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A man begging for alms at the side of a road is holding out his cap to a traveller on horseback. Engraving by James Peake, 1777, after J. Courtois, il Borgognone.
Courtois, Jacques.Date: May 1st 1777Reference: 32228i
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J. Luce de Lancival, a professor and poet, with an artificial leg walking with a group of men. Etching.
Reference: 23103i
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Four Georgian gentlemen at their club seriously engaged in smoking. Stipple print by H. Bunbury, c. 1794.
Date: 1794Reference: 24851i
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A man with a wooden leg plays the violin while his wife and children accompany him with a song. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 44066i
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Three men help a sailor of their acquaintance who has slipped and broken his wooden leg by calling on a passing carpenter for help. Coloured engraving with etching.
Date: 24 February 1800Reference: 44090i