Two street cleaners grubbing the surface of a street with brooms and knives. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

A boy sweeping the street with a broom touches his forelock as a woman crosses the street, holding up her skirts. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, 1864, after W.P. Frith, 1858.

A young women sweeping the street holds a broom in one hand and holds out the other hand for payment. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

John Coakley Lettsom's house and gardens, Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey: view from the road. Etching after G. Samuel, 18--.

Peking, Pechili province, China: a travelling chiropodist. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Three doctors representing diet, cheerfulness and rest, defend their patient from death. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1813.

Peking, Pechili province, China: a mother with two children. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

The risks of getting HIV infection including a table with statistics (Malayalam version); part 2 of 2 posters by the State AIDS Project Cell with support from Unicef. Colour lithograph by the Centre for AIDS Research and Control (CARC), ca. 1997.

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Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present

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Campaign for clean milk : a series of articles that have appeared in the "Observer."

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Two street cleaners grubbing the surface of a street with brooms and knives. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

A boy sweeping the street with a broom touches his forelock as a woman crosses the street, holding up her skirts. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, 1864, after W.P. Frith, 1858.

A young women sweeping the street holds a broom in one hand and holds out the other hand for payment. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

John Coakley Lettsom's house and gardens, Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey: view from the road. Etching after G. Samuel, 18--.

Campaign for clean milk : a series of articles that have appeared in the "Observer."

Wellcome uses cookies.

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Stories

Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present

Designing better mental health wards

Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high

Images

Catalogue

Two street cleaners grubbing the surface of a street with brooms and knives. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

A boy sweeping the street with a broom touches his forelock as a woman crosses the street, holding up her skirts. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, 1864, after W.P. Frith, 1858.

A young women sweeping the street holds a broom in one hand and holds out the other hand for payment. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

John Coakley Lettsom's house and gardens, Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey: view from the road. Etching after G. Samuel, 18--.

Campaign for clean milk : a series of articles that have appeared in the "Observer."