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People with paralysis

Images

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

    • Books

    The little big things : a young man's belief that every day can be a good day / Henry Fraser ; [foreword by J.K. Rowling].

    Fraser, Henry (Author) | Date: 2017
    • Books

    Spinal cord injuries : psychological, social, and vocational adjustment / Roberta B. Trieschmann.

    Trieschmann, Roberta B., 1939- | Date: [1980], ©1980
    • Pictures
    • Online

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

    Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 18203i
    • Pictures

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

    Greuze, Jean-Baptiste, 1725-1805. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 44506i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    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.

    Schall, Jean-Frédéric, 1752-1825. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 17933i
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