Queen Adelaide's Dispensary, Bethnal Green. Wood engraving by O. Jewitt after himself [1865].

An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.

An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.

How to help cases of distress : a year book of information respecting the statutory and voluntary means of relief.

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 25.3 x 19 cm

Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena: the provision of bread and clothing to the needy. Photograph by Fotografia Lombardi Siena, 18--, of fresco by Domenico di Bartolo, 1441.

1 print : etching ; platemark 19.6 x 28 cm

xiii, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Surviving poverty in medieval Paris : gender, ideology, and the daily lives of the poor / Sharon Farmer.

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How to help cases of distress : a year book of information respecting the statutory and voluntary means of relief.

Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena: the provision of bread and clothing to the needy. Photograph by Fotografia Lombardi Siena, 18--, of fresco by Domenico di Bartolo, 1441.

An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.

An alchemist's laboratory inhabited by monkeys: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after their obsessive, fruitless experiments. Etching by P. van der Borcht, ca. 1580.

Surviving poverty in medieval Paris : gender, ideology, and the daily lives of the poor / Sharon Farmer.