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  • A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
  • The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.
  • Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.
  • A woman breast feeding her child while she is holding it and its cradle. Collotype after a wooden sculpture.
  • Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • Mary and Joseph walk to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Pitau, 1666, after S. François.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.
  • Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz (?) after Fray B. de Sahagún.
  • The Virgin Mary with Christ as a small child, another woman stands above them arms raised, perhaps Saint Anne. Line engraving.
  • A man, ruined through drink, sits at home with his poor, starving family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A woman sewing in a pleasant domestic interior, her baby sleeps sweetly in its cradle. Aquatint by J. Sartain after G. Dou.
  • A woman breast feeding her baby in the family's home and workshop; perhaps a comparison to the Holy Family. Engraving by J. Le Bas and P. Martini, 1772, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640.
  • Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.
  • A woman feeding her baby while her husband reads a book in a rural domestic environment. Engraving by P.A. Le Beau after A. de Gelder.
  • Two angels approach the Virgin Mary and Joseph with Christ sleeping in his cradle. Etching.
  • A man observing his wife breast feed their child. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.
  • A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • A woman feeding her baby while her husband reads a book in a rural domestic environment. Engraving by P.A. Le Beau after A. de Gelder.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop being attacked by Susannah with a saucepan, while the nurse holds the baby Tristram Shandy. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.
  • A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.