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Bangladesh : A story of progress.
Date: 1986
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Beggar with one crutch, seen from behind. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 46861i
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De la bienfaisance publique / par M. le bon de Gérando.
Gérando, Joseph-Marie, baron de, 1772-1842.Date: 1839
Ephemera
Welfare and orphanages ephemera. Box 1.
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Christ stands among sick people ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Date: 1649Reference: 23830i
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A poor man suffering from indigestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.
Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph, 1804-1859.Reference: 16495i
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[Pauperism in Poplar].
Great Britain. Local Government Board.Date: 1906
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An itinerant salesman selling small woollen toys from a wicker baket. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 44007i
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A beggar dressed in rags limping with the aid of a staff towards a village. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 43802i
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A man is shown from behind reading a sandwich board attached to the back of the man in front of him, advertising a lottery. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 April 1816Reference: 44023i
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The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17011i
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A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Lithograph after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.
Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798-1872.Date: [c. 1840]Reference: 16491i
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Travelling gypsies. Etching by Jacques Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: 1620-1629Reference: 2029284i
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Observations on the famine of 1846-7 in the Highlands of Scotland and in Ireland : as illustrating the connection of the principle of population with the management of the poor / by William Pulteney Alison.
Date: MDCCCXLVII [1847]
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An itinerant salesman selling pickled cucumbers from a large plate he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 43988i
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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: 43794i
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Fighting the cold 1981-1991 : 10 years of energy efficiency achievement / Neighbourhood Energy Action.
Neighbourhood Energy Action.Date: [1991]
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Two performing street entertainers carrying bells and performing on the street. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 May 1816Reference: 43987i
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An old man with two crutches is sitting on the steps of a church begging for alms from two women entering the church. Etching by A. Legros.
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911.Reference: 44074i
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A ragged looking man is standing in a prison courtyard with a piece of rope in his hand; representing scorn of material wealth by a man who has none. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 32840i
Part of: Tregears flights of humour
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The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, Dalston, London. Wood engraving, c. 1850.
Reference: 24172i
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Beggar with a wooden leg. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 46859i
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A poor depressed man prepares to hang himself in a noose attached to the ceiling. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
Busby, Thomas Lord.Date: [1826?]Reference: 726147i
Part of: Busby's humorous etchings.
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The people of the abyss / Jack London ; introduction by Brigitte Koenig.
London, Jack, 1876-1916.Date: 2001
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A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.
Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.Reference: 17067i