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Children of scorn and medical papers / by Lady Cook (née Tennessee Claflin).

<p>One of the frescoes dated 1477-1481 of scenes in the life of Pope Sixtus IV which he commissioned  from an unidentified painter for the Ospedale Santo Spirito in Rome. The incident shown is said to have led to the founding of the foundling hospital of the Ospedale Santo Spirito</p>

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 26.3 x 20 cm

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

An account of receipts & disbursements of money, received and paid to the poor of the township of Oldham, and for other purposes, as appears by this account, from, May 12th. 1806. to May 12th. 1807 / John Radcliffe, secretary.

1 print : etching, with drypoint ; image 18.4 x 11.1 cm

A monk carries a small child at night, while on his back he carries a bundle in which the face of a woman is visible: he is delivering them to a convent. Etching.

The teenage pregnant girl / edited by Jack Zackler and Wayne Brandstadt.

Unmarried mothers being brought before a court hearing and judged severely. Woodcut.

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One-parent families / edited by Dulan Barber.

The charities of London : comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general condition of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London / by Sampson Low.

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 25.9 x 50.5 cm

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Children of scorn and medical papers / by Lady Cook (née Tennessee Claflin).

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

An account of receipts & disbursements of money, received and paid to the poor of the township of Oldham, and for other purposes, as appears by this account, from, May 12th. 1806. to May 12th. 1807 / John Radcliffe, secretary.

A monk carries a small child at night, while on his back he carries a bundle in which the face of a woman is visible: he is delivering them to a convent. Etching.

The teenage pregnant girl / edited by Jack Zackler and Wayne Brandstadt.

Unmarried mothers being brought before a court hearing and judged severely. Woodcut.

One-parent families / edited by Dulan Barber.

The charities of London : comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general condition of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London / by Sampson Low.

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

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Children of scorn and medical papers / by Lady Cook (née Tennessee Claflin).

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

An account of receipts & disbursements of money, received and paid to the poor of the township of Oldham, and for other purposes, as appears by this account, from, May 12th. 1806. to May 12th. 1807 / John Radcliffe, secretary.

A monk carries a small child at night, while on his back he carries a bundle in which the face of a woman is visible: he is delivering them to a convent. Etching.

The teenage pregnant girl / edited by Jack Zackler and Wayne Brandstadt.

Unmarried mothers being brought before a court hearing and judged severely. Woodcut.

One-parent families / edited by Dulan Barber.

The charities of London : comprising an account of the operations, resources, and general condition of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London / by Sampson Low.

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

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