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  • Transplanting of teeth.
  • Shoes and legs of a woman holding a handbag standing next to an advertising banner with the statement: 'People with HIV in poverty row; Daily Gossip'; advertisement for the Terrence Higgins Trust advice centre. Colour lithograph.
  • A poor London street strewn with hopeless drunkards and lined with gin shops and a flourishing pawnbroker. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.
  • Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].
  • A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • St. John of God carrying a sick patient from a hospital ward. Line engraving by G. Petrini.
  • A gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A man drinking in a tavern in the company of figures representing poverty and death induced by alcohol. Colour lithograph by J.-J. Waltz (Hansi), 1905.
  • The Workhouse, Poland Street, Soho: the interior. Coloured aquatint by T. Sunderland after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1809.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris: panoramic view. Line engraving by M.A. Duparc, 1789, after J. Savard.
  • A greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint.
  • A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. / by Henry Mayhew.
  • A poor, old and wounded war veteran watched in sympathy by a young Russian family - a Russian war fund poster. Halftone after S. Vinogradoff, 1914.
  • Life and labour of the people in London / edited by Charles Booth.
  • Poor House Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England: with floor plan. Photolithograph by W. & A.K. Johnston, 1874.
  • A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.
  • Homoepathic Dispensary, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A dilapidated hay wain, pulled by emaciated donkeys (Mental and Physical Weakness) is driven by a young man (Torpor) and carries two women in rags (Poverty and Humility) while three women (Fragility, Patience and Servitude) accompany the cart; representing the attributes of human existence. Engraving by Cornelis Cort, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • The London Workhouse: the street and courtyard facades with a pair of medallions. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.
  • One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Heal the sick. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
  • 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.
  • The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.
  • Report to Her Majesty's principal secretary of state for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an inquiry into the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain; with appendices. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, July, 1842 / [by Edwin Chadwick].
  • A doctor examining a patient and enquiring about his health, leading to a mis-apprehension. Coloured lithograph, c.1848(?), by Gnat.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: receiving day for outpatients. Process print after W. W. Russell.