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Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

A father, having banished his daughter to her room, now seeks to console her. Wood engraving by J. Swain after R. Barnes.

A young woman implores her father to allow her to marry a politician who supported a different candidate in the Middlesex by-election from the one favoured by the father. Engraving by J. Miller, 1769.

A girl returns to her family home in the village where her fine clothes and shoes are burnt by her father and she is given a peasant dress to wear. Lithograph by Thos. & Wm. Fairland, 1832, after P.E. Destouches.

Pero breastfeeding her father Cimon to assuage his hunger. Etching by Francesco Cozza.

Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.

The martyrdom of Saint Barbara. Engraving by Wierix after Jan van der Straet (Stradanus), 15--.

An episode in The vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith: Dr Primrose finding his daughter Olivia, who has been jilted by Squire Thornhill. Coloured engraving by F. Bartolozzi after J.H. Ramberg.

Cimon in prison sucks at the breast of his daughter Pero. Woodcut and letterpress, ca. 1850 (?).

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.

Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Billy's halo : love, science and my father's death / Ruth McKernan.

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Fathers and daughters

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Images about Fathers and daughters

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Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Billy's halo : love, science and my father's death / Ruth McKernan.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

Fathers and daughters

Images from the collections

Images about Fathers and daughters

Works from the collections

Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Billy's halo : love, science and my father's death / Ruth McKernan.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

An angry father reproaching his daughter after intercepting a love-letter to her. Mezzotint by J. Ward, 1817, after J. Opie.

A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.

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