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Human comfort

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  • A doctor reassuring a patient that he can cure him. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1898.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • A girl reads to a convalescent while a nurse brings in the patient's medicine. Watercolour by R.H. Giles.
  • A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.
  • The good Samaritan helping a stranger who has been ignored by a priest and Levite. Line engraving by S. Smith after C.L. Eastlake.
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Catalogue

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    A painter painting while enjoying a hot bath. Reproduction of a drawing by Bert Thomas, 1924.

    Thomas, Bert, 1883-1966. | Date: [1924] | Reference: 11957i
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    An old woman dying with her hand held by her daughter; two men, with impaired limbs, pay their last respects. Colour stipple print by E. & M.A. Scott after T. Stothard.

    Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. | Reference: 17216i
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    Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

    Klauber, Joseph Sebastian, approximately 1700-1768. | Reference: 17573i
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    Two women comforting a boy while a monk sits beside in despair. Wood engraving after Jessie MacGregor, 1872.

    MacGregor, Jessie, -1919. | Date: 1872 | Reference: 17558i
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    A physician examining an elderly patient in his surgery. Wood engraving by Gunning King, 1906.

    King, Gunning. | Date: 1906 | Reference: 15347i
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