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Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.
Reference: 38802i
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Haberdasher's Almshouse (Aske's Hospital), Hoxton, London. Etching by J. Ralph.
Reference: 24143i
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The journal of the stated preacher to the Hospital and Almshouse in the city of New-York : for the year of our Lord 1811.
Ely, Ezra Styles, 1786-1861.Date: 1812
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Dietaries for the inmates of workhouses : report to the President of the Poor Law Board / of Edward Smith.
Great Britain. Poor Law Board.Date: 1866
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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: [1558?]Reference: 35278i
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Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.
Date: 1852Reference: 24541i
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Report on the condition of the insane poor in the county poor houses of New York / [Sylvester David Willard].
Willard, Sylvester David, 1825-1865.Date: 1973
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The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.
Date: 1849Reference: 39597i
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First annual report : June, 1928 / Cecil Houses Women's Public Lodging House Fund, Incorporated under the Board of Trade.
Cecil Houses, Inc.Date: 1928
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St. Peter's Hospital, East Hill, Wandsworth: aerial view. Coloured lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after T. S. Boys, c. 1849.
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874.Date: 1849Reference: 25292i
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Report by the Inspector of Poor to the Parochial Board ... February, 1891 : with report by the Medical Officer of the Poorhouse.
Date: 1891
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The charities of London. Comprehending the benevolent, educational, and religious institutions. Their origin and design, progress, and present position / By Sampson Low, junior.
Low, Sampson, 1822-1871.Date: 1850
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A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.
Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.Date: 1559Reference: 17566i
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The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, Dalston, London. Coloured lithograph by Francis and Jackson.
Reference: 24177i
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The additional number to the Letters of Humanitas : together with John Hillen's, William Jenkin's & Doctor M'Kenzie's letters - and other documents, relative to Polly Elliott's case : to which is added, Mr. Jesse Hollingsworth's letter - and a reply to the same / by James Smith, physician.
Smith, James, 1771-1841.Date: February 9, 1801
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Visits of mercy; being the journal of the stated preacher to the hospital and almshouse, in the city of New York, 1811 / By the Rev. E.S. Ely.
Ely, Ezra Stiles, 1786-1861.Date: 1813-16
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Almshouse, Salisbury: floor plan. Coloured drawing by W. Grellier.
Grellier, William, 1840?-1934.Reference: 24144i
Part of: Design for almshouses. Salisbury municipal charities
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A fire in the Livingston County Poorhouse, Geneseo, New York: mentally ill women try to escape. Wood engraving, 1867.
Date: 1867Reference: 20077i
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Workhouse hospitals / by J.H. Stallard.
Stallard, Joshua Harrison.Date: 1865
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An account of several work-houses for employing and maintaining the poor; setting forth the rules by which they are governed, their great usefulness to the publick, and particularly to the parishes where they are erected. As also of several charity-schools. For promoting work, and labour.
Date: 1725
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Whittington College (almshouses), City of London: perspective view. Etching by W. Wallis, c. 1831.
Date: 1831Reference: 24472i
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Statuta eleemosynariae sive Hospitalis, Sancti Johannis Baptistae, in Kirkby-Ravenswath. Conditae per Johannem Dakyn ... 1556.
Hospital of Saint John the Baptist (Kirkby Ravensworth, England)Date: 1786
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On the want of remedial treatment, for the poor of unsound mind in England : and on the proposal to confine them in wards of workhouses.
Heywood, Thomas.Date: 1841
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Bede House, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: architectural details. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1858, after F.T. Dollman.
Dollman, Francis T. (Francis Thomas), 1812-1899.Date: April 1858Reference: 18072i
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Patterns of philanthropy : charity and society in nineteenth-century Bristol / Martin Gorsky.
Gorsky, Martin, 1956-Date: 1999

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Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.

Haberdasher's Almshouse (Aske's Hospital), Hoxton, London. Etching by J. Ralph.

The journal of the stated preacher to the Hospital and Almshouse in the city of New-York : for the year of our Lord 1811.

Dietaries for the inmates of workhouses : report to the President of the Poor Law Board / of Edward Smith.

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.

Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

Report on the condition of the insane poor in the county poor houses of New York / [Sylvester David Willard].

The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.

First annual report : June, 1928 / Cecil Houses Women's Public Lodging House Fund, Incorporated under the Board of Trade.

St. Peter's Hospital, East Hill, Wandsworth: aerial view. Coloured lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after T. S. Boys, c. 1849.

Report by the Inspector of Poor to the Parochial Board ... February, 1891 : with report by the Medical Officer of the Poorhouse.

The charities of London. Comprehending the benevolent, educational, and religious institutions. Their origin and design, progress, and present position / By Sampson Low, junior.

A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.

The Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum, Dalston, London. Coloured lithograph by Francis and Jackson.

The additional number to the Letters of Humanitas : together with John Hillen's, William Jenkin's & Doctor M'Kenzie's letters - and other documents, relative to Polly Elliott's case : to which is added, Mr. Jesse Hollingsworth's letter - and a reply to the same / by James Smith, physician.

Visits of mercy; being the journal of the stated preacher to the hospital and almshouse, in the city of New York, 1811 / By the Rev. E.S. Ely.

Almshouse, Salisbury: floor plan. Coloured drawing by W. Grellier.

A fire in the Livingston County Poorhouse, Geneseo, New York: mentally ill women try to escape. Wood engraving, 1867.

Workhouse hospitals / by J.H. Stallard.

An account of several work-houses for employing and maintaining the poor; setting forth the rules by which they are governed, their great usefulness to the publick, and particularly to the parishes where they are erected. As also of several charity-schools. For promoting work, and labour.

Whittington College (almshouses), City of London: perspective view. Etching by W. Wallis, c. 1831.

Statuta eleemosynariae sive Hospitalis, Sancti Johannis Baptistae, in Kirkby-Ravenswath. Conditae per Johannem Dakyn ... 1556.

On the want of remedial treatment, for the poor of unsound mind in England : and on the proposal to confine them in wards of workhouses.

Bede House, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: architectural details. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins, 1858, after F.T. Dollman.

Patterns of philanthropy : charity and society in nineteenth-century Bristol / Martin Gorsky.