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Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.

A variety of beggars, members of the organization of the "Argot". Wood engraving by A. Rivaud after a tapestry in Reims.

Boer War: a one armed man helps a one legged man. Wash drawing by H.H. Piffard.

Two sailors with amputated legs, an eyepatch and an amputated arm moving with the aid of crutches. Etching by S.B., 1783.

Indian Rebellion: wounded soldiers convalescing at Dagshai, India. Tinted lithograph by T. Picken, 1859, after G.F. Atkinson.

Crimean War, England: landing the wounded at Portsmouth. Wood engraving.

Armetro, the armless musician.

An archer whose left leg is hooked into a wooden stump is pursued by a horse. Watercolour by Terzi after a watercolour after a mosaic.

A legless beggar asking the Wandering Jew for alms in a Spanish square. Etching by Frederick Carter, 1928.

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.

Billy Waters, a one legged busker, in a crowded London street. Coloured aquatint, 1822.

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Amputees

Images from the collections

Images about Amputees

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.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

Two sailors with amputated legs, an eyepatch and an amputated arm moving with the aid of crutches. Etching by S.B., 1783.

Billy Waters, a one legged busker, in a crowded London street. Coloured aquatint, 1822.

Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.

Amputees

Images from the collections

Images about Amputees

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.

Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

Two sailors with amputated legs, an eyepatch and an amputated arm moving with the aid of crutches. Etching by S.B., 1783.

Billy Waters, a one legged busker, in a crowded London street. Coloured aquatint, 1822.

Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.

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