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Apparently set in Italy. The man beggging for alms has a wooden leg and crutches. Behind him stands a woman holding a distaff. Right, two men in discussion

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.

J. Luce de Lancival, a professor and poet, with an artificial leg walking with a group of men. Etching.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

The man wears a soldier's uniform and one of the two children holds out a hat begging for alms

A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; image 17.4 x 23 cm

Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

Set outside an inn on the Thames at Greenwich, with the Royal Naval Hospital in the distance

1 print : process print ; image 11.6 x 16.6 cm

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

1 print : process print ; image 10.4 x 11.6 cm

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22.4 x 23.2 cm

A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

A man in ragged clothing with a wooden leg and a stick is holding out his hand for alms. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

Photograph of three musicians in a gothic style of drag; the man on the left plays a violin, the man on the right plays a barrel organ and the man in drag in the centre plays a tambourine. The three characters, dressed for a masked ball, all wear masks created by J. Dirkmaat which cover portions of their faces.

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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.

J. Luce de Lancival, a professor and poet, with an artificial leg walking with a group of men. Etching.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

A man in ragged clothing with a wooden leg and a stick is holding out his hand for alms. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

Three musicians, one in drag, in masks for an "Olympia" masked ball.

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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.

J. Luce de Lancival, a professor and poet, with an artificial leg walking with a group of men. Etching.

Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.

A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.

Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.

A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.

An old sailor with wooden leg relates his adventures to a family as both men smoke and drink. Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1818, after J. Sheringham.

A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

A man in ragged clothing with a wooden leg and a stick is holding out his hand for alms. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

Three musicians, one in drag, in masks for an "Olympia" masked ball.

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