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An old man in ragged clothes and a feathery fur cap playing the hurdy gurdy. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
Vliet, Jan Joris van der, approximately 1610-Date: 1632Reference: 43841i- Pictures
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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.
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662.Reference: 43832i- Pictures
An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 11857iPart of: Universal pills- Pictures
A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786.Date: May 1773Reference: 43852i- Pictures
Zimbabwe: two European men tramping through a field. Photograph by Dudley Kidd.
Kidd, Dudley.Reference: 536827i- Books
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A compendious library of the law: necessary for persons of all degress and professions. In two parts. ...
Date: 1743- Books
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A compendious library of the law, necessary for persons of all degrees and professions. In two parts. ...
Date: 1740- Pictures
Zimbabwe: two European men with African carriers, tramping through the bush. Photograph by Dudley Kidd.
Kidd, Dudley.Reference: 536828i- Pictures
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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.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17010i- Pictures
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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.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17063i- Books
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The Great Guiteau Trial: with life of the cowardly assassin : A full account! A complete history! The judge's charge to the jury. Speeches of counsel on both sides. Likenesses of all the parties concerned. Guiteau as a theologian, a politician, a tramp lawyer, a society beat, and as a member of the Oneida community.
Date: [1882], [©1882]- Pictures
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The triumph of the physician Jacobus Castricus (Jacques van den Kasteele): allegorical figures of Practice and Theory accompany him in a chariot under a triumphal arch; in the foreground, honey, mint and artemisia and mythical beasts are tramping on the contorted bodies of plague, fever and dropsy. Process print after H. Holbein (?), ca. 1540.
Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 567418i- Pictures
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A woman (?) is dressed as half a bride and half Charlie Chaplin as a bridegroom. Photographic postcard.
Date: [ca. 1920]Reference: 2045350iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
His name is Manix : he is the ultimate weapon, the most dangerous man in the world!.
Date: 1982- Pictures
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A prostitute with her name and charges. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
Date: [between 1800 and 1809?]Reference: 27937iPart of: Portraits of celebrated courtezans: from the original copper plates engraved by W. Hollar in the reign of Charles the second.- Archives and manuscripts
Literary fragments by Kenna, family and friends
Date: c.1920s-2000sReference: PSY/KEN/12/3Part of: Kenna, John Corbett- Archives and manuscripts
Geriatric/Physical illness patient 11
Date: 1977-1978Reference: PP/RSI/B/1/4/7Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Books
Myths of the English / edited by Roy Porter.
Date: 1992- Pictures
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A diseased penis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.
D'Alton, Christopher, active 1847-1871.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 574728i- Books
Alone.
Date: 1964- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers Cuttings Book 4
The Wellcome Foundation LtdDate: 1924 - 1930Reference: WF/M/GB/35/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd