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Images from the collections

Images about Young women

21 images from works
  • A young Corinthian woman adorning an urn with flowers. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.
  • A convalescent young woman reading. Gouache painting by David Bles.
  • A young woman from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Webber, 17--.
  • Four young women holding flowers. Photograph by J.M. Cameron, 1868.
  • Hassan, Karnataka, India: young women fetching water from a well at an orphanage. Photograph.
  • A young woman from Tahiti, dancing. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Two young women in Breton costume are talking together on the side of a grassy bank. Etching by Ad. Lalauze.
  • A young man offers his hand to help a young woman cross a bridge over a brook, but she turns back as the bridge is too narrow. Engraving by W. Angus, 1793, after T. Stothard.
  • A young woman in Tahiti, wearing a large skirt. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • London Society for the Protection of Young Females. Wood engraving.
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Works from the collections

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    Essays on various subjects , principally designed for young ladies.

    More, Hannah, 1745-1833. | Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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    Sermons to young women , in two volumes. By James Fordyce, D.D.

    Fordyce, James, 1720-1796. | Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]
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    Sermons to young women , in two volumes. By James Fordyce, D.D.

    Fordyce, James, 1720-1796. | Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
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    Sex in life : young women / Violet D. Swaisland.

    Swaisland, Violet Durant. | Date: 1933
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    Letters on the improvement of the mind Addressed to a young lady. To which are added, miscellanies in prose and verse. By Mrs. Chapone. The third edition.

    Hester Chapone | Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]
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Related topics

Netherlands
Women
Women - Conduct of life
Conduct of life - Early works to 1900
Women - Conduct of life - Early works to 1800
Applied ethics
Sexual Behavior
Young men
Women - Education
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