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  • A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.
  • Bailey Prison, Lying-in Hospital, Salford, Lancashire. Etching by J. Davies, 1829, after Harwood.
  • The Virgin Mary with Christ as a small child, another woman stands above them arms raised, perhaps Saint Anne. Line engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary with Christ as an infant with Joseph and Anne, in the background the archangel Gabriel holding a lily. Line engraving.
  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.
  • Pregnancy
  • Side view of a pregnant lady, silhouette
  • Hospice Maternité allaitement, Paris: facade with a keyed floor and street plan. Engraving by J.E. Thierry after H. Bessat, 1811.
  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary adoring Christ as an infant. Line engraving by G.D. Picchianti after F. Petrucci after Titian.
  • Two angels approach the Virgin Mary and Joseph with Christ sleeping in his cradle. Etching.
  • A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child. Pencil drawing.
  • A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child in a bleak rural setting. Engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, Zacharias holds the infant John the Baptist. Line engraving by G.B. Pasqualini, 1621, after G.F. Barbieri.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • Hospice de la Maternité, Paris: facade and keyed floor and street plans. Engraving by J.E. Thierry after H. Bessat, 1810.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • An anxious mother checking on her sleeping baby. Coloured lithograph by E. de Barescut after Lebot.
  • An anxious mother checking on her sleeping baby. Coloured lithograph by E. de Barescut after Lebot.
  • Nursery and Child's Hospital, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary feeding Christ as a baby, angels and putti flutter around preparing and serving dishes. Etching.
  • The Virgin Mary feeding Christ as a baby, angels and putti flutter around preparing and serving dishes. Etching.
  • (Left) a celebration of the birth of a child, (right) the child's first bath. Etching by B. Picart after himself, 1726.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo praying to the Virgin on behalf of victims of the plague in Milan, 1576. Engraving by A. Boccabadati after A. Malatesta after M.A. Franceschini.
  • Asylum for Lying-in-Women. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.
  • The Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus with Elizabeth and John the Baptist, Joseph is reading in the background. Engraving by Fra Bonaventura Bisi, 1634, after himself.
  • 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.
  • 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.