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  • Africa: two women holding babies with tightly bandaged heads. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • A woman is being attacked by an eagle as she attempts to rescue her baby from the eagle's nest where it has been taken as possible food for the young birds. Mezzotint and etching after G. Dawe.
  • A young man lies dying, a woman weeps as she holds his hand, an hourglass stands on the table. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier.
  • Mothers holding their sick children waiting to consult a physician. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.
  • A woman and a child against a blue background. Watercolour.
  • An under-nourished working class mother holding a baby; advertising the "GeSoLei", an exhibition in Düsseldorf on healthcare. Lithograph after R. Waller, 1926.
  • Saint Catherine of Alexandria embraces the Christ child who sits on the Virgin Mary's lap; with Saint Dominic, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Benedict (?), Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Petronius. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after P. Faccini.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, Saint Augustine, Saint Antony, two angels, Antonio Galeazzo Bentivoglio (the patron) and a shepherd. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.
  • Two surgical operations (one a caesarian delivery) take place in a crowded courtyard. Engraving by R. Custos.
  • Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Sakuntalā and her mother fly towards heaven. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and angels above; with Saint Louis of Toulouse, Saint Clare, Saint Francis, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Alexis below. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Krishna as an infant sitting on Yasoda's lap with a female attendant. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1895.
  • A mother sick in bed with her children before her. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Eloi (Eligius), bishop of Oise (and patron saint of Bologna). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Cavedone, 1614.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child in glory above, with Saint John the Baptist, Saint Mark and Saint Francis below. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Albani.
  • A woman breast feeding her child in front of the fire, other members of the family gather around. Etching by I.J. de Claussin, 1807, after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • The birth of Christ among ruins. Engraving by J. Keller after F. Overbeck.
  • Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • The angel tells Joseph to awaken and take Jesus and Mary to Egypt. Engraving after P. Mignard.
  • A drunken man returns home to his despairing wife and children. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A Papuan woman holding her baby in a child carrier attached around her head. Halftone.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and patron saints of Bologna. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, ca. 1830, after G. Reni, 1630-1.
  • Two women reprimanding two children. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1785, after J.A. de Peters.
  • The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.
  • 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.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and angels, with Saint Francis, Saint Dominic, Saint Monica and Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, 1830, after L. Carracci.