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A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 43985i
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An itinerant salesman selling reproductions of antique and modern sculptures from a timber board he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 44004i
Books
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Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.
MacGill, Stevenson, 1765-1840.Date: 1819
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An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 44015i
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A man who claims to be a philanthropist kicks out at a starving family who have asked for help. Process print after G. Cruikshank, 1848.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Reference: 32349i
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An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 43983i
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The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1804, after W. Owen.
Owen, William, 1769-1825.Date: April 2, 1804Reference: 18216i
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Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
Reference: 24350i
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A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.
Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean, 1852-1929.Reference: 21872i
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An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 29 May 1816Reference: 44003i
Books
Parents and children in the inner city / Harriett Wilson and G. W. Herbert ; with a contribution on incomes by John Veit Wilson.
Wilson, Harriett, 1916-2002.Date: 1978
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A black man in ragged clothes moving with the aid of crutches holds out his hat to beg for alms while wearing a miniature ship on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 44009i
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An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 April 1816Reference: 43982i
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The realities of medical attendance on the sick children of the poor in large towns / by T.P. Heslop.
Date: 1869
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A boy, a woman and an old man sit around a barrel table; behind, a boy watches the fire. Engraving by C.E. Lempereur (Cousinet) after Le Nain.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 3043822i
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A man in ragged clothes being bitten by a guard dog at the entrance to a town house; representing the sense of touch. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
Busby, Thomas Lord.Date: [1826?]Reference: 664604i
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Two boys selling matches. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 43986i
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A bearded one-armed beggar in ragged clothes wearing a large rosary with a crucifix. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 43793i
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A bearded beggar in ragged clothes. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 43792i
Archives and manuscripts
Mules and Burnard, general practitioners, Ilminster, Somerset
Mules, Charles HawkesDate: 1834-1854Reference: MS.5653
Books
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Report for the directors of the Town's Hospital of Glasgow on the management of the city poor, the suppression of mendicity, and the principles of the plan for the new hospital / [by James Ewing].
Ewing, James, Lord Provost of Glasgow.Date: 1818
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Two pilgrims. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 46858i
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An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.Date: [1558?]Reference: 35278i
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The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.
Currier & Ives.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 96i
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The human race.