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A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

Stone masons working on blocks of stone, making cisterns, columns, building parts etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.

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.

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A mason (architect) with the tools of his trade. Mezzotint by J. Gole after G.M. Mitelli.

Stone masons working on blocks of stone, making cisterns, columns, building parts etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.

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.