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Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)

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

    Blocklandt, Anthonie van Montfoort, 1532-1583. | Reference: 15816i
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    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.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 16036i
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    Page 39: a religious muslim couple with the woman completely veiled. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 27182i
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    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.

    Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833. | Date: 30 May 1816 | Reference: 16451i
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    Five aged doctors crushed together in consultation. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, c. 1823.

    Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845. | Date: [1823] | Reference: 16314i
    Part of: Grimaces
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