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  • An old man in ragged clothes and a fur cap with a feather seen from behind walking with two sticks. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • Two bearded beggars holding out an upturned hat begging for alms. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • 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 bearded old man dressed in rags moves with the aid of a stick and carries a bowl in his left hand. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
  • Three miserable men suffering from gout, toothache and flu sitting around a table. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man in ragged clothes with a walking stick. Etching by F. Vivares, 17--, after Rembrandt, 1639.
  • An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • An old man in a top hat sitting in a wooden cart with wheels that resembles a coffin, pointing at a passage in the book he is reading. Etching by J.T. Smith.
  • An old man in ragged clothes and a feathery fur cap playing the hurdy gurdy. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A one-legged hurdy gurdy player dressed in rags with his companion, an old woman dressed in rags reading from a song sheet. Engraving with etching by J. Matham after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne.
  • An old man in ragged clothes resting on a stone. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A hawker with a hawker's tray full of rodents. Etching by Jan van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • A tramp exclaiming to another tramp that his severed legs have become whole again as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A supercilious surgeon standing outside his shop, two tramps approach him with a dead cat. Etching by C.S.G.
  • A bearded lame man walking with the aid of two crutches begging for alms with his hat. Engraving with etching.
  • A hawker selling wares from his tray. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A man on a bench tells a policeman that his local hospital has no room for him, while other hospitals cannot help him because he is not local. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
  • A tramp exclaiming to another tramp that his severed legs have become whole again as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A traveller laden with two bags around his shoulders leans on a stick and overlooks the countryside. Etching, 1815.
  • An old woman in ragged clothes carrying a huge load on her back. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A man in ragged clothes walking with two crutches and a wooden leg. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.