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A market place in a fishing town in England or Scotland. Aquatint by John Hill after A. Dibdin, 1802.
Dibdin, Anne, approximately 1776-Date: 1802Reference: 2497710i
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An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 25 June 1791Reference: 26889i
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An old man with a wooden leg, probably a former soldier, marches with a shouldered broomstick to the drum beaten by a child behind him. Lithograph by T. Farlow after R. Farrier.
Farrier, Robert, 1796-1879.Reference: 44072i
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A satyr with a wooden leg. Gouache attributed to S.W. Kelly.
Date: 1930-1939Reference: 567156i
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An old man on crutches with a wooden leg. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818.Date: 1798-1813Reference: 38065i
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An old man with a wooden leg and a stick is accompanied by a girl carrying a bowl in her right hand. Etching by Jules Jacques Veyrassat.
Veyrassat, Jules Jacques, 1828-1893.Reference: 44076i
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A man with a wooden leg carrying arms and legs in a basket; representing the relation between the whole and its parts in Aristotelian logic. Engraving by L. Gaultier, ca. 1613.
Gaultier, Léonard, 1561-1641.Date: [1610?]Reference: 571261i
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Drunken sailors round a table cheering and throwing their hats in the air as a man with a wooden leg recounts the Battle of the Nile. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 July 1825Reference: 26924i
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The father or tutor of three boys draws their attention to a fourth boy who has a wooden leg. Etching by C. Schule, 1807.
Date: 1807Reference: 2265010i
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Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 1 January 1833Reference: 24988i
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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with two men opening a bundle on the riverbank in the foreground. Engraving by H. Adlard after H. Gastineau.
Gastineau, Henry G., 1791-1876.Reference: 27699i
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A one-legged man is knocked down by a horse-drawn cart that crushes his wooden leg under its wheels. Coloured etching.
Reference: 44050i
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Veterans watching and participating in a game of bowls. Lithograph by A. Collette, 1853, after E. de Frenne.
Frenne, Emile de, 1814-1893.Date: 1853Reference: 20108i
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"Ben Backstay", a sailor with a wooden leg. Lithograph by W.H. Holbrooke, 183-.
Holbrooke, W. HDate: [between 1830 and 1839?]Reference: 2008271i
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Prosthetic legs wearing a pair of trainers. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.
Midgley, Julia.Date: [2012]Reference: 2497885i
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An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 April 1816Reference: 44022i
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A man in ragged clothes walking with two crutches and a wooden leg. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.
Vliet, Jan Joris van der, approximately 1610-Date: 1632Reference: 43838i
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People ruined by the Dutch financial crisis of 1720 enter the city of Vianen. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812341i
Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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A poor mother and four children leave a temple in an ancient city; a cloaked man with a stick walks behind them; a boy follows using an artificial leg and crutches. Etching by Michel Corneille, ca. 1666, after Annibale or Lodovico Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: [1754]Reference: 589687i
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An episode in Tristram Shandy (?): Uncle Toby (?) and his associates discussing battles in which he had fought. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1782, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: 1st Jan[uar]y 1782Reference: 651172i
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Colonel Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau kicking a military veteran who has lost both legs. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1872.
Gill, André, 1840-1885.Date: 16 Juin 1872Reference: 657721i
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Two old men in conversation: the man on the left holding a basket has a wooden leg, the other one leans with both hands on a stick. Watercolour by S.G. (?).
Reference: 43961i
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John Law, the author of the financial crisis of 1720, rides in a triumphal chariot before the "sentinel of the Mississippi". Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812311i
Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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A ragged beggar carrying a banner reading "Capitano de baroni" leads a procession of lame people and beggars out of a village. Etching after J. Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Reference: 43783i

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A market place in a fishing town in England or Scotland. Aquatint by John Hill after A. Dibdin, 1802.

An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.

An old man with a wooden leg, probably a former soldier, marches with a shouldered broomstick to the drum beaten by a child behind him. Lithograph by T. Farlow after R. Farrier.

A satyr with a wooden leg. Gouache attributed to S.W. Kelly.

An old man on crutches with a wooden leg. Etching by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux.

An old man with a wooden leg and a stick is accompanied by a girl carrying a bowl in her right hand. Etching by Jules Jacques Veyrassat.

A man with a wooden leg carrying arms and legs in a basket; representing the relation between the whole and its parts in Aristotelian logic. Engraving by L. Gaultier, ca. 1613.

Drunken sailors round a table cheering and throwing their hats in the air as a man with a wooden leg recounts the Battle of the Nile. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

The father or tutor of three boys draws their attention to a fourth boy who has a wooden leg. Etching by C. Schule, 1807.

Tobacco: an Irishman, a Scot and an English sailor smoke, take snuff and chew respectively. Coloured aquatint by Hunt, c. 1833, after W. Summers after C. J. Grant.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with two men opening a bundle on the riverbank in the foreground. Engraving by H. Adlard after H. Gastineau.

A one-legged man is knocked down by a horse-drawn cart that crushes his wooden leg under its wheels. Coloured etching.

Veterans watching and participating in a game of bowls. Lithograph by A. Collette, 1853, after E. de Frenne.

"Ben Backstay", a sailor with a wooden leg. Lithograph by W.H. Holbrooke, 183-.

Prosthetic legs wearing a pair of trainers. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.

An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

A man in ragged clothes walking with two crutches and a wooden leg. Etching by Jan Georg van der Vliet, c. 1632.

People ruined by the Dutch financial crisis of 1720 enter the city of Vianen. Etching, 1720.

A poor mother and four children leave a temple in an ancient city; a cloaked man with a stick walks behind them; a boy follows using an artificial leg and crutches. Etching by Michel Corneille, ca. 1666, after Annibale or Lodovico Carracci.

An episode in Tristram Shandy (?): Uncle Toby (?) and his associates discussing battles in which he had fought. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1782, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

Colonel Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau kicking a military veteran who has lost both legs. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1872.

Two old men in conversation: the man on the left holding a basket has a wooden leg, the other one leans with both hands on a stick. Watercolour by S.G. (?).

John Law, the author of the financial crisis of 1720, rides in a triumphal chariot before the "sentinel of the Mississippi". Etching, 1720.

A ragged beggar carrying a banner reading "Capitano de baroni" leads a procession of lame people and beggars out of a village. Etching after J. Callot.