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  • Napoléon I presenting his new born son Napoléon II to his soldiers in 1811. Engraving by Mme. Lessueur after A. Testard.
  • Children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Mezzotint by W.J. Edwards after F.D. Hardy.
  • A dying little girl is held by her mother in bed, while another child consoles the grieving father. Transfer lithograph.
  • The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a bird's-eye view of the courtyard. Coloured engraving, 1756.
  • A school for mothers / by Evelyn M. Bunting [and others].
  • Drinkers revelling outside a country tavern as a young man is led away by his mother (?). Etching by J. Wachsmuth, mid 18th century, after D. Teniers.
  • Donde vá mamà?.
  • Charity being handed out in the form of clothes to the poor and needy. Line engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms, below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth, 1739.
  • HIV & AIDS : information about mothers and children with HIV infection / written by Rosie Claxton for the Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman.
  • Woman churning yoghurt with a baby on her lap. Chromolithograph.
  • The newly born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; her mother lies in white on the bed. Coloured engraving by P. Bouttats.
  • A dying woman lies in bed: a woman at the bedside is consoled by another. Line engraving by F. Lightfoot after T. Allom.
  • The holy family, including Anne, mother of Mary, at rest. Lithograph by Francais after G-D-J. Descamps, 1851.
  • The newly born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; her mother lies in white on the bed. Coloured engraving by P. Bouttats.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman.
  • A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • Four children, two with measles, in the same bed: their mother tells the district nurse that there is no risk of infection. Wood engraving by S. Wood, 1915.
  • An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.
  • A rich man and his servant hand out food and alms to the poor and hungry. Etching by A. Chataignier and C. Niquet after V.M. Langlois after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F.D. Hardy.
  • Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin, at the birth of Christ. Etching by F. Perrier, 1633, after S. Vouet.
  • A school for mothers / by Evelyn M. Bunting [and others].
  • Chichester: the Infirmary. Coloured line engraving by W. Symms after N. Whittock.
  • The aged Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, meets Joachim by the Golden Gate at Jerusalem. Engraving by H. Wierix.
  • A school for mothers / by Evelyn M. Bunting [and others].
  • A country doctor comforting the mother of a sick child, who is in bed in the background. Mezzotint by J.A. Allais after P. Duval-Lecamus.
  • The birth of the Virgin (?) amidst much celebration. Colour engraving by S. Mulinari after G. Pordenone.
  • The birth of Julius Caesar from his dead mother. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1506.