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Motherhood

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Parenthood

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Images from the collections

Images about Motherhood

51 images from works
  • Sterling silver, ivory and glass nipple-shield. The silver one is hallmarked with the maker'd initials and George III's head and has been dated to 1786-1821
  • The Virgin Mary adoring Christ as an infant. Line engraving by G.D. Picchianti after F. Petrucci after Titian.
  • Mellin's Food for infants, Advertisment Card
  • The Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, Zacharias holds the infant John the Baptist. Line engraving by G.B. Pasqualini, 1621, after G.F. Barbieri.
  • A vision of motherhood with a small child. Heliotype by Arents after L. Marqueste.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • Sugar of Milk, which is the basis of lactated food... (Burlington, Vt.): Wells & Richardson, Trade Card
  • The Virgin Mary telling a young Saint John the Baptist to be quiet as the baby Jesus is sleeping. Engraving by E. Hainzelmann after Annibale Carracci.
  • Alexandra, Princess of Wales with her baby son Albert Victor. Engraving by W. Holl the younger, 1864, after a photograph by V. Heath.
  • Birthday greetings from five lactated food babies. Burlington, Vt.: Wells & Ricahrdson. Trade Card
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Works from the collections

172 works

    • Books

    Ocytocin : birthing the world / Procreate Project.

    Procreate Project | Date: 2017
    • Books

    Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

    | Date: 2009
    • Books

    Breasts across motherhood : lived experiences and critical examinations / edited by Patricia Drew and Rosann Edwards.

    | Date: [2020]
    • Books

    Mutterschaft und Gesellschaft : Beiträge zur Geschichte des Mutter- und Säuglingsschutzes / [E. Schlieben].

    Schlieben, E. | Date: [1927]
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Pregnancy

    Bill McConkey
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Related topics

Mothers
Animal feeding
Baby
Mothers
Love, Maternal
Mother-Child Relations
United States
Mother and infant
Childbirth
Nutrition

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