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  • The supper of Saint Gregory: Saint Gregory seated at a table with his companions; a monk is pouring some wine. Engraving by G. Tomba after N. Angiolini after G. Vasari.
  • Saint Martin dividing his cloak to give half to a beggar. Engraving by T. Chambars, 1766, after R. Earlom after Sir A. Van Dyck.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • A vain man making extravagant charitable bequests. Engraving by N. Guérard, 1715/1719.
  • Hopîtal des Frères de la Charité, Paris: Anne of Austria visiting the charitable work of the monks. Line engraving by A. Bosse.
  • Saint Martin of Tours: he divides his cloak with a poor man. Etching after M. Schongauer.
  • Saint Cecilia. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after R. Smirke.
  • 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.
  • A Sister of Charity caring for a wounded soldier. Oil painting by A. Beloys, 187-.
  • The matron and governesses of the leper asylum at Amsterdam. Photogravure after W. Valckert, 1624.
  • The Charity School, or National School, Kensington High Street. Engraving.
  • The British Museum in Montague House: the Great Russell Street facade. Engraving after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A man in Mexico is carrying a blind old man in a chair on his back in order to attract alms. Coloured lithograph by C. Linati, 1828.
  • The good Samaritan takes care of an injured man in an inn. Wood engraving after P.R. Morris, 1858.
  • A room of Quakers gossiping about the marriage of William Allen to Mrs. Grizell Birkbeck, seen on the left, affirming their vows. Coloured etching by R.I. Cruikshank, 1827.
  • A wealthy bürger refuses charity to an old couple. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Saint Gregory of Utrecht wearing episcopal dress is giving money to a lame man. Engraving by F. Bloemaert after A. Bloemaert, 16--.
  • Saint Martin of Tours: he cuts his cloak to give part to a half-naked man. Colour lithograph.
  • An English gentleman stands at the open gates of his mansion handing out food to the poor who are gathered around. Etching by R. Seymour.
  • Philanthropists: twenty portraits of public benefactors. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • Crimean War: Sisters of Charity nursing wounded soldiers from the Battle of Inkerman. Coloured lithograph by Le Par (?), 1855.
  • Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the entrance courtyard, with a patient being carried in on a stretcher. Engraving.
  • Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris: showing St. Bernard's doorway and grounds. Coloured line engraving by J. Rigaud after himself.
  • A veiled woman, kneeling, begs a young man for alms; her three sick children at her feet. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.
  • Nursing and charitable acts of the "Soeurs de la Charité" or Sisters of Love; with the alphabet: A-K, T-Z, ab-h. Coloured line engraving.
  • Saint François Régis. Coloured lithograph (?).
  • Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris: showing St. Bernard's doorway and grounds. Coloured line engraving by J. Rigaud after himself.
  • A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.
  • A man is packing coffers on to a horse while an ass is lying dead and flayed in the background; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop.
  • The rich visiting the poor and needy bringing alms, with a quote from the Bible. Line engraving by B. Baron, 1728, after a painting attributed to Frans Francken I.