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  • Philanthropists: twenty portraits of public benefactors. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • A man who claims to be a philanthropist kicks out at a starving family who have asked for help. Process print after G. Cruikshank, 1848.
  • Anecdotes of the life and character of John Howard, Esq. F.R.S / Written by a gentleman, whose acquaintance with that celebrated philanthropist gave him the most favorable opportunity of learning particulars not generally known.
  • M0006699: Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram (c.1668-1751)
  • John Howard bringing water and fresh air into a prison in order to improve the conditions for the inmates. Watercolour.
  • Epitaph on David Livingstone's grave at Westminster Abbey. Process print.
  • Dogs with their keepers at the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904.
  • Dogs with their keepers at the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904.
  • Dogs with their keepers at the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904.
  • John Kyrle, the "Man of Ross". Etching.
  • John Kyrle, the "Man of Ross". Etching.
  • Ellen Julia Hollond. Coloured drawing, 1841.
  • Ellen Julia Hollond. Lithograph by L. Haghe, 1841.
  • The Sheffield election of 1868: (left) two men play cards and drink in a warm pub; (right) two women (one with a baby) beg and cower in a snowy street. Transfer lithograph, 1868.
  • A room of Quakers gossiping about the marriage of William Allen to Mrs. Grizell Birkbeck, seen on the left, affirming their vows. Coloured etching by R.I. Cruikshank, 1827.
  • A room of Quakers gossiping about the marriage of William Allen to Mrs. Grizell Birkbeck, seen on the left, affirming their vows. Coloured etching by R.I. Cruikshank, 1827.
  • Sarah Biffin, a limbless artist. Lithograph by H. Grévedon after S. Biffin.
  • Sarah Biffin, a limbless artist. Lithograph by R. T. Stothard after S. Biffin.
  • Sarah Biffin. Watercolour by Sarah Biffin, 1812.
  • Sarah Biffin, a limbless painter. Engraving by R.W. Sievier, 1821, after Sarah Biffin.