A midwife washes a newborn baby while a kneeling attendant proffers a robe with which to wrap it; left, an attendant brings food to the mother whose hand can be glimpsed behind a screen. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716/1736.
- Nishikawa, Sukenobu, 1671-1751.
- Date:
- 1716/1736]
- Reference:
- 565143i
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A midwife washes a newborn baby while a kneeling attendant proffers a robe with which to wrap it; left, an attendant brings food to the mother whose hand can be glimpsed behind a screen. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716/1736. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.