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  • New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.
  • Some elderly patients wistfully reminisce about their younger days. Coloured lithograph by A. de Valmont.
  • A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
  • A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching.
  • Ailing soldiers queuing up to see the doctor in a military surgery. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux after himself.
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    A lame man being doused in water from a holy spring to procure a miraculous cure, in Sarepta (?), Russia. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.

    | Date: 1903 | Reference: 22761i
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    A man standing on a bank holds a large Union flag which is wrapped around a group of six standing figures believed to be patriots. Engraving 1771.

    | Date: [January 1771] | Reference: 584088i
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    Crimean War: wounded sailors convalescing at Haslar Hospital. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin after J. Mayall.

    Mayall, J. E. (John Jabez Edwin), 1813-1901. | Reference: 21355i
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    Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

    Boilard, active approximately 1720. | Reference: 20262i
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    A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.

    Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1828. | Date: April 1829 | Reference: 12223i
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