady visiting cholera sufferers in hospital. Lithograph by Adèle Prieur, 1832.
  • A woman holding three children one of whom is breast-feeding from her; representing charity. Line engraving by T. Verkruis after C. Sacconi after G. Reni.
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: bird's-eye view. Lithograph by M. &. N. Hanhart after T. S. Boys, 1849.