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A man looms over an old woman, telling her that it will not cost her anything if he has made her daughter pregnant, as she is on welfare support: the daughter lies dishevelled in the background. Colour photomechanical reproduction of lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1902.

An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A contagiously ill man asks for the bed-pan; the nurse tells him that it will cost ten sous for the risk. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A woman tells her friend how she pretended to be poor and got free accommodation at the Hospital Lariboisière for 40 days. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A wife tells her husband to add her charitable givings to his records of their outgoings. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A man on a bench tells a policeman that his local hospital has no room for him, while other hospitals cannot help him because he is not local. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

An old wet nurse; symbolising France as nanny-state and public health provider. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, 1901.

A politician out canvassing curses himself for climbing six floors to the room of an impoverished mother and her young offspring, none of whom are electorally valuable. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

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Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.

Images from the collections

Images by Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.

Works from the collections

An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

An old wet nurse; symbolising France as nanny-state and public health provider. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, 1901.

A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.

Images from the collections

Images by Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938.

Works from the collections

An old vagrant's corpse is stuffed with newspaper after being raided for useful organs by two pipe-smoking, wisecracking surgeons. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

The destitute wait for welfare assistance; an old man is told by an official that he will have to come back in eight days. Colour reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

An old wet nurse; symbolising France as nanny-state and public health provider. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, 1901.

A family is discovered dead from starvation after waiting for welfare assistance. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

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