Crutch Collection (#2)

Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State, 1570-1580. Creator: Gillis Mostaert
Allegory of Abuses by the Authorities of Church and State, 1570-1580. Alternative title: The Haywain: An Allegory of Worldly and Spiritual Abuses

Dr. Freedman - Children Cured By His Cure, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dr
Dr. Freedman [or Friedman?] - Children Cured By His Cure, 1913

Springtime in Hals, Jutland, 1892. Creator: Laurits Andersen Ring
Springtime in Hals, Jutland, 1892

Et ces deux laids débris se désolaient entre eux, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Et ces deux laids debris se desolaient entre eux, 19th century. And these two ugly debris were grieving each other

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs : Saint Martin partageant son manteau avec... 1870
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs : Saint Martin partageant son manteau avec un mendiant, 1870. Sketch for the church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs (3rd arrondissement)

Senator William J. Stone, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Senator William J
Senator William J. Stone, between 1914 and 1917. American politician William Joel Stone (right), Governor of Missouri

Senator William J. Stone, between 1914 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Senator William J
Senator William J. Stone, between 1914 and 1917. American politician William Joel Stone, Governor of Missouri

Sketch for the Saint-Séverin church: St Peter healing a cripple... 1819. Creator: Louis Vincent Léon Pallière
Sketch for the Saint-Severin church (5th arrondissement of Paris): St Peter healing a cripple at the entrance to the Temple of Jerusalem, 1819

Spirit of Tiny Tim! Thy childish essence was from God, c1900. Creator: Elizabeth B. Brownell
Spirit of Tiny Tim! Thy childish essence was from God, c1900. Illustration from "A Christmas Carol" in Brownell's "Dream Children"

The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, Creator: Unknown
The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; The Edinburgh Ward -- Young Convalescents, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Medal ceremony on the Esplanade des Invalides by President Poincare, September 17, 1915. Creator: Joseph Felix Bouchor
Medal ceremony on the Esplanade des Invalides by President Poincare, September 17, 1915

Christmas Eve in Britany, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Eve in Britany, 1854. A group of men stand talking in a street. One of them is on crutches. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

La Bouchée de pain : un vieil homme à béquilles et un jeune homme côte à côte, c.1904. Creator: Fernand Pelez
La Bouchee de pain : un vieil homme a bequilles et un jeune homme cote a cote, c.1904

Christ healing the sick, 1566. Creator: Anon
Christ healing the sick, 1566

Skid Row, Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street, the street of the unemployed in San Francisco, California

Lame Beggar Asking for Alms, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing), n.d. Creator: Pieter Jansz. Quast
Lame Beggar Asking for Alms, from T is al verwart-gaern (It's already confusing), n.d

Seated Old Man with Crutch, n.d. Creator: Hans Heinrich Meyer
Seated Old Man with Crutch, n.d

John A Grooms Crippleage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
The Chippleage Wheelers at John A. Grooms Crippleage and Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Two men, one of them an amputee, around 1875. Creator: Joseph Eugen Horwarter
Two men, one of them an amputee, around 1875

Guy is being a joke, Ginette is watching him. Helene sews warm clothes to Henriette her doll
8600252 Guy is being a joke, Ginette is watching him. Helene sews warm clothes to Henriette her doll. Irene follows Ida, her infirm little cousin

Pirate Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder
Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder Date: First published: 1883

WW1 - Home Front - Belgravia War Hospital Supply Depot, London - New Rubber Crutch invented by Mr G. Healing. Date: circa 1917

1918 New Zealand Limbless Hospital: JULY 01: A wounded New Zealand soldier uses a file in the workshop of the Oatlands
JULY 01: A wounded New Zealand soldier uses a file in the workshop of the Oatlands Park Hospital, Weybridge during the New Zealand Limbless Hospital on July 01, 1918. (Photo by LAT Images)

Kneehigh Theatre, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. March 1990
The Kneehigh Theatre Company performed, for one night only, Boris Howarths The Last Voyage of Long John Silver in Lostwithiel Community Centre. Back row: Jo Gulliver, Alan Kennedy and Giles King

A Disabled Man with a Crutch and a Wooden Leg, 1616. Creator: Jacques Callot
A Disabled Man with a Crutch and a Wooden Leg, 1616. Series: Les Gobbi

A Disabled Man Weaving a Hood, 1616. Creator: Jacques Callot
A Disabled Man Weaving a Hood, 1616. Series: Les Gobbi

Beggars outside S. Giuliano, near Pompeii. 1904-05, 1904-1905. Creator: Peter Hansen
Beggars outside S. Giuliano, near Pompeii. 1904-05, 1904-1905

Death embraces the Pope as he crowns an Emperor.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death, based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, 1860

The Waters of Lethe by the Plains of Elysium, c. 1880 (tempera and gold paint on canvas)
MAN62979 The Waters of Lethe by the Plains of Elysium, c.1880 (tempera and gold paint on canvas) by Stanhope, John Roddam Spencer (1829-1908); 147.5x282.4 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

Three blind mice painting, sepia
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won (colour litho)
955963 Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won (colour litho) by Hankey

Miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua, 1600-04 (oil on canvas)
7352754 Miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua, 1600-04 (oil on canvas) by Lomi, Aurelio (1556-1624); Museo Diocesano, Genoa, Liguria, Italy; (add.info.: Artist: Aurelio Lomi (1556-1624)); Luisa Ricciarini

Tapestry inspired by the work of Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1560 (gold, silver, silk and wool)
CUL4906842 Tapestry inspired by the work of Hieronymus Bosch, c.1560 (gold, silver, silk and wool) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) (after); 296x364 cm; (add.info.: Saint Martin. ca. 1560)

The willful blind and the cripple who want to teach a child to walk, 1917-18 (oil)
7333035 The willful blind and the cripple who want to teach a child to walk, 1917-18 (oil) by Woestyne, Gustave van de (1881-1947); Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze

A Bit of War History: The Veteran, 1866 (oil on canvas)
7327503 A Bit of War History: The Veteran, 1866 (oil on canvas) by Wood, Thomas Waterman (1823-1903); 71.8 x 51.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, Louisiana. [Signs: Fish for Sale; Live Cat Fish; Live Fish for Sale ]

Oscar Turner of Kentucky, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Turner, Hon. Oscar, of Ky. between 1865 and 1880. [Lawyer and politician]

An elderly winged man with a long beard walking with crutches, possibly representin... ca. 1510-27
An elderly winged man with a long beard walking with crutches, possibly representing Time gesturing towards a young child holding a sieve, ca. 1510-27

Boire du the a Mytichtchi (Mytischi), pres de Moscou. (Des moines orthodoxes prennent le the dans un jardin)
FIA5341217 Boire du the a Mytichtchi (Mytischi), pres de Moscou. (Des moines orthodoxes prennent le the dans un jardin, un estropie et un enfant misereux mendient)

Exorcism of a possessed man beneath the Tomb of St. Vincent of Saragossa (d)
IND54425 Exorcism of a possessed man beneath the Tomb of St. Vincent of Saragossa (d.304) from the Altarpiece of St Vincent of Saragossa by Huguet, Jaume (1415-92); Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya

The heroic end of the mutilated Enrico Toti, wounded for the third time, rises and throws his... (colour litho)
2777583 The heroic end of the mutilated Enrico Toti, wounded for the third time, rises and throws his... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Young boy standing in the doorway of his home on Seaton Road... Washington, D.C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Young boy standing in the doorway of his home on Seaton Road in the northwest section. His leg was cut off by a streetcar while he was playing in the street

Possibly: Services are over, Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled, possibly related to: Services are over. Wheeleys Church, Gordonton, Person County, North Carolina]

Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939
Tobacco people take it easy after their mornings work " putting up" tobacco. Granville County, North Carolina

Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco... Granville County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wives of tobacco tenants pile the tobacco before the barn preparatory to firing. Granville County, North Carolina

Beggar Man, 1787. Creator: Jean Pierre Norblin
Beggar Man, 1787

The Esplanade, Calcutta, c1891. Creator: James Grant
The Esplanade, Calcutta, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

The Quidam Association of old sailors meeting in a pub, 1831 (lithograph)
7235377 The Quidam Association of old sailors meeting in a pub, 1831 (lithograph) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Crutch: A Symbol of Resilience and Support" Throughout history, the crutch has served as a powerful symbol of resilience and support in various contexts. From literary works to historical events, this simple yet essential aid has left an indelible mark on our collective consciousness. In Long John Silver's adventures, his parrot perched upon his shoulder while he relied on a crutch to navigate the treacherous seas. This iconic image epitomizes strength in the face of adversity. Even renowned author Ernest Hemingway found himself leaning on a crutch during his time at the American Red Cross Hospital in Milan. It serves as a reminder that even great minds require assistance at times. During World War I, German poster campaigns highlighted injured soldiers relying on crutches as they fought to rebuild their lives. These images showcased not only physical but also emotional rehabilitation. Charles Dickens immortalized the spirit of Christmas with "A Christmas Carol, " where Tiny Tim's character exemplifies hope despite using a crutch. His determination inspires us all to overcome obstacles with grace and optimism. John L. Burns, wounded at Gettysburg during the American Civil War, stands tall with his battle-worn body supported by a crutch. At 70 years old, he embodies courage and resilience that transcends age or circumstance. The associates of the Witches of Belvoir are depicted wielding magical staffs resembling enchanted crutches—a testament to their mystical powers and ability to traverse between worlds effortlessly. In Spanish bullfighting series artwork, matadors gracefully wield capes while standing firm on their symbolic red-crutched platforms—showcasing bravery amidst danger within this traditional spectacle. Ancient Greece honored warriors bidding farewell before battle; some leaned upon sturdy wooden supports akin to crutches—an embodiment of camaraderie and unity among those facing uncertain fates together. Artistic depictions reveal Death embracing Pope Pius II as he crowns an Emperor, while a crutch lies nearby.