Crutch Collection

Long John Silver / Parrot
For generations of readers, the archetypal pirate is Long John Silver, the devious and malevolent villain of Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island - parrot and all !

Dickens / Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit with Tiny Tim, his crippled youngest son

German poster campaign for injured soldiers
German poster to raise funds for war wounded soldiers, showing a soldier with a crutch in his left hand and tools in his right

Dickens / Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit with Tiny Tim, his crippled youngest son

Pitmen encamped - evicted coal miner and his dwelling
A miner on strike sits despondently outside his makeshift home, his crutch and dog at his side. Due to lengthy strike action resulting from a wage dispute

Spanish Bullfighting Series (7 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The pass crutch - tempting the bull with his red cape, the matador tires the beast. Date: 1913

Greece / Warrior Farewell
A young Greek warrior takes leave of his family

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

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

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

Bradstock Lockett Hospital Home
Girls, one holding a crutch, and staff in a dormitory at the Hospital Home - sometimes referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at Southport

Caucasus Georgia Kislovodsk - an old soldier. Vintage 19th century photograph

Representation of Charity - Money for a poor crippled boy
A moral postcard depicting Charity as two smartly-dressed young girls offer some coins to a poor, crippled young boy with crutches, sat at the side of the street. Date: 1909

German convalescent soldiers with hospital staff, WW1
German convalescent soldiers with hospital staff during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

In front of the grave well in Lourdes, France. circa 1898

Elderly Gentlemen Date: 1880

The Visitation with two Saints by Piero di Cosimo (1462-c.1521) - painting on wood for the Chapel of Gino Capponi in Santo Spirito, Florence Date: late 15th century

Greece - Warrior Farewell
A young Greek warrior takes leave of his family Date: circa 5 BC

Hogarth - Marriage a la Mode
1. The Contract Date: 1745

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

Hans Bol (1534-1593). Flemish painter. Village Scene, 16th C. National Gallery. Prague (Sternberg Palace). Czech Republic

Life of the Young Tobias byFrancesco Granacci (1469-1543)
Francesco Granacci (1469-1543). Italian painter. Life of the Young Tobias. Detail. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Easter. Jesus went to the pool of Bethesda (Jerusalem) where there were many sick. An angel stirred the water and the first to be launched, was healing. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin

Illustration, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by Arthur Rackham -- An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and stood chatting with some young quinces. A curious group of humanised trees. Date: 1906

Disabled children, Ghana, West Africa

The Discovery -- a middle-aged courting couple are spied upon in a garden. 18th century

Group of young people at a rock and roll convention in Cornwall, wearing 1950s style costume. Date: 1985

Illustration, Hansel and Gretel -- Hansel, put out your finger for me to feel how fat you are. Date: 1909

Cartoon, Convalescent leave, WW1
Cartoon, Convalescent leave, showing two girls chatting to a little boy dressed as a soldier who has a bandage on his knee

Decorated totem pole, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Decorated totem pole in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Men in a timber workshop
Men at work in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Man in a timber workshop
Man at a workbench in a timber workshop. A pile of newly made crutches can be seen in the foreground. Date: circa 1940s

Injured footballer - Aston Villa
Cartoon postcard of an injured footballer entitled The Result of the Match by Martin Anderson ( Cynicus ) - this was template over-printed with the details of various teams, in this case

French Costumes 1475
Two elegant nobles - he with slashed sleeves, long plumed cap, and a dagger at his crutch, she in gown with ornate under skirt Date: circa 1475

Four swimmers, two in Bovril teeshirts
Four swimmers pose for their photograph. The two men are wearing Bovril teeshirts, while the two boys wear one-piece swimming costumes

London / Cries / Beggar / Tiny
The deformed beggar often sells pens as begging is not sanctioned in England

London / Cries / Beggar
The beggar with one leg, on a crutch, holds out his hat for money

Politics / Britannia
Germanys view of Britain

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