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Images

  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.
  • Saint Cecilia with Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, a bishop and Saint Mary Magdalen. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Raphael.
  • Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.
  • A portrait of an Indian couple torn in two with the warning 'they could have saved their marriage'; an anti-AIDS advertisement for Sex Education Counselling Research Thearpy Training issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.
  • Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving by P. Fürst, c. 1650.
  • Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.
  • A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
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Works

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    Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

    Eyles, Leonora, 1890- | Date: 1943
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    Considerations on the causes of the present stagnation of matrimony, Under the following Heads. I. The unreasonable Degree of Influence and Authority which most Parents exercise over their Children in the Concern of Marriage. II. The high and elegant Education that is given to Young Women beyond the Compass of their Fortunes and Stations of Life. III. The Debauchery and Extravagance of Young Men. IV. The general luxurious and expensive Taste of the Times. All which are Evils, that seem to call for the Attention of Parliament.

    | Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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    The guide to domestic happiness. In a series of letters. The Third Edition. This is the way, walk ye in it.

    Giles, W. (William). | Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]
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    A ritual for married lovers / Jules Guyot ; translated by Gertrude Minturn Pinchot.

    Guyot, Jules. | Date: 1933
  • view A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.
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    A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836 | Date: Septr.1. 1806 | Reference: 28863i
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