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  • A group portrait of black and white people of mixed races with a disabled man in a wheelchair at the centre; representing an advertisement for the AIDS Life Line in South Africa. Lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • A man with crutches sits in despair in front of a blueprint for a penny-farthing wheelchair. Colour lithograph after O. Kacher, 19--.
  • A man with crutches sits in despair in front of a blueprint for a penny-farthing wheelchair. Colour lithograph after O. Kacher, 19--.
  • International day of persons with disabilities in Ethiopia, Dec 3 2009. Colour lithograph by AB GET Printing Press, 2009.
  • A young woman with a short fringe, showing signs of mental deficiency. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • International day of disabled persons in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by A. Girma for the Arbaminch Rehabilitation Center, 2008.
  • A feeble old woman with a flask attached to her hip moves with the aid of two crutches; illustrating debility. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • A bearded beggar with a misshapen left leg standing with two crutches. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An adjustable sofa for use by invalids, patented by Samuel James. Engraving with etching, 1800/1820?.
  • A beggar crouching on the ground next to a jug holding his deformed left leg in his hands. Engraving.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her right hand and a staff in her left. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her left hand and a staff in her right. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • Johann Valerius, a man born without arms, holding playing cards in his toes. Pencil drawing.
  • A bearded beggar dressed in rags walking on two crutches. Etching by R. Blake after J. Callot.
  • A chair designed for use by the deaf, incorporating a hearing device. Engraving with etching, 1770/1830?.
  • Royal patent adjustable invalid chair, shown in horizontal and upright positions. Coloured etching, 1810.
  • A lame beggar moving with crutches seen from behind. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A lame man sitting on the ground with his injured leg in a sling begging for alms. Etching with woodcut and engraving by F.Bloemaert after A. Bloemaert.
  • An invalid being drawn through a garden in an early wheelchair, called the 'voiture de malade'. Lithograph, 1830/1860?.
  • Three musicians, one in drag, in masks for an "Olympia" masked ball.
  • A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.
  • People with impaired arms and legs. Process prints.
  • Three musicians, one in drag, in masks for an "Olympia" masked ball.
  • The seven sons of Lara take vengeance on Doña Lambra's servant for insulting Gonzalo Gomez: they kill the servant in front of Doña Lambra and smear her cloak in his blood. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
  • An invalid boy in a Bath chair outside an open air sleeping-chalet. Photograph by W. Ames, ca. 1900.
  • An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Disabled and paralysed people lying outside a wall of the cemetery Santo Spirito in Rome begging for alms from passers-by. Coloured lithograph by F. Villain after A.J.-B. Thomas, 1823.
  • A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Photographic postcard by ND after Jean Turcan, 192-.