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  • A sailor on a quay side with one arm in a sling holds out his other hand as if to push away the small beggar boy who is asking for help. Engraving by W. Chevalier, ca. 1840, after H. Brooke.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A man with one foot moves with crutches accompanied by a little girl wearing a hat and her arm in a sling. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.
  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
  • A one-legged man in rags moving with the aid of crutches is accompanied by a child with a bandaged arm. Gouache on vellum.
  • A farmer is watching a poor girl who is picking up small ears of corn; in the background is an expensive country house. Engraving by J.M. Delatre, 1788, after J.H. Ramberg.
  • A veiled woman, kneeling, begs a young man for alms; her three sick children at her feet. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.
  • An old man with a wooden leg and a stick is accompanied by a girl carrying a bowl in her right hand. Etching by Jules Jacques Veyrassat.
  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.
  • A very poor looking girl, sitting on a rock, is approached by a well-dressed girl who offers buns from the basket in her hand. Colour wood engraving after H. Tidey, 1867.