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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.

Date

31 December 1815

Reference

43985i

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.

Date

31 December 1815

Reference

44004i

Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.

Date

1819

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.

Date

31 December 1815

Reference

44015i

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.

Reference

32349i

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Date

31 December 1815

Reference

43983i

The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1804, after W. Owen.

Date

April 2, 1804

Reference

18216i

Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.

Reference

24350i

A physician bandaging the hand of a boy, who is surrounded by his large family. Heliogravure by Dujardin after P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret.

Reference

21872i

An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Date

29 May 1816

Reference

44003i

Parents and children in the inner city / Harriett Wilson and G. W. Herbert ; with a contribution on incomes by John Veit Wilson.

Date

1978

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.

Date

31 December 1815

Reference

44009i

An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Date

30 April 1816

Reference

43982i

The realities of medical attendance on the sick children of the poor in large towns / by T.P. Heslop.

Date

1869

Instructions for the poor, shewing God's goodness and love to them; and how much it is their Duty and Interest to serve and please Him. Intended not only as a Means to promote the true Benefit and Comfort of the Poor in general; but also to remind those of their Duty, who have it in their Power to do Good. By T. Green, M. A. Vicar of Wymeswould, Leicestershire.

Date

MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

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

1700-1799

Reference

3043822i

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.

Date

[1826?]

Reference

664604i

Two boys selling matches. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Date

31 December 1815

Reference

43986i

Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.

Date

1649

Reference

23831i

A bearded one-armed beggar in ragged clothes wearing a large rosary with a crucifix. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.

Reference

43793i

A bearded beggar in ragged clothes. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.

Reference

43792i

Mules and Burnard, general practitioners, Ilminster, Somerset

Date

1834-1854

Reference

MS.5653

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].

Date

1818

Two pilgrims. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.

Reference

46858i

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 by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1558.

Date

1558

Reference

35278i