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The secret is out, you can be Asian and gay : rejected by my family for not being straight, loved by my boyfriend for being gay / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.

Anatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left); surgeons perform operations on a child and a woman. Etching by D. Berger, 1774, after D. Chodowiecki.

Elkanah and Hannah discuss the weaning of Samuel. Mezzotint by G. Graham, 1815.

Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

The young Christ lectures the doctors of the Temple. Engraving by E. Rouargue.

Healthy parents with healthy children, representing benefits of the National Socialist policy on the struggle against inherited diseases. Colour lithograph after F.Th. Würbel, 1936.

The child Aaron being led away by Moses' father, after abandoning Moses in the bullrushes. Etching by C. Bouzonnet-Stella, 1672, after N. Poussin, 1654.

A mother explaning to a doctor that her baby's medicine has been used up quickly because the whole family tried it - to encourage baby to take some. Reproduction of a drawing by B. Prance, 1923.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. Engraving by J.B. Barbé after G.B. Paggi.

The family report 2003 : choosing happiness? / a report commissioned by Lever Fabergé and researched and written by Kate Stanley, Laura Edwards and Becky Hatch and on behalf of ippr trading ltd.

Spawning generations : rants and reflections on growing up with LGBTQ+ parents / edited by Sadie Epstein-Fine and Makeda Zook.

The complete book of mothercraft : a collection of expert advice for successful parenthood / by twenty-five leading specialists ; edited by B.G. Spiers.

Dear you : a letter to my unborn children / Tessa Broad.

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Parent and child

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The family report 2003 : choosing happiness? / a report commissioned by Lever Fabergé and researched and written by Kate Stanley, Laura Edwards and Becky Hatch and on behalf of ippr trading ltd.

Spawning generations : rants and reflections on growing up with LGBTQ+ parents / edited by Sadie Epstein-Fine and Makeda Zook.

Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

The complete book of mothercraft : a collection of expert advice for successful parenthood / by twenty-five leading specialists ; edited by B.G. Spiers.

Dear you : a letter to my unborn children / Tessa Broad.

Parent and child

Images from the collections

Images about Parent and child

Works from the collections

The family report 2003 : choosing happiness? / a report commissioned by Lever Fabergé and researched and written by Kate Stanley, Laura Edwards and Becky Hatch and on behalf of ippr trading ltd.

Spawning generations : rants and reflections on growing up with LGBTQ+ parents / edited by Sadie Epstein-Fine and Makeda Zook.

Hagar and Ishmael saved by an angel. Coloured mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1798, after J.S. Copley.

The complete book of mothercraft : a collection of expert advice for successful parenthood / by twenty-five leading specialists ; edited by B.G. Spiers.

Dear you : a letter to my unborn children / Tessa Broad.

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