Stick used to assist with walking, especially one carried as a fashionable accessory

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The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Engraving.

While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.

Two Greenwich Pensioners sitting in the garden of a tavern, near the Hospital, a woman behind listening to them, another Pensioner in the distance on the right. Mezzotint, 1791.

An old couple sitting, the man leans over on his walking stick to listen to the woman reading from the bible. Line engraving after G. Dou.

Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.

The Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel with a lily. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.

The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.

Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.

Moses with his rod and his brazen serpent. Engraving by J. Hall, 1793, after B. West.

Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Watercolour after L. Boilly, ca. 1823.

Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.

Two angels visit Lot with the intention of destroying Sodom: he offers them hospitality. Line engraving by P. Galle after A. Blocklandt.

Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.

Page 39: a religious muslim couple with the woman completely veiled. Watercolour drawing.

Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

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Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)

Works from the collections

Two angels visit Lot with the intention of destroying Sodom: he offers them hospitality. Line engraving by P. Galle after A. Blocklandt.

Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.

Page 39: a religious muslim couple with the woman completely veiled. Watercolour drawing.

Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)

Works from the collections

Two angels visit Lot with the intention of destroying Sodom: he offers them hospitality. Line engraving by P. Galle after A. Blocklandt.

Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.

Page 39: a religious muslim couple with the woman completely veiled. Watercolour drawing.

Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

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