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  • Overcrowding and poor living conditions in London, 1862: eleven scenes. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • Overcrowding and poor living conditions in London, 1862: eleven scenes. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • Overcrowding and poor living conditions in London, 1862: eleven scenes. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • A lawyer receiving a plea from a poor man. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Overcrowding and poor living conditions in London, 1862: eleven scenes. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • A poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (detail of right side)
  • Proposals for administering advice and medicines to the children of the poor / G. Armstrong.
  • Proposals for administering advice and medicines to the children of the poor / G. Armstrong.
  • Stickney & Poor's mustards, spices and extracts are the best : if your grocer does not keep them send to us direct, 205 and 207 State Street, Boston, Mass.
  • Stickney & Poor's mustards, spices and extracts are the best : if your grocer does not keep them send to us direct, 205 and 207 State Street, Boston, Mass.
  • An Indian deity embraces a poor man. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1750(?).
  • A poor street peddlar selling rhubarb and spices in London. Wood engraving after R. Beard.
  • A poor painter seated at a canvas contemplates suicide. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • A splitting head-ache, "Oh my poor head! - How it - does - throb!!", Egerton
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint.
  • The washing of poor men's feet by the Pope on Holy Thursday. Etching after B. Picart.
  • Saint Maurus, the Abbot, venerated by a lame woman and a poor man. Colour process print.
  • Saint Maurus, the Abbot, venerated by a lame woman and a poor man. Colour process print.
  • Saint Maurus the Abbot venerated by a lame woman and a poor man. Colour process print.
  • Saint Maurus the Abbot venerated by a lame woman and a poor man. Colour process print.
  • Saint Martin of Tours: he divides his cloak with a poor man. Etching after M. Schongauer.
  • Death knocks at the doors of both the poor and the rich. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Asylum for Imbecile Poor, proposed for Leavesden Woodside, near Watford, and Caterham, Surrey: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by W.C. Smith, 1868, after J. Giles & Bivan.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara gives alms to the poor in the victualling rooms. Watercolour.
  • Poor Henry consults a doctor in Salerno about his leprosy: they sit opposite each other in the doctor's study while the doctor explains his remedy. Aquatint by F. Hegi, 1810.
  • The English poor in the eighteenth century : a study in social and administrative history / by Dorothy Marshall.
  • A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Paris: a rich couple walk away in disgust at the feeding of poor and hungry soldiers. Wood engraving.
  • A poor woman in childbirth being watched by her husband. Engraving by J.-J. Frilley, 1827, after Ary Scheffer.