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The father or tutor of three boys draws their attention to a fourth boy who has a wooden leg. Etching by C. Schule, 1807.
Date: 1807Reference: 2265010i
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A man begging for alms at the side of a road is holding out his cap to a traveller on horseback. Engraving by James Peake, 1777, after J. Courtois, il Borgognone.
Courtois, Jacques.Date: May 1st 1777Reference: 32228i
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An improved artificial leg or crutch / [Hermann Heinecke].
Heinecke, Hermann.Date: 1896
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Specification of John Christian Jones : wooden legs and crutches.
Jones, John Christian.Date: 1857
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Specification of James Potts : artificial arm and leg.
Potts, James.Date: 1856
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World War Two: two disabled men, one with a leg amputated and one with an artificial leg. Watercolour by L. Rawlings, c. 1944.
Rawlings, Leo, -1990.Date: 1944Reference: 24140i
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An old man on crutches with a wooden leg. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818.Date: 1798-1813Reference: 38065i
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A man in ragged clothing with a wooden leg and a stick is holding out his hand for alms. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818.Date: 1798-1813Reference: 38064i
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"No secret remedy": natural solutions to baldness and corns. Lithograph after J. Bahr, 1909.
Bahr, Johann, 1859-Date: 1909Reference: 577262i
Part of: Unsere Ärzte: various medical caricatures.
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Six scenes narrating the fate of a cork leg, the invention of a Dutch artist. Etching by Joe Lisle.
Lisle, Joe.Reference: 44051i
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Artificial left leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee.
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Artificial left leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee.
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Artificial left leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee.
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Artificial left leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee.
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An old man with a wooden leg, probably a former soldier, marches with a shouldered broomstick to the drum beaten by a child behind him. Lithograph by T. Farlow after R. Farrier.
Farrier, Robert, 1796-1879.Reference: 44072i
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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.
Veyrassat, Jules Jacques, 1828-1893.Reference: 44076i
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Artificial right leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee, aluminium.
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Artificial right leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee, aluminium.
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Artificial right leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee, aluminium.
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Artificial right leg with thigh socket for amputation above the knee, aluminium.
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A pregnant woman leading a donkey on which a discharged veteran, who has lost both his legs, is sitting carrying one of their children in a bucket. Etching with engraving by J. Caldwell after J. Collet, 1775.
Collet, John, 1725?-1780.Date: 30 May 1775Reference: 43853i
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A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17013i
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A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 44066i
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A creature with a long tongue and an artificial leg. Colour lithograph, 1980.
Date: [1980]Reference: 2001877i
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A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.
Rivaud, A., active 1850?Date: [approximately 1850]Reference: 43766i