A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840.

    • Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
    Date:
    1840
    Reference:
    32029i
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    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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