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  • A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.

    • Baugniet, Charles, 1814-1886.
    Reference
    17047i
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  • A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.

    • Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
    Date
    1980
    Reference
    2491685i
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  • The oeconomy of charity; or, an address to ladies concerning Sunday-Schools; the establishment of schools of industry under female inspection; And The Distribution Of Voluntary Benefactions. To which is added an appendix, Containing AN Account Of The Sunday-Schools In Old Brentford. By Mrs. Trimmer.

    • Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810.
    Date
    M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
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  • Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.

    • Borzone, Luciano, 1590-1645.
    Date
    [between 1730 and 1753]
    Reference
    3068357i
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  • A wealthy lady visiting the poor, and giving charity to an old woman wearing spectacles in bed. Line engraving after J.B. Greuze.

    • Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805.
    Reference
    17045i
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  • Sisters of Charity, Catholic and Protestant, abroad and at home / by Mrs. Jameson.

    • Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860.
    Date
    1855
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  • A woman kneels in a church with a collecting purse in her hand. Coloured lithograph.

    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    30870i
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  • An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Pen and ink drawing after J.B. Greuze.

    • Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805.
    Reference
    17042i
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  • A wife tells her husband to add her charitable givings to his records of their outgoings. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

    • Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938
    Reference
    17016i
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  • Twelfth annual report of the managers of the New-York Asylum for Lying-in Women : presented March 12, 1835.

    • New-York Asylum for Lying-in Women.
    Date
    1835
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