House furnishings - History
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The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
Date: 1843Reference: 17258i
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A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.
Adriaen van OstadeDate: 1 August 1794Reference: 17757i
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A carbuncled woman retiring to bed; creating a satirical figure of female vanity. Coloured wood engraving.
Date: [date of publication not identified]Reference: 10741i
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A man, decrepit with gout, helpless in his own home. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [date of publication not identified]Reference: 10510i
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A surgeon tending a woman who has just fainted after bloodletting; she is supported by female members of her family. Engraving by Garlieb after Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.
Eglon van der NeerDate: [date of publication not identified]Reference: 23467i