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  • Frontispiece to "Etchings of remarkable beggars itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its environs by John Thomas Smith". Coloured etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.
  • An old woman with a flower; representing the sense of smell. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • Winter: an old man warming his hands before a brazier. Wax sculpture.
  • An old woman wearing spectacles; representing the sense of sight. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • An old woman with a plate of vegetables; representing the sense of taste. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • An aged rustic telling a clergyman that he is calling the physician to attend his wife only on the fortieth anniversary of her previous use of a physician. Drawing by B. Thomas, 1921.
  • A doctor meets an old Scottish convalescent who bemoans the cost of health care. Wood engraving, 1914.
  • A street scene with building work going on: an old man holds his cap out to a well-dressed man who refuses to help him. Lithograph by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé.
  • Bathsheba brings the young maid Abishag to the aging King David for body heat. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1779, after G. Farington after A. van der Werff, 1696.
  • An elderly couple are advised to try artificial insemination. Process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • Activities of the Netherlands Red Cross that can be supplied with the aid of donations of various amounts. Colour lithograph by Derf, 194- (?).
  • An elderly couple are advised to try artificial insemination. Process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.
  • University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • An old man in a wheelchair is fed by three boys; around him a family goes about its business. Etching by F. Vasconi after P.L. Ghezzi, 1719.
  • Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.
  • Sarawak: four Dayak men in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • A sick old man with the woes of old age. Engraving by B. Lépicié, 1745, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Institution, London. Etching by W. Francis, 1859, after himself.
  • Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.
  • Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.
  • Family sharing a meal in Thailand
  • Sensible eating in retirement / Batchelors Nutritional Advice Centre.
  • Sensible eating in retirement / Batchelors Nutritional Advice Centre.
  • Sensible eating in retirement / Batchelors Nutritional Advice Centre.
  • Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.