Crutches Collection (page 9)

LOUISIANA: STORE, 1940. A store with live fish for sale, near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott, July 1940

NEBRASKA: TRAVELERS, 1938. Two traveling companions looking for work in Omaha, Nebraska. Photograph by John Vachon in November 1938

CALIFORNIA: MIGRANTS, 1935. Children of a family of drought refugees from Oklahoma, near Bakersfield, California. One of the girls has bone tuberculosis. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, June 1935

Bruntons locomotive with crutches

The Rue Monsier with Flags, 1878 (oil on canvas)
XOS996674 The Rue Monsier with Flags, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Manet, Edouard (1832-83); 65.405x80.645 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; French, out of copyright

Guess at my Meaning: a caricature of Henry Sacheverell, 18th Century (engraving)
XJF909339 Guess at my Meaning: a caricature of Henry Sacheverell, 18th Century (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Of old folys that is to say the longer they lyue the more they ar gyuen to foly
XJF483412 Of old folys that is to say the longer they lyue the more they ar gyuen to foly, illustration from Alexander Barclays English translation of The Ship of Fools

Illustration for the essay A Complaint of the Decay of Beggars in the Metropolis
XJF476235 Illustration for the essay A Complaint of the Decay of Beggars in the Metropolis by Charles Lamb, 1899 (engraving) by Brock

after Jacques Callot, Beggar with Crutches and Sack, etching

after Jacques Callot, Beggar with Crutches and Hat, Back View, etching

after Jacques Callot, Beggar with Crutches and Cap, etching

after Jacques Callot, Beggar Woman with Crutches, etching

St. Thomass Hospital, Southwark, London (w / c on paper)
XCF397303 St. Thomass Hospital, Southwark, London (w/c on paper) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864); Private Collection; (add.info)

Garden of St. Thomass Hospital, Southwark, London (w / c on paper)
XCF397301 Garden of St. Thomass Hospital, Southwark, London (w/c on paper) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864); Private Collection; (add.info)

Miraculous healing of a paralytic, Marie-Anne Couronneau, on the tomb of Deacon Francois
XIR382712 Miraculous healing of a paralytic, Marie-Anne Couronneau, on the tomb of Deacon Francois de Paris at the parish cemetery Saint-Medard in Paris, 13th June 1731

Beggars (pencil on paper) (b / w photo)
XIR345967 Beggars (pencil on paper) (b/w photo) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516); Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Les gueux; ); Netherlandish, out of copyright

A Leper House, from Science and Literature in the Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix
KW342838 A Leper House, from Science and Literature in the Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix (1806-84) published London 1878 (litho) by French School

Jerusalem Highgates heights & Hampstead
XYC291040 Jerusalem Highgates heights & Hampstead.. plate 84, from Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion by William Blake (1757-1827), 1804-20 (relief etching with pen, w/c and gold) by Blake

Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza, Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist, engraving 1816, ministers, among them Vansittart and Castlereagh

The modern Job! or John Bull and his comforts!, engraving 1816, John Bull, in tattered clothes, seated on a stool, gazing gloomily at a book on the ground: The Extraordinary Red Book

Ann Siggs, from Portraits and Faces of Remarkable and Eccentric Characters of London
XJF425387 Ann Siggs, from Portraits and Faces of Remarkable and Eccentric Characters of London, published in 1819 (engraving) by English School

The Beggars, 1568 (oil on panel)
XIR346619 The Beggars, 1568 (oil on panel) by Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69); 18.5x21.5 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info)

The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death, pl. 8, illustration from The Grave
XYC290778 The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death, pl.8, illustration from The Grave, A Poem by William Blake (1757-1827) engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti (1765-1810), 1808 (etching) by Blake

The Pump Room, from Scenes at Bath, c. 1795 (w / c and pen & ink on paper)
XYC281114 The Pump Room, from Scenes at Bath, c.1795 (w/c and pen & ink on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 12.1x18.7 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English

The Quack Doctor, 1857 (w / c on paper)
XCF267409 The Quack Doctor, 1857 (w/c on paper) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr)

A Schoolroom (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF265824 A Schoolroom (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls in a classroom; ); English, out of copyright

The Fair at Quimper, 1810 (oil on canvas)
XIR26251 The Fair at Quimper, 1810 (oil on canvas) by Perrin, Olivier (1761-1832); 67x85 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Quimper, France; French, out of copyright

Guess at my Meaning, 1709 (engraving) (b / w photo) (see also 250750)
XJF250749 Guess at my Meaning, 1709 (engraving) (b/w photo) (see also 250750) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr. Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724); ); English, out of copyright

Manke man, Pieter Jansz. Quast, Frederik de Wit, 1639 - 1706

Tea Drinking in Mytishchi, near Moscow, 1862 (oil on canvas)
BAL174074 Tea Drinking in Mytishchi, near Moscow, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Perov, Vasili Grigorevich (1833-82); 43.5x47.3 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

Charlemagne (742-814) Placing the Relics of Christ in the Chapel of Aix-la-Chapelle
XAL172666 Charlemagne (742-814) Placing the Relics of Christ in the Chapel of Aix-la-Chapelle (oil on canvas) by Orley, Bernard van (c.1488-1541); 95x106 cm; Galleria Sabauda, Turin

Country Celebration, 1563 (oil on canvas)
BAL170629 Country Celebration, 1563 (oil on canvas) by Beuckelaer or Bueckelaer, Joachim (c.1530-73); 112x163.5 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; Netherlandish, out of copyright

The Pool at Bethesda (oil on canvas)
XIR170200 The Pool at Bethesda (oil on canvas) by Droochsloot, Joost Cornelisz. (1586-1666); 58x121 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dunkirk, France; (add.info.: healing of a paralytic man; ); Dutch

Peter and John are released, Philips Galle, Hieronymus Cock, 1558

The Earl of Rochesters House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey, c. 1700-05 (oil on canvas)
XYC142596 The Earl of Rochesters House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey, c.1700-05 (oil on canvas) by English School, (18th century); 107.3x212 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Bulls Progress, pub. by Hannah Humphrey, 1793 (etching) (b&w photo)
XJF121251 " John Bulls Progress", pub. by Hannah Humphrey, 1793 (etching) (b&w photo) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); British Museum, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Caricature depicting Louis XIV as Apollo in his chariot, 1701 (etching)
XOS1123790 Caricature depicting Louis XIV as Apollo in his chariot, 1701 (etching) by Hooghe, Romeyn de (d.1708); 10.2x13.6 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Title page for series Several dwarfs, Varie figure gobbi di Jacopo Callot, Jacques Callot, print maker: Abraham Bosse, 1621 - 1676

Dwarf, from the front, leaning on a crutch, a hood or large collar on the head, right arm raised cramped, with grotesques, almost all these figures are dwarfs, many are hunchbacked, Jacques Callot

Dwarf with sling, stool and sword; Dwarf with walking stick, Jacques Callot, Abraham Bosse, 1621 - 1676

The Mouthful of Bread, study for Charity, 1892-1908 (oil on canvas)
XIR178906 The Mouthful of Bread, study for Charity, 1892-1908 (oil on canvas) by Pelez, Fernand (1843-1913); 179x70 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France; French

The Works of Mercy (oil on panel)
XIR166370 The Works of Mercy (oil on panel) by Master of the Prodigal Son, (fl.1530-60); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, France; Netherlandish, out of copyright

The Manner of his Majesty Curing the Disease Called the King s-Evil, engraved
XJF105392 The Manner of his Majesty Curing the Disease Called the King s-Evil, engraved by Frederick Hendrick van Hove (c.1628-98) printed for Dorman Newman (engraving) (b/w photo) (also see 259707)

Brandstweite in Hamburg, 1775 (oil on canvas)
XKH146484 Brandstweite in Hamburg, 1775 (oil on canvas) by Feldt, C. F. (18th century); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, 1916. The office of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle at 608 14th Street N.W. in Washington D.C. Photograph, 1916

BOBBY LEACH AND HIS BARREL. An elderly man identified as Bobby Leach standing
BOBBY LEACH AND HIS BARREL. An elderly man identified as " Bobby" Leach standing next to a barrel in which he went over Niagara Falls, c1911

INDIA: WAR VETERANS, 1919. Disabled Indian veterans of World War I who have become carpenters and auto mechanics at Queen Marys Technical School in Bombay (now Mumbai), India

WAR LIBRARY, c1918. U. S. World War I soldiers reading in the War Library Service
WAR LIBRARY, c1918. U.S. World War I soldiers reading in the War Library Service section of the Red Cross building at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. c1918

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"Crutches: A Symbol of Resilience and Hope" In the quaint town of Kinver, Staffordshire, the Bethany Children's Home stands as a sanctuary for those in need. Among its walls, crutches become more than just support; they embody strength and determination. Across continents, at Lourdes - The Grotto, crutches tell tales of miraculous healing. Bernadette's encounter with the divine in 1905 left her walking without them, leaving behind a powerful reminder of faith's transformative power. At Pyrford St Nicholas' Waifs and Strays Society, crutches serve as beacons of compassion. They aid children on their journey towards independence and self-discovery. In Reading, Berkshire's No. 1 War Hospital, crutches bear witness to sacrifice. Wounded soldiers lean on them for physical stability while finding solace in their unwavering spirit amidst adversity. John L. Burns' battle-scarred crutch tells an extraordinary story from across the Atlantic. At Gettysburg during the American Civil War, this veteran fought valiantly despite his age—his indomitable will etched into every splintered piece. Even in satirical illustrations like "The Modern Job. Or John Bull and his Comforts. " from 1816 London streets resonate with social commentary about reliance on societal constructs—a metaphorical use that challenges norms. Yet within West Byfleet's St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children lies hope personified through these aids. Here they empower young souls to overcome physical limitations and embrace life’s endless possibilities. From sports arenas to everyday lives – even snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins found himself temporarily dependent on a plastered foot resting upon trusty crutches – reminding us that setbacks are mere stepping stones towards triumphs yet to come.