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  • Silkworms: thirteen figures showing silkworms at various stages of development, from egg and caterpillar, to pupa and moth. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Two children are watching a moth hovering over flames, while Penelope, who is accompanied by a stork, encourages them to turn their attention to the Acropolis; representing wisdom as the only lasting good. Colour lithograph.
  • Above, three fish, four chitons (marine molluscs), a chimaera (a cartilaginous fish of the family Chimeridae), a chrysis (quiescent pupa of butterfly or moth), a cicada, two clematis flowers and three insects; below, flowers and sprig of the coccoloba and a male and a female cochineal insect. Engraving by Heath.
  • Sugaring for moths
  • Eleven different moths. Coloured etching by M. Harris.
  • Three moths, one possibly a wood tiger (Nemeophila plantaginis). Stipple engraving with etching.
  • A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
  • A large paeony (Paeonia species) surrounded by various flowers and moths. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • Two moths, one a swallow-tail and one possibly a marvel-du-jour (Agriopis species). Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Seven insects of the order Lepidoptera, with four scale-covered wings, including butterflies and moths. Line engraving by Milton, 1806.
  • Mother Cell
  • A bee, five butterflies (including a pale clouded yellow), six moths and two crane flies with details of antennae. Coloured etching, ca. 1834.
  • Peking mother and children
  • Mother with baby, Zambia
  • Mother breastfeeding her baby
  • Dan Leno as "Mother Goose".
  • Dan Leno as "Mother Goose".
  • Effigy of mother and child
  • Mother Shipton's life & prophecies.
  • Mother touching her premature baby
  • New born goat and mother.
  • A mother carrying a child.
  • Complementary feeding: mother feeding child
  • Tom. E. Murray as Mother Goose.
  • Tom. E. Murray as Mother Goose.
  • Votive offering: mother and child, Rome.
  • Ivory effigy of mother and child
  • Sanitation: mother supervising child washing hands
  • A mother breastfeeding her child. Lithograph.
  • Piglets with mother in farrowing pen.