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  • Saint Bavo as Roman soldier is received as a Christian monk by Saint Amand and Saint Floribert at the entrance to St Peter’s Abbey, Ghent; left, his money is given to the poor. Lithograph after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground, one giving money to a lame man. Engraving by W. H. Toms.
  • Supply the bearer of this ticket (not transferable) with a bag of coals, value one shilling, or with one shilling's worth of groceries or flour / H.S. Thompson.
  • Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. Wood engraving.
  • Charity breastfeeding a baby, a child and an elderly man by her side. Engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun.
  • The London Workhouse: the street and courtyard facades with a pair of medallions. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.
  • One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Heal the sick. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: bird's-eye view. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1850, after T. S. Boys, 1849.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.
  • François Mauriceau. Line engraving by J.A. Boener, 1680.
  • The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.
  • Two homeless orphans (a girl and a young woman) singing ballads to a family. Engraving by J. Romney after W. Gill.
  • A hospital ward showing sick patients being tended to by medical staff, after a quote from the Bible (Matt. 25.36). Line engraving by C. Galle.
  • Nursing and charitable acts of the "Soeurs de la Charité" or Sisters of Love; with the alphabet: A-K, T-Z, ab-h. Coloured line engraving.
  • A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.
  • Crimean War: Sisters of Charity nursing wounded soldiers from the Battle of Inkerman. Coloured lithograph by Le Par (?), 1855.
  • Franco-Prussian War: wounded being treated at Rezonville. Coloured wood engraving by Xylographisches Institut von A. Closs.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-west at the main building, happy children dancing round a statue of Flora [?]. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.
  • Lady Owen's School, Islington. Wood engraving, 1840.
  • A soldier bends down to put some money into the hand of an old lady who is sitting on the side of the road. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1829.
  • St. Vincent's Hospital, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • The good Samaritan helping a wounded man: two background scenes of robbing and assault while two figures walk by, set against Jerusalem. Line engraving by F. Berardi after G. Varana.
  • Saint Camillus de Lellis rescuing lives and offering shelter from the flooding Tiber, Rome. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
  • Travelers receiving alms and food from a Capuchin monastery. Line engraving by J. Moyreau, 1750, after P. Wouvermans.
  • Supply the bearer of this ticket (not transferable) with a bag of coals, value one shilling, or with one shilling's worth of groceries or flour / H.S. Thompson.
  • A woman and a child walk past an old man begging in the street. Engraving by C. Warren after T. Thurston.
  • Nursing and charitable acts of the "Soeurs de la Charité" or Sisters of Love; with the alphabet: L-S, ijk-yz. Coloured line engraving.
  • The Hôtel Dieu, Paris: interior showing patients being nursed by monks and nuns. Woodcut.
  • A friar giving food to lame people and to a mother and her two children. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.
  • The good Samaritan stopping to help treat a wounded man. Drawing by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.