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1 print : lithograph ; image 15.5 x 10.9 cm

A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.

According to a story recorded by Valerius Maximus, Cimon was condemned to prison to starve, but his daughter, Pero, saved him by breast feeding him

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 35.6 x 42.4 cm

Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Cimon was sentenced to starve to death but his daughter, Pero, saved him by breast-feeding him milk

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 37.2 x 27.4 cm

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

Cimon was sentenced to starve to death in prison, but his daughter Pero saved him by breast feeding milk to him

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 48 x 33.6 cm

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

After being condemned to be sacrificed as a result of a rash vow by Jephthah, his daughter asks him: "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows [her companions]" (Judges 11.37)
On the owner of the painting: "Cyrus Legg (24 July 1813 - 19 September 1889) was a businessman and local politician in south London. Born in the parish of St John Horsleydown, Bermondsey, he entered business as a wool stapler in the City of London. From 1858-1881 he represented Bermondsey on the Metropolitan Board of Works. In 1873 he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Coopers. He died at his home, Rochfort Tower, South Norwood, aged 76."—London wiki online

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 44.7 x 60.6 cm

Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 14.3 x 15.5 cm

A daughter hides her thoughts from her ailing father as to his condition. Coloured lithograph by [J.S.].

Difficult daughters (and some of their problems) / by Jessie March.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 15.21-28; Mark 7.24-30

1 print : etching ; platemark 27.5 x 18.7 cm

Christ heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan. Etching by Simpson after S. Wale.

Jephthah's vow had been: "If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me ... shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering" (Judges 11.30-1). When he returns from the battle, his daughter, his only child, "meet[s] him with timbrels and dances" ...

1 print : line engraving with stipple ; image 15.4 x 11.4 cm

Jephthah makes a sacrifice of his daughter according to his rash vow. Line engraving by J.W. Cook after J. Opie.

A playing card in the game Happy families

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 8.5 x 6 cm

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A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.

Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.

A daughter hides her thoughts from her ailing father as to his condition. Coloured lithograph by [J.S.].

Difficult daughters (and some of their problems) / by Jessie March.

Christ heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan. Etching by Simpson after S. Wale.

Jephthah makes a sacrifice of his daughter according to his rash vow. Line engraving by J.W. Cook after J. Opie.

Miss Block the barber's daughter. Coloured lithograph.

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A phrenologist holding a skull palpates a girl's skull, while her mother looks on. Lithograph by A-N. Delaunois after A. Debacq.

Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.

A daughter hides her thoughts from her ailing father as to his condition. Coloured lithograph by [J.S.].

Difficult daughters (and some of their problems) / by Jessie March.

Christ heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan. Etching by Simpson after S. Wale.

Jephthah makes a sacrifice of his daughter according to his rash vow. Line engraving by J.W. Cook after J. Opie.

Miss Block the barber's daughter. Coloured lithograph.

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