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  • 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.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • Two bearded beggars holding out an upturned hat begging for alms. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A man with one foot moves with crutches accompanied by a little girl wearing a hat and her arm in a sling. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
  • A bearded old man dressed in rags moves with the aid of a stick and carries a bowl in his left hand. Engraving with etching by P. Quast.
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    Three miserable men suffering from gout, toothache and flu sitting around a table. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 16681i
    Part of: Tregears flights of humor
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    A bearded lame man walking with the aid of two crutches begging for alms with his hat. Engraving with etching.

    | Reference: 43850i
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    A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

    Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786. | Date: May 1773 | Reference: 43852i
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    Le vagabond et la machine : essai sur l'automatisme ambulatoire médecine, technique et société en France 1880-1910 / Jean-Claude Beaune.

    Beaune, Jean-Claude, 1942- | Date: [1983]
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    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.

    Dorville, Noël, 1874-1938. | Reference: 17010i
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