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  • A woman and a child against a blue background. Watercolour.
  • A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A Papuan woman holding her baby in a child carrier attached around her head. Halftone.
  • A woman breast feeding a child and plucking a fruit from an abundant tree, two of her other children are also with her. Engraving by J. Frey, 1732, after F. Albani.
  • A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • The evil effects of intemperance on a man and his family. Lithograph by Alvey, c. 1840, after T.C. Wilson.
  • Two surgical operations (one a caesarian delivery) take place in a crowded courtyard. Engraving by R. Custos.
  • A woman in Cairo holding a child, accompanied by an Abyssinian slave woman standing next to the cradle. Coloured lithograph by A. Mouilleron after Prisse d'Avennes, 1848.
  • Woman suckling an infant. Chromolithograph.
  • A photograph, kept in a family album, of a boy, a girl and a baby with clean teeth and holding toothbrushes, representing dental hygiene taught by their mother. Colour lithograph after P. Tilley, 1965.
  • A woman offering her breast to her small child who has just been rescued. Lithograph by J.C. Wilson.
  • Durban, Natal, South Africa: an Indian mother de-louses the hair of a child held on her lap. Photograph, ca. 1910.
  • A mother sick in bed with her children before her. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.
  • Two women reprimanding two children. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1785, after J.A. de Peters.
  • A woman breast feeding her child while she is holding it and its cradle. Collotype after a wooden sculpture.
  • The beneficial effects of temperance on a man and his family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after Gunthorp.
  • A woman with young children sitting in a hop field during harvesting. Stipple engraving with etching by G. Stodart, c. 1845, after W. Witherington.
  • A mother appeals to a tuberculosis nurse to save her baby son from tuberculosis. Colour lithograph by N. Rettroni [? name indistinct], 1932.
  • Mothers holding their sick children waiting to consult a physician. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.
  • A woman changing her child's nappy, her husband is watching them in an amused manner. Mezzotint.
  • A woman changing her child's nappy, her husband is watching them in an amused manner. Mezzotint.
  • A drunken man returns home to his despairing wife and children. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A woman and her three children abstaining from alcohol; representing the Swiss league of women abstainers. Colour lithograph after M. Goetz, 1905 (?).
  • A mother protecting her baby, representing an appeal for starving children. Photolithograph after K. Kollwitz.
  • A drunken man returns home to his despairing wife and children. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • Arranged and approved : it took our mothers a long time to understand and accept our relationship, but now they feel they have each gained another son / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.
  • Basket weavers. Gouache drawing.
  • Sarawak: a Kayan woman carrying her child in a sling. Photograph.
  • A woman of Van Diemen's Land. Engraving by J. Caldwall, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1777.