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1 print : engraving ; image 19.5 x 22.9 cm

One boy is holding his mouth open as another aims to throw a cherry for him to catch, two girls look on in amusement. Engraving by H. Bourne after W. Mulready.

Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

1 print : lithograph, printed in fluorescent orange, white and black on pink ; sheet 42 x 29.5 cm

A white telephone on a pink background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from playing". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.

Penguin handbooks

352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.

The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.

<p>The East London Hospital for Children was established in Shadwell, 1868. It also housed a dispensary for women</p>

1 print : wood engraving ; image 31 x 48.5 cm

Children at play in the East London Hospital for Children. Wood engraving by J. Swain after G.W. Ridley, 1872.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 14 x 10.3 cm

A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.

1 print : etching ; platemark 23.3 x 19.7 cm

A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

<p>Tilottama was originally a Brahmān female but caused offense by bathing at an improper season, she was condemned to be born as an Apsaras. She was used for the purpose of the mutual destruction of two demons, Sunda and Upasunda. She is also sent to test the strength of yogi's vows of chastity</p>

Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 26 x 33

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One boy is holding his mouth open as another aims to throw a cherry for him to catch, two girls look on in amusement. Engraving by H. Bourne after W. Mulready.

Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

A white telephone on a pink background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from playing". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.

The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.

Children at play in the East London Hospital for Children. Wood engraving by J. Swain after G.W. Ridley, 1872.

A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.

A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.

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One boy is holding his mouth open as another aims to throw a cherry for him to catch, two girls look on in amusement. Engraving by H. Bourne after W. Mulready.

Rompa : Spring/Summer 2014 : the complete sensory resource for all generations / Rompa Ltd.

A white telephone on a pink background advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message ''You do not get AIDS from playing". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, ca. 1995.

The Penguin book of playgroups / Joyce Lucas and Vivienne McKennell.

Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.

Children at play in the East London Hospital for Children. Wood engraving by J. Swain after G.W. Ridley, 1872.

A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.

A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Children playing with various toys, in the background are paintings of the Creation and the creation of Adam. Engraving by A. Bosse, 1636.

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