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  • Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.
  • Job lies on a pile of dung dressed in a loincloth and covered in boils, his wife goes to fetch a bucket of water. Woodcut.
  • A blind musician holding a uilleann pipe or pastoral bagpipe. Etching attributed to G. Grattan.
  • Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.
  • A lank old man at a bar asks a plump barmaid for a glass of gin. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Miss Melcombe visits Mr Huntley, while on his deathbed in the attendance of his physician. Engraving, 1771.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner standing in the hall at the Royal Hospital, leaning on his stick. Watercolour painting.
  • Melrose Hospital, Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland: hospital corridor. Wood engraving by C. Butterworth.
  • A gouty patient consulting his physician. Etching after E.A. Abbey, 1891.
  • Cheshire Lunatic Asylum, Cheshire. Line engraving by Dean after Musgrove.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with ladies and gentlemen walking in the foreground. Engraving by B. Cole.
  • A procession of blind and physically disabled people; allegory about sticks: how children are afraid of the rod but disadvantaged adults come to rely on it. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563?.
  • In front of a grand palace, Moses draws water from a rock. Etching by J. Le Pautre.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner reading from a book to a small boy, both sitting on the balustrade at the Royal Naval Hospital. Wood engraving.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing scarlet coat, and tricorn hat with a sprig of oak on it, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel, others in the background. Coloured etching by W.H. Pyne, 1805.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing red coat and tricorn hat, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel. Watercolour.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, leaning back against a wooden fence, a gnarled stick in his hands. Lithograph.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience. Colour engraving by J. Burnet after D. Wilkie, 1806.
  • A man walking with the posture of a drunkard. Drawing with wash, c. 1789.
  • A windy day at Margate: a man accidentally bumping into another man, and knocking out his last tooth. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1810.
  • A doctor placing his hand on the head of a sick boy, outside a country cottage. Photogravure after R. Hedley, 1898.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, seated, wearing a red coat and tricorn hat, holding a pipe and a stick. Watercolour painting.
  • An old couple sitting, the man leans over on his walking stick to listen to the woman reading from the bible. Line engraving after G. Dou.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • Christ heals a lame man. Engraving.
  • A sick man at home in bed discussing his case with three physicians. Watercolour by T. Müller.
  • A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
  • University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • Moses brings forth water with his rod; his people gather the manna dropped from heaven and carry it away. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino, 1546.