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  • Booksellers' Provident Retreat rest home, Abbots Langley: the facade. Lithograph after W.H. Cooper.
  • A typical morning in a nursing-home: the patient seeks rest but is coninually being woken up. Process print after W.K. Haselden.
  • Redwings Horse Sanctuary : come and meet our large family of rescued horses, ponies and donkeys : our aim is to rescue horses, ponies and donkeys from neglect and slaughter and provide them with a caring home for the rest of their lives...
  • Redwings Horse Sanctuary : come and meet our large family of rescued horses, ponies and donkeys : our aim is to rescue horses, ponies and donkeys from neglect and slaughter and provide them with a caring home for the rest of their lives...
  • The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, Kent : opened June, 1901.
  • Convalescent home for children, St. Leonards: perspective view. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Booksellers' Provident Retreat, Abbots Langley: perspective view. Coloured lithograph.
  • Return of the prodigal son. Engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633.
  • Two homeless orphans (a girl and a young woman) singing ballads to a family. Engraving by J. Romney after W. Gill.
  • China: a Manchu bride in her wedding clothes with her maid, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu bride in her wedding clothes with her maid, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.
  • New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.
  • The aqueduct, Fréjus, France. Line engraving by G. Hackert after J.P. Hackert, 1778.
  • An unhappy young child hung on a wall by his nurse, who has gone dancing. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1843.
  • Panels from the AIDS Memorial quilt ; advertisement for an exhibition of the Quilt at Fort Mason on June 21-24 1990. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • A young nun digging a grave while another nun sits nearby. Process print after J.E. Millais, 1858-1859.
  • A young nun digging a grave while another nun sits nearby. Process print after J.E. Millais, 1858-1859.
  • A day in the life of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in London, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A day in the life of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in London, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • An elephant killing an Indian criminal by stamping on his head; guards standing next to it. Wood engraving by A.F. Pannemaker, 1875, after E. Bayard after L. Rousselet.
  • A lady holding a fan in her right hand: an animal jumps out of her wig and bites the barber on the nose, forcing him to wear a black patch. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840.
  • James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas after his execution. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse, 1765, after L.C. De Carmontelle.
  • A father has died and is mourned by his wife and children, as his eldest son returns from the wars, distraught by his arrival too late to see his father alive. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1781, after J.B. Greuze.