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Images about Fathers

45 images from works
  • Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.
  • A woman in labour, lying down, eyes closed, her partner next to her.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • A couple in animal skins (Adam and Eve?) journeying with three children after the expulsion. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.
  • A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.
  • A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.
  • A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.
  • A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.
  • The birth of Henri of Navarre (Henry IV King of France). Line engraving by J.B. Pfitzer after L. Lafitte.
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Works from the collections

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    A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: 1993 | Reference: 675456i
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    White dads : a new anthology of stories, art & experiences told by people of color fathered by white men / Sarah Grace.

    | Date: [2016]
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    Detail of the faces of an expectant father and person in a headscarf smiling at a woman in labour who is lying down, also smiling.

    Heather Spears | Date: 1987 | Reference: 3329265i.47
    Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.
    • Books

    Fathers and fatherhood in Britain / Louie Burghes, Lynda Clarke and Natalie Cronin.

    Burghes, L. (Louie) | Date: 1997
    • Pictures

    A woman in labour lying in bed with knees raised during labour, while the expectant father holds her hand and an unidentified hand in the frame on the left.

    Heather Spears | Date: 1987 | Reference: 3329265i.51
    Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.
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Related topics

Labor (Obstetrics)
Pregnant women
Childbirth
Gestational Carriers
Mothers
Hospitals, Maternity
Family
Father-Child Relations
Love
Parturition

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