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  • A woman seated on a obstetrical chair giving birth aided by a midwife who works beneath her skirts. Woodcut.
  • A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart.
  • A woman lying on her back with her legs raised during labour, while a medical professional assists with the birth.
  • A woman in bed holding her new born baby. Phototype by Danesi after a bas-relief, 15--.
  • A mother in bed after having given birth; the midwife showing the baby to the father. Coloured stipple engraving, ca. 1800.
  • A child receiving its first bath, the mother is in bed recovering and being given food. Pen drawing.
  • A baby being removed from its dying mother's womb via Caesarean section. Reproduction of woodcut, 1483.
  • A baby being removed from its dying mother's womb via Caesarean section. Reproduction of woodcut, 1483.
  • A child receiving its first bath, the mother is in bed recovering and being given food. Pen drawing.
  • A woman giving birth aided by a surgeon who fumbles beneath a sheet to save the lady from embarassment. Wood engraving after a woodcut, 1711.
  • The workplace of a female healer (midwife and surgeon), with signboard, from outside. Reproduction of wood engraving after H. Daumier, 1841.
  • Four diagrams of babies in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • A woman handing a note to her physician after giving birth, the midwife is seated near her. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.
  • Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
  • Ten diagrams illustrating various methods of delivering a baby using forceps. Etching, 1791.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.
  • Six diagrams of babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • Four babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • A monkey (dressed as a human being) giving birth to a baby monkey aided by a midwife and two attendants. Reproduction of an engraving.
  • The birth of the Antichrist from a dying woman via a Caesarean operation. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1475.
  • The birth of Julius Caesar from his dead mother. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1506.
  • A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].
  • Two diagrams of a childs head starting to emerge from the vagina; two cross-sections of an exposed uterus and two diagrams of a single child and twins in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • The birth of John the Baptist. Etching by C. Maratta after himself.
  • Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the birth. Engraving by A. Tempesta, 1606.
  • A woman wraps a new born baby in swaddling clothes while the mother recovers in bed, the midwife mops her brow. Colour etching by C.M. Metz after F. Barocci.
  • A midwife presenting a new born royal (?) baby to its father and to the royal court. Etching.