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Children and animals

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  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • A girl encounters a flock of birds at the edge of a lake. Colour process print after L. Delachaux.
  • A girl stroking a puppy, and being nudged with affection by the puppy's mother. Stipple engraving by J. Godby, 1799, after G. Testolini after W. Miller.
  • The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.
  • Emily M. Madden's cat Mouton. Drawings by Emily M. Madden, 1856-1859.
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Catalogue

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    A man visits a country cottage and pays a young woman; local children protect a pet lamb. Lithograph, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 3087534i
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    A girl encounters a flock of birds at the edge of a lake. Colour process print after L. Delachaux.

    Delachaux, Léon, 1850-1919. | Reference: 27418i
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    Two children feeding a cat from a spoon. Crayon-manner print (?) by G. Demarteau after F. Boucher.

    Boucher, François, 1703-1770. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 3006459i
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    A child with a pet spaniel, as a model of friendship. Mezzotint by C.E. Wagstaff, 184-, after J. Lucas.

    Lucas, John, 1807-1874. | Date: [between 1840 and 1849?] | Reference: 672676i
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    Emily M. Madden's cat Mouton. Drawings by Emily M. Madden, 1856-1859.

    Madden, Emily Mary, 1848- | Date: [1859?] | Reference: 28112i
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