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Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.

A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.

A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

An itinerant salesman selling small woollen toys from a wicker baket. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.

East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.

A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.

The General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth. Engraving by J. Shury, 1830, after N. Whittock.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

A ward in a children's hospital, Lambeth. Photograph, 1925.

Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.

King's College School, Norwich, Norfolk. Wood engraving by UTWC.

The blind school, Southwark: with a bustling street scene. Lithograph by L. Haghe, ca.1835, after J. Johnson.

Frank Rowntree compilation recordings. Part 6, Track 6.

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Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.

Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

King's College School, Norwich, Norfolk. Wood engraving by UTWC.

The blind school, Southwark: with a bustling street scene. Lithograph by L. Haghe, ca.1835, after J. Johnson.

Frank Rowntree compilation recordings. Part 6, Track 6.