A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.

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.

Christ healing a paralysed man lowered from the roof of a house in Capernaum. Engraving.

I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.

A paralyzed woman being transported along the street in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Théodore Gericault, 1821.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Coloured line engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1767, after J.-B. Greuze.

1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 45.5 x 60.4 cm

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint after J.-B. Greuze.

1 print : stipple engraving, with watercolour ; image 34.6 x 47.1 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 22.3 x 31.7 cm

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 9.6 x 5.7 cm

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A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint after J.-B. Greuze.

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.

A paralyzed woman being transported along the street in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Théodore Gericault, 1821.

I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.

People with paralysis

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A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint after J.-B. Greuze.

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.

A paralyzed woman being transported along the street in a wheelchair. Lithograph by Théodore Gericault, 1821.

I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.

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