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  • A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • A woman sitting next to her husband and breast feeding her child. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • The City of London Lying-in Hospital in the background: a mother breast-feeding on the left. Steel engraving by T. Coleman.
  • 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 woman holding three children one of whom is breast-feeding from her; representing charity. Line engraving by T. Verkruis after C. Sacconi after G. Reni.
  • A woman wrapping a baby in swaddling bandages after breast feeding it, several other women and a small child sit with her. Engraving by A. Bosse.
  • 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 poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.
  • 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.
  • 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 two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.
  • A woman breast feeding two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.
  • A woman breast feeding her baby in the family's home and workshop; perhaps a comparison to the Holy Family. Engraving by J. Le Bas and P. Martini, 1772, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640.
  • One of the principal routes of transmission of HIV is from a woman with HIV to her baby during pregnancy, birth or breast feeding : 3% of all women attending antenatal clinics in Mumbai (Bombay) are testing HIV positive / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities.
  • One of the principal routes of transmission of HIV is from a woman with HIV to her baby during pregnancy, birth or breast feeding : 3% of all women attending antenatal clinics in Mumbai (Bombay) are testing HIV positive / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities.
  • Two scenes from a Samurai epic: left, a warrior brandishes his sword while an ethereal woman seeks to restrain (?) him; the severed head of a demon (?) cat lies on the ground; right, two mothers, one holding her child on her shoulder, the other seated on the ground breast-feeding. Woodcuts by Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. 1830 (?).
  • In a rural garden, two boys draw the figure of Nature represented as a woman with six breasts feeding two infants; around, examples of nature and education. Engraving by E.J.N. de Ghendt after C.P. Marillier, ca. 1788/1793.
  • A man observing his wife breast feed their child. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • A man observing his wife breast feed their child. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • Joseph reads from the Bible while the Virgin Mary breast feeds Jesus. Etching by S. della Bella.
  • An older child looking lovingly over her mother's shoulder as she breast feeds an infant. Etching after A. Correggio.
  • A man selling opium; nearby a woman breast feeds her baby. Engraving by F. W. Topham, c. 1840, after W. Muller.
  • Babies at a maternity hospital refusing to breast feed until the Houses (of Parliament) are dissolved. Coloured lithograph by J.E. Chaponnière, 1831.
  • A wet-nurse attempts to breast feed John the Baptist who is held by the Virgin(?); Elizabeth is recovering in bed, Zacharias looks on proudly. Engraving.
  • A wet-nurse attempts to breast feed John the Baptist who is held by the Virgin(?); Elizabeth is recovering in bed, Zacharias looks on proudly. Engraving.
  • A mother breast feeds her baby as another woman looks on: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.
  • A mother breast feeds her baby as another woman looks on: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.