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An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Pen and ink drawing after J.B. Greuze.

An old couple lie in their sick bed receiving alms from a girl with the encouragement of her mother and a nun. Line engraving by Th.-F. Vi-., 1781, after J.B. Greuze.

A wife tells her husband to add her charitable givings to his records of their outgoings. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

A woman kneels in a church with a collecting purse in her hand. Coloured lithograph.

A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.

Women in social work / Ronald G. Walton.

Slum travelers : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross.

A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.

Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.

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Women in charitable work

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Images about Women in charitable work

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Women in social work / Ronald G. Walton.

Slum travelers : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross.

A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.

A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.

Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.

Women in charitable work

Images from the collections

Images about Women in charitable work

Works from the collections

Women in social work / Ronald G. Walton.

Slum travelers : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross.

A wealthy woman visiting the sick. Wood engraving after C. Baugniet.

A physician takes the pulse of a sick woman in bed, while a nurse (nun) hands her a drink. Colour process print, 1980, after P. Picasso, 1897.

Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.

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