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Challenges in midwifery care / edited by Ishbel Karger and Sheila C. Hunt.
Date: 1997
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Two diagrams of a childs head starting to emerge from the vagina; two cross-sections of an exposed uterus and two diagrams of a single child and twins in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: [1791]Reference: 17089i
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John the Baptist receiving his first bath, Elizabeth is recovering in bed while Zacharias is recording the childs name. Engraving by C. Galle after J. van der Straet.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Reference: 17370i
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna rests in bed while Mary is looked at in wonderment. Engraving by B. Eredi after G. Perraccini after A. Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Reference: 17332i
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A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
Date: 17Reference: 16964i
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The birth of Julius Caesar from his dead mother. Reproduction, 1933, of a woodcut, 1506.
Date: [1933]Reference: 16942i
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John the Baptist receiving his first bath, Elizabeth is recovering in bed while Zacharias is recording the child's name. Line engraving, c. 1700, after G. Bonasone after G. Pontormo.
Pontormo, Jacopo Carucci, 1494-approximately 1556.Date: [1700?]Reference: 17281i
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A woman giving birth in an elaborate room aided by a midwife and a nun and surrounded by her husband and family. Engraving by A. Bosse.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 16882i
Part of: Le mariage à la ville
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A large man in bed after giving birth to a mouse; referring to the Duke of Buckingham's attempt to introduce his own 'Reform Bill' which excluded disenfranchisement. Coloured lithograph by J.Doyle, 1832.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: [23 April 1832]Reference: 12237i
Part of: HB Sketches
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The birth of the Virgin Mary. Engraving by R. Van Audenaerd after A. Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: 1728Reference: 21515i
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The birth of John the Baptist. Etching by D. Cunego, 1769, after L. Carracci.
Carracci, Lodovico, 1555-1619.Reference: 23997i
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A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?Date: 15 June 1793Reference: 16968i
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Anleitung zur Hebammenkunst / Verfasst von Franz Johann Moschner.
Moschner, Franz Johann.Date: 1849
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The birth of the Virgin Mary in a wealthy household. Engraving by E. Picart after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Reference: 21521i
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An address to the public on the propriety of midwives, instead of surgeons, practising midwifery / Proprietas.
Date: 1826
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A woman in bed holding her new born baby. Phototype by Danesi after a bas-relief, 15--.
Reference: 17222i
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Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the birth. Engraving by A. Tempesta, 1606.
Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.Date: 1606Reference: 16884i
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Zacharias (father of John the Baptist), struck dumb, writes that his son should be known as John. Etching by C. Tinti, 1771, after A. del Sarto.
Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530.Date: 1771Reference: 23994i
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Four babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: 6 May 1791Reference: 17087i
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Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 1 December 1821Reference: 16987i
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna rests in bed while the child is looked at in wonder. Line engraving by R. van Audenaerd after A. Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: 1728Reference: 17326i
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, the midwife hands the baby Mary (in swaddling clothes) to her mother Anne. Coloured pen drawing after a painting by B. Vivarini, 1473.
Vivarini, Bartolommeo, 1432-1499.Reference: 17313i
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Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the childbirth. Line engraving.
Reference: 16885i
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.
Daddi, Bernardo, -1350.Reference: 17310i
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Six diagrams of babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: 15 April 1791Reference: 17090i