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  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.

    Reference
    17427i
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  • A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.

    • Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
    Date
    1641-1784
    Reference
    17411i
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  • Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving by Du Maurier, 1892.

    • Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.
    Date
    1892
    Reference
    14295i
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  • A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

    • Stella, Jacques, 1596-1657.
    Reference
    17586i
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  • A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child. Pencil drawing.

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    17681i
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  • A woman breast-feeding her child among her family. Etching after A. van Ostade, 1641.

    • Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
    Date
    1641
    Reference
    17407i
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  • A father feeding his infant whilst the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Pen drawing after A. van Ostade, 1648.

    • Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
    Date
    1648
    Reference
    17408i
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  • A small girl is feeding leaves to deer in a garden outside a cottage. Coloured lithograph.

    Date
    1800-1899
    Reference
    33306i
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  • A father feeding his infant while the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Etching after A. van Ostade, 1648.

    • Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
    Date
    1648
    Reference
    17409i
    • Pictures
  • A health inspector dismayed to discover that a mother thinks her child has been vaccinated because he has been butted by a cow. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1877.

    • Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.
    Date
    1877
    Reference
    13814i
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