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Concept

Hunger

Images

  • An angel gives Elijah cake and water. Line engraving by W. Panneels after P.P. Rubens.
  • James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • A doctor examining a patient and enquiring about his health, leading to a mis-apprehension. Coloured lithograph, c.1848(?), by Gnat.
  • Hamburg: four poor people accused of idleness are suspended in a basket over a table of diners in a workhouse. Engraving, 1779.
  • The monastery and hospice, Montserrat, Spain: lame and hungry pilgrims queuing for food. Line engraving by F.B. Lorieux, 1806, after Legier (or Ligier).
  • The people of Moses receive manna from heaven in the wilderness. Engraving by B. Audran I after N. Poussin, 1637-1639.
  • Oliver Twist, holding a bowl and a spoon, asks for more food, while other children and a woman look surprised. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • An angel saves a thirsting Elijah. Engraving by A. Zucchi, c. 1720, after S. Manaigo after G. Porta, il Salviati.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Hunger : disease of millions / [The British Society for International Health Education ; Susan King-Hall].

    The British Society for International Health Education | Date: 1963
    • Books

    Betting on famine : why the world still goes hungry / Jean Ziegler ; translated from the French by Christopher Caines.

    Ziegler, Jean, 1934- | Date: 2013
    • Videos

    The truth about fat.

    | Date: 2012
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Reference: 18149i
    • Books

    The conquest of famine / by W.R. Aykroyd.

    Aykroyd, W. R. (Wallace Ruddell), 1899- | Date: 1974
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