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Images about Marriage

93 images from works
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.
  • Saint Cecilia with Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, a bishop and Saint Mary Magdalen. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Raphael.
  • Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.
  • A portrait of an Indian couple torn in two with the warning 'they could have saved their marriage'; an anti-AIDS advertisement for Sex Education Counselling Research Thearpy Training issued by the Family Planning Association of India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.
  • Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.
  • Family Doctor's shopping aid to those who are getting married : this book of coupons has been included to help you in obtaining more information about the products advertised... : a Family Doctor special advertising feature.
  • A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
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Works from the collections

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    Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

    Eyles, Leonora, 1890- | Date: 1943
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    A ritual for married lovers / Jules Guyot ; translated by Gertrude Minturn Pinchot.

    Guyot, Jules, 1807-1872. | Date: 1933
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    A young couple are being married in church. Stipple engraving by R.M. Meadows, 1806, after R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. | Date: Septr.1. 1806 | Reference: 28863i
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    15+ facts of life / by Kenneth Barnes.

    Barnes, Kenneth Charles. | Date: 1967
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    Within walls : private life in the German Democratic Republic / Paul Betts.

    Betts, Paul, 1963- | Date: 2010
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Families - History
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Eugenics
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