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  • Womb
  • Engraving: Womb of a hen
  • The womb: three figures, one of the pregnant womb. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating babies in the womb and internal structures of the womb. Etching by Barlow.
  • Figure of a baby in a womb. Turkish Ottoman Manuscript
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the human womb, and (below) a foetus in the womb. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Two specula for dilating the womb and administering treatments for ulcers. Woodcut, 1560/1600.
  • An abnormal foetus in the womb, which is about to be naturally aborted. Engraving.
  • A foetus in the womb (cross-section). Photograph, 1920/1940, of a framed bas-relief, 18--?.
  • Wooden Anatomical Figures: Male and female (female 'open' to reveal feotus in womb). anon. n.d.
  • 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.
  • The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.
  • Nine diagrams of babies in the womb and two illustrations of obstetrical instruments. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.
  • A diagram of the heart and three illustrations of babies in the womb. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Statue showing Saint Anne with the Virgin Mary in the womb. Used for Invoking a successful delivery.
  • Four diagrams of babies in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating babies in the womb in different positions about to enter the world. Etching by Barlow.
  • Four babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • Six diagrams of babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
  • Dissection of a foetus and the womb of the mother, shortly after birth. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.
  • Dissection of the pregnant uterus: initial view of the opened womb. Copperplate engraving by J.S.(?) Müller after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Thirteen diagrams of a child in the womb in various positions; two obstetrical chairs and several obstetrical instruments. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.
  • A surgeon performing a Caesarean operation on an agonized woman who had apparently been carrying a dead baby in her womb for five years. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1560.
  • Front view of the pregnant uterus and pelvic area, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen womb. Copperplate engraving by R. Strange after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature showing the fourteen dreams of Queen trisata, wife of Siddhartha (Buddha), who now carries Mahavira in her womb.
  • A red and black impression of a foetus and and umbilical cord within a womb incorporating a series of orange numbers and purple paint marks; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Fernando Arias, ca. 1995.
  • A man stands behind a heavily pregnant woman in tears whose womb and fetus is displayed representing a warning about the risk of AIDS when pregnant; advertisement for the AIDS Prevention Program in New Orleans. Lithograph by BD (?).
  • A man stands behind a heavily pregnant woman in tears whose womb and fetus is displayed representing a warning about the risk of AIDS when pregnant; advertisement for the AIDS Prevention Program in New Orleans. Lithograph by BD (?).