A procession of blind and physically disabled people; allegory about sticks: how children are afraid of the rod but disadvantaged adults come to rely on it. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563?.

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[1563?]
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26272i
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A procession of blind and physically disabled people; allegory about sticks: how children are afraid of the rod but disadvantaged adults come to rely on it. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563?. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Antwerp] : Philipp Galle, [1563?]

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 18.6 x 24.1 cm

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Ingruit hinc morborum ingens mortalibus agme(n), / Artubus invalidos videas & lumine cassos, / Ille lue Herculea cadit, hic hydrope tumescit. / Sic angustum aeuum pestes populantur acerbæ ... Lettering continues: "La verge donne aux petits crainte & peur, / Et autres sont domtez par maladie: / L'un aveugle est, l'autre boyteux & mendie / Par lepre & rogue ou plus griefue douleur" Bears number: III

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One of a series of six engravings on the infirmities and sufferings of mankind

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Wellcome Collection 26272i

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