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Paternity

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  • A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.
  • A physician (William Cullen?) taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor as he receives a paternity claim. Oil painting formerly attributed to John Kay.
  • A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.
  • A physician (William Cullen?) taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor as he receives a paternity claim. Oil painting formerly attributed to John Kay.
  • Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz (?) after Fray B. de Sahagún.
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    A courtroom hearing a paternity suite: a lawyer pleads for his client before the bench. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1752/1761, after C. Troost.

    Troost, Cornelis, 1697-1750. | Date: 1752-1761 | Reference: 31648i
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    Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz (?) after Fray B. de Sahagún.

    Bernardino, de Sahagún, 1499-1590. | Date: 1892-1916 | Reference: 21500i
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    The manly masquerade : masculinity, paternity, and castration in the Italian Renaissance / Valeria Finucci.

    Finucci, Valeria. | Date: 2003
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    A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.

    | Date: 12th May 1794 | Reference: 27640i
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    A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.

    Jouy, Étienne de, 1764-1846. | Date: 1814 | Reference: 17707i
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