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A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.

A woman breast feeding two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.

The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.

A drunken scene in a gin shop with children being given alcohol. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.

The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.

Havana, baby taking milk from a goat, Photograph 1930

A drunken man sits at home with his family who must pawn their clothes to pay for his habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

Thomas Coram, in the foreground an infant in a basket, in the background the Foundling Hospital. Line engraving by J. W. Cook after B. Nebot, 1741.

A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STDs and AIDS (Hindi version); a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.

Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1776, after Rembrandt, 1649.

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

Colour atlas of mouth, throat, and ear disorders in children / John Bain, Philip Carter, Richard Morton.

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 group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

Der Stoffwechsel des Kindes von der Geburt bis zur Beendigung des Wachstums meist nach eigenen Versuchen dargestellt.

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Infants

Images from the collections

Images about Infants

Works from the collections

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

Colour atlas of mouth, throat, and ear disorders in children / John Bain, Philip Carter, Richard Morton.

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 group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

Der Stoffwechsel des Kindes von der Geburt bis zur Beendigung des Wachstums meist nach eigenen Versuchen dargestellt.

Infants

Images from the collections

Images about Infants

Works from the collections

An iris; flowers and birds; two ladies, one with a baby. Ink drawings.

Colour atlas of mouth, throat, and ear disorders in children / John Bain, Philip Carter, Richard Morton.

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 group of men, women and children representing the difficulty in spotting who carries the HIV virus (French version). Colour lithograph, ca. 1995 (?).

Der Stoffwechsel des Kindes von der Geburt bis zur Beendigung des Wachstums meist nach eigenen Versuchen dargestellt.

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