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  • Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.
  • Royal Hospital Haslar: a soldier on crutches with an amputated leg, wounded after the Battle of the Alma. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
  • A boy with crutches sitting on a bench in a bucolic environment looking pensively. Wood engraving.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding her left arm in a bandage made of straw and a stick in her right hand. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • Cupid leading a lame boy through a forest, watched by demons and animals. Watercolour by H.M. Brock, 1907.
  • Mademoiselle de La Vallière reading from the Bible to a sick paralysed woman, another prays while a dog welcomes the encouraging Saint Anselm. Coloured stipple engraving by L.C. Ruotte, 17--, after J.F. Schall.
  • An old woman with a flask attached to her hip moves with the aid of two crutches; illustrating weakness. Engraving by P. Galle.
  • A pregnant woman leading a donkey on which a discharged veteran, who has lost both his legs, is sitting carrying one of their children in a bucket. Etching with engraving by J. Caldwell after J. Collet, 1775.
  • An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A gouty man drinking wine and playing the cello; the pain is represented by a devil burning his knee. Etching, 1785, after H.W. Bunbury.
  • The pool of Bethesda. Oil painting by L. Chéron, ca. 1683.
  • Two Chelsea Pensioners arm-in-arm, one, with a wooden leg, leaning on a crutch and holding out his hat begging for alms [?], the other exhibiting his head wound [?]. Colour lithograph.
  • Blessings given at the High Church of Our Beloved Lady involving the expulsion of devils and curing of blind and lame people. Etching.
  • A lame beggar moving with crutches seen from behind. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.
  • A gentleman giving alms to two lame beggars by leaning over an inscribed banner. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, 1632.
  • A man who has lost use of his limbs by taking a risk. Colour lithograph by R..l (?), 1929.
  • A man with gout seated at a table drinking with a parson and a woman. Coloured etching.
  • A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.
  • The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.
  • Two lame men come to Christ and the apostles. Engraving by A. de Bruyn after P. van der Borcht.
  • A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.
  • The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.
  • Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
  • Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.
  • Children with orthopedic disorders. Twenty six pen drawings.
  • Veterans watching and participating in a game of bowls. Lithograph by A. Collette, 1853, after E. de Frenne.
  • Crimean War, England: landing the wounded at Portsmouth. Wood engraving.
  • A beggar, probably with two amputated legs, leans on two wooden crutches. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.