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  • Christ among sick people and Pharisees.
  • Travelling gypsies. Etching by Jacques Callot.
  • A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.
  • The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1804, after W. Owen.
  • A black man in ragged clothes moving with the aid of crutches holds out his hat to beg for alms while wearing a miniature ship on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A rural medical practitioner examining a urine specimen, a concerned mother with two children sitting near him. Line engraving by A. Fleischmann, 1839, after J.F.C. Kreul (?).
  • The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, Dalston, London. Pen drawing.
  • A bearded beggar dressed in rags holding a hat and a staff in his left hand. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, Dalston, London. Coloured lithograph by Francis and Jackson.
  • An itinerant salesman selling lemons from a bag in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A one-eyed beggar woman. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A street entertainer holding his performing poodle on a leash. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An old man in ragged clothes and a feathery fur cap playing the hurdy gurdy. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.
  • A physician dispensing medicine through a window, a large group of patients are waiting their turn, a female assistant has a medicine chest suspended from her neck, Italy 17--. Coloured wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after H. Wallis.
  • An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.
  • An itinerant salesman selling small reproductions of antique and modern sculptures. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A poor woman in childbirth being watched by her husband. Engraving by J.-J. Frilley, 1827, after Ary Scheffer.
  • An itinerant salesman selling pickled cucumbers from a large plate he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A woman tells her friend how she pretended to be poor and got free accommodation at the Hospital Lariboisière for 40 days. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • A beggar with a hurdygurdy. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Beggar with one crutch, seen from behind. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Two street cleaners grubbing the surface of a street with brooms and knives. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A beggar, probably with two amputated legs, leans on two wooden crutches. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A man in bedclothes prising insects (?) off his bed-curtains with a fork into a saucepan. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • An old man in ragged clothes resting on a stone. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A poor depressed man prepares to hang himself in a noose attached to the ceiling. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • An itinerant salesman holding a tray with freshly baked pies. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.