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Christ stands among sick people ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching after Rembrandt, 1649.

An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

An old man in ragged clothes and a fur cap with a feather seen from behind walking with two sticks. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.

An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An old itinerant salesman offering the repair of defect umbrellas. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

An itinerant salesman selling small woollen toys from a wicker baket. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A beggar dressed in rags limping with the aid of a staff towards a village. Etching possibly after J. Callot.

A bearded man walking the streets with his hat under his arm deeply engrossed in reading a book. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A miser and usurer holding a money-bag is accosted by a poor man on crutches.  Woodcut by J. Amman, c. 1568.

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

An itinerant salesman selling reproductions of antique and modern sculptures from a timber board he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.

A history of the charity hospitals of Louisiana : a study of poverty, politics, public health, and the public interest / Jonathan Roberts and Thomas J. Durant, Jr. ; with a foreword by Michael Butler.

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A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

An itinerant salesman selling reproductions of antique and modern sculptures from a timber board he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.

An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A history of the charity hospitals of Louisiana : a study of poverty, politics, public health, and the public interest / Jonathan Roberts and Thomas J. Durant, Jr. ; with a foreword by Michael Butler.

Poor

Images from the collections

Images about Poor

Works from the collections

A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

An itinerant salesman selling reproductions of antique and modern sculptures from a timber board he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.

An old woman wearing a ragged coat leans against the stump of a tree holding a broom in her right hand and a hat in her left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A history of the charity hospitals of Louisiana : a study of poverty, politics, public health, and the public interest / Jonathan Roberts and Thomas J. Durant, Jr. ; with a foreword by Michael Butler.

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