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  • Christmas benefit at University College Hospital, London. Wood engraving after G. Durand, 1874.
  • The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1804, after W. Owen.
  • Boer War: a busy hospital ward on St. Patrick's day with a wounded Irishman being offered shamrock by a visiting lady. Process print after R. Macbeth after A. Johnstone, c. 1900.
  • Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.
  • As the personification of Charity, a woman is holding two children by her side. Engraving by J. Phelps.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • 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.
  • A Sister of Charity caring for a wounded soldier. Oil painting by A. Beloys, 187-.
  • Saint Cecilia: she gives her possessions to the poor. Engraving by G.B. de Poilly after N. de Poilly after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Saint Bavo as Roman soldier is received as a Christian monk by Saint Amand and Saint Floribert at the entrance to St Peter’s Abbey, Ghent; left, his money is given to the poor. Line engraving by P. Lightfoot after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Russell Institution, Great Coram Street, London: the facade, with passers-by. Engraving by J. Carter after T. H. Shepherd 1828.
  • Peabody Institute, South Danvers, Massachusetts: the address of welcome ceremony. Coloured lithograph by I.H. Bradford & Co. after W. Snell.
  • A woman representing Charity, with three children. Engraving by C. Caukercken after A. Van Dyck, 16--.
  • St Pancras Almshouses, Grafton Place, London: the facade and two floor plans. Wood engraving by J. R. Jobbins.
  • The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.
  • Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.
  • Hospice des Orphelines, Paris: floor and street plans and facade. Engraving by J.E. Thierry after H. Bessat, 1808.
  • Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Engraving.
  • Christ feasts in Zacchaeus's well-stocked house. Etching by J.B. Vrints after P. van der Borcht.
  • Charter House Hospital, Hull: the main facade. Engraving by T. Briggs, 1780.
  • Franco-Prussian War: Society for the Relief of the Sick and Wounded, London office Wood engraving.
  • Halfpenny dinners for poor children in East London.
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth. Coloured lithograph, 1849.
  • The Master and Governors of the Old Men's House, Amsterdam. Heliogravure after F. Hals, 1664.
  • Medical College and Charity Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • Hôpital des Pauvres, Paris. Aquatint.
  • The Governors of the Hospital for Poor Children, Haarlem. Photogravure after J. de Bray, 1663.
  • An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Line engraving by Th.-F. Vi-., 1781, after J.B. Greuze.