A young woman is holding up her apron to catch the peas which are being poured out of a barrel by a man on a cart. Photographic reproduction after G. Vendramini after F. Wheatley.

A woman bends to console a small girl who is weeping as she and a boy leave the house. Stipple engraving by George Keating after F. Wheatley.

A female milk seller is offering two children milk from the metal pails she has unyoked and rested on the ground. Colour process print after L. Schiavonetti after F. Wheatley.

John Howard visiting a prison: a group of inmates sitting or lying on the floor. Etching by J. Hogg after F. Wheatley, 1787.

A beggar is standing outside the door of a house, two women on the doorstep are putting money into his outstretched cap. Stipple engraving, 1789, by J.M. Delattre after F. Wheatley after L. Sterne.

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