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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 1815
    Reference
    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 1815
    Reference
    44004i
    • Pictures
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  • Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.

    • MacGill, Stevenson, 1765-1840.
    Date
    1819
    • Books
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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 1815
    Reference
    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 1815
    Reference
    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, 1804
    Reference
    18216i
    • Pictures
  • 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 1816
    Reference
    44003i
    • Pictures
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  • Parents and children in the inner city / Harriett Wilson and G. W. Herbert ; with a contribution on incomes by John Veit Wilson.

    • Wilson, Harriett C.
    Date
    1978
    • Books
  • 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 1815
    Reference
    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 1816
    Reference
    43982i
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  • The realities of medical attendance on the sick children of the poor in large towns / by T.P. Heslop.

    • Heslop, T. P. (Thomas Pretious)
    Date
    1869
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  • 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.

    • Green, Thomas, active 1750-1758.
    Date
    MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
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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.

    • Le Nain family.
    Date
    1700-1799
    Reference
    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 1815
    Reference
    43986i
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  • Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.

    • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
    Date
    1649
    Reference
    23831i
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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
    • Pictures
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  • Mules and Burnard, general practitioners, Ilminster, Somerset

    • Mules, Charles Hawkes
    Date
    1834-1854
    Reference
    MS.5653
    • Archives and manuscripts
  • 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
    • Books
    • Online
  • 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
    [ca. 1558?]
    Reference
    35278i
    • Pictures
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