Voluntary act of giving help (short-term, emotional, immediate response, focused primarily on rescue and relief)

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Hospital for Incurables, Blackwell Island, New York. Wood engraving by W.S.L. Jewett.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

A Nun (Sister of Charity) bloodletting a seated patient. Line engraving.

Works of mercy: just as water extinguishes fire, so works of mercy (with penitence) extinguish sin. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.

Three means to gain God's mercy: fasting, prayer and alms, which cause the heart of man to fly towards God. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.

Bedford hospital: view of grounds. Lithograph after J. Sunman Austin, 1850.

A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.

University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

Aske's Hospital, Shoreditch, London: the facade. Engraving.

Saint Martin of Tours: he divides his cloak with a poor man. Etching after M. Schongauer.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.

The blind beggar of Bethnal Green. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1804, after W. Owen.

A new entertainment for Christmas. By the author of three letters on benevolence and charity, published in the Cheshire advertiser, in December, 1756

Remarks on the postscript to The case of the dissenting ministers, by Israel Mauduit; in a letter to that gentleman. Being a full and faithful representation of the proceedings of those ministers, as to the late application to Parliament. By a firm friend

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Beneficence

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A new entertainment for Christmas. By the author of three letters on benevolence and charity, published in the Cheshire advertiser, in December, 1756

Remarks on the postscript to The case of the dissenting ministers, by Israel Mauduit; in a letter to that gentleman. Being a full and faithful representation of the proceedings of those ministers, as to the late application to Parliament. By a firm friend

Beneficence

Images from the collections

Images featuring Beneficence

Works from the collections

A new entertainment for Christmas. By the author of three letters on benevolence and charity, published in the Cheshire advertiser, in December, 1756

Remarks on the postscript to The case of the dissenting ministers, by Israel Mauduit; in a letter to that gentleman. Being a full and faithful representation of the proceedings of those ministers, as to the late application to Parliament. By a firm friend

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