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A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.

Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.

John Glaisyer a Quaker anointing a dog with burning vitriol oil; implying a satirical attack on the Quaker movement. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1806.

The words AIDS in large letters in white against pale blue; advertisement for services provided by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for those with AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1992.

Hannah Trapnel, a Quaker and a pretended prophet. Line engraving after R. Gaywood, 1823.

John Bellers : his life, times, and writings / edited by George Clarke.

Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron (1827-1912), and the Lister family

Visionary women : ecstatic prophecy in seventeenth-century England / Phyllis Mack.

Marriage and parenthood : a pamphlet addressed to those about to marry / by the Marriage and Parenthood Committee of the Society of Friends.

Quakers in science and industry : being an account of the Quaker contributions to science and industry during the 17th and 18th centuries / by Arthur Raistrick.

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Quakers

Images from the collections

Images about Quakers

Works from the collections

John Bellers : his life, times, and writings / edited by George Clarke.

Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron (1827-1912), and the Lister family

Visionary women : ecstatic prophecy in seventeenth-century England / Phyllis Mack.

Marriage and parenthood : a pamphlet addressed to those about to marry / by the Marriage and Parenthood Committee of the Society of Friends.

Quakers in science and industry : being an account of the Quaker contributions to science and industry during the 17th and 18th centuries / by Arthur Raistrick.

Quakers

Images from the collections

Images about Quakers

Works from the collections

John Bellers : his life, times, and writings / edited by George Clarke.

Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron (1827-1912), and the Lister family

Visionary women : ecstatic prophecy in seventeenth-century England / Phyllis Mack.

Marriage and parenthood : a pamphlet addressed to those about to marry / by the Marriage and Parenthood Committee of the Society of Friends.

Quakers in science and industry : being an account of the Quaker contributions to science and industry during the 17th and 18th centuries / by Arthur Raistrick.

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