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  • Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • An itinerant salesman selling small woollen toys from a wicker baket. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.
  • The General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth. Engraving by J. Shury, 1830, after N. Whittock.
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.
  • A ward in a children's hospital, Lambeth. Photograph, 1925.
  • Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.
  • Hydraulic mechanical toy, 1657.
  • The Evelina Hospital, Southwark: a mother and daughter visiting a girl in hospital at Christmas. Coloured process print, 1882, after C. J. Staniland.
  • A child's doll dressed up in a clown costume decorated with hearts is dragged along the floor by a child amidst a crowd of feet representing the idea of protecting children from AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • St. John's National Schools, Margate, Kent: with a floor plan. Wood engraving by Sly, 1853, after G. Mair.
  • Children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Mezzotint by W.J. Edwards after F.D. Hardy.
  • The Fishermen's Hospital, Yarmouth, Norfolk. Coloured aquatint after J. Preston.
  • The General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth. Engraving by J. Shury, 1830, after N. Whittock.
  • Six men and a woman drink and smoke round a table outside a country tavern, behind them children watch a woman pump water. Engraving.
  • The Evelina Hospital, Southwark: the Prince and Princess of Wales visiting a small child. Process print by R. Taylor, 1891, after T. Walter Wilson.
  • The blind school, Southwark: with a bustling street scene. Lithograph by L. Haghe, ca.1835, after J. Johnson.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • Children playing at creating the effect of a wet day with bellows, watering-can and an umbrella. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F.D. Hardy.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience. Colour engraving by J. Burnet after D. Wilkie, 1806.
  • A blind fiddler plays to a mixed age audience, among them a dog which is about to be beaten for howling. Etching by W. Geikie.
  • A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • The Royal York Baths, Regent's Park, London. Engraving by W. R. Smith, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Mezzotint by W.J. Edwards after F.D. Hardy.