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  • A poor woman in childbirth being watched by her husband. Engraving by J.-J. Frilley, 1827, after Ary Scheffer.
  • An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • A poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (right) and presents them to the monk Phra Malai (left)
  • Food being served by charitable ladies to poor women in Paris. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
  • A man, ruined through drink, sits at home with his poor, starving family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Saint Thomas of Villanova giving alms to the poor in Seville. Wood engraving by M. after B.E. Murillo.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • A wealthy ignorant doctor recommending expensive foods and cures to a very poor woman for her sick child. Wood engraving.
  • Eight comic scenes from the life of the poor Irish giant. Reproduction of a wood engraving by G.F.S.
  • The blessed Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi blesses poor and sick people; his goodness arrests the eruption of Vesuvius. Process print.
  • An unidentified actor as Hayano Gampei in the poor house, tying on his sash (obi). Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1859.
  • A physician and a surgeon pointing to herbs in a herb garden; indicating medicine and surgery for the poor. Engraving, 1671.
  • Two frightened women and a child with tuberculosis; advertising for funds for the tuberculous poor. Colour process print after Erismann, 1951.
  • Oh! My poor back" dran' pa" o'o ought to put on one of Carter's backache plasters" : Carter's Backache Plasters.
  • Two frightened women and a child with tuberculosis; advertising for funds for the tuberculous poor. Colour process print after Erismann, 1951.
  • Oh! My poor back" dran' pa" o'o ought to put on one of Carter's backache plasters" : Carter's Backache Plasters.
  • A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches. Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.
  • A poor depressed man prepares to hang himself in a noose attached to the ceiling. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • Hamburg: four poor people accused of idleness are suspended in a basket over a table of diners in a workhouse. Engraving, 1779.
  • Charity being handed out in the form of clothes to the poor and needy. Line engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A poor patient telling his doctor that he wants to stay alive because oysters will be cheap again. Wood engraving after C. Keene.
  • A drunkard stands before his poor family and swears by the Holy Bible. Wood-engraving by J. Johnston, c. 1864, after G. Cruikshank.
  • Saint Bruno: he and his companions distribute their property to the poor. Engraving by F. Chauveau and C. Simonneau after E. Le Sueur.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A hopeless drunkard lying on his bed watched by his poor wife and son. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1842, after himself.
  • A nurse bidding farewell to a poor woman leaving hospital with her new baby. Woodburytype by Goupil & Co., 1877(?), after L. Goupil.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822.
  • A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822.