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  • A father reprimanding his son, and a mother reprimanding her daughter. Coloured etching, 1801.
  • A mother and daughter reviewing embroidery made by the daughter; a yarn-winder stands nearby. Engraving by F.B. Lépicié, 1740, after J.B.S. Chardin.
  • A black mother with her daughter and son with a message about how a mother tells her children about AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching after N. Poussin.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by Jean-Jacques Lagrenée.
  • The Evelina Hospital, Southwark: a mother and daughter visiting a girl in hospital at Christmas. Coloured process print, 1882, after C. J. Staniland.
  • The Evelina Hospital, Southwark: a mother and daughter visiting a girl in hospital at Christmas. Coloured process print, 1882, after C. J. Staniland.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by J. Pesne after N. Poussin.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1765, after N. Poussin.
  • A mother smiles at her daughter with her husband and son in the background: advert for the male condom in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Femiplan, ca. 2000.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy after N. Poussin.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Etching by A. de Marcenay de Ghuy after N. Poussin.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Drawing by A.-Ch. Coumeau or Courneau, 1802-1804, after N. Poussin.
  • Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Drawing by A.-Ch. Coumeau or Courneau, 1802-1804, after N. Poussin.
  • A mother sits on a chair looking glum, with one daughter sitting on a stool, another talking to her and yet another sitting at the table wiping her eyes. Chromolithograph.
  • [Leaflet (27 December 1872?) advertising an appearance of "the gigantic mother and daughter" of Queen's County, Ireland. Ann O'Neill is the daughter (also known as Ann O'Neal in other publications) at Whiteley's Unrivalled Exhibition of Living Wonders (15 Tichborne Street, Haymarket, London). "Gigantic" appears to mean very fat. Also appearing is Mr. Jackson, the "smallest man in the world"].
  • A young couple hide behind a screen while two women search for them. Colour process print by Swaine after R. Sauber, 1896.
  • An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.
  • A bereaved mother mourning her dead daughter in a graveyard, stricken with remorse for having treated her harshly in her lifetime. Engraving by R.L. Wright.
  • Preparation for the witches' sabbath. Etching by D. Vivant-Denon after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.
  • A small girl recovering from an illness and being visited by neighbours. Colour process print, 1907, after E. Magnus.
  • A girl playing at being a nurse by rubbing "Vick" ointment on the chest of a doll. Colour lithograph.
  • A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A man taking a woman's pulse. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck.
  • A physician taking the pulse of a young woman, her concerned mother is seated opposite him, with a servant in the background. Engraving by J.H. Barker.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): a daughter praying to the Virgin for her sick mother. Etching by B. Pinelli.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.
  • A physician examining a urine specimen in which a faint figure of a baby is visible, a female patient is crying and being shouted at by her angry mother, indicating that she is pregnant. Watercolour by I.T., 1826.