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Cradles

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  • 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.
  • The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.
  • Edward II's cradle. Engraving.
  • Alexandra, Princess of Wales with her baby son Albert Victor. Engraving by W. Holl the younger, 1864, after a photograph by V. Heath.
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.
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    An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

    Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. | Reference: 22033i
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    A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.

    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873. | Date: 2 October 1848 | Reference: 17490i
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    Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Reference: 17579i
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    Two angels approach the Virgin Mary and Joseph with Christ sleeping in his cradle. Etching.

    | Reference: 17575i
    • Books

    Cradles of the American aborigines / by Otis T. Mason ; with notes on the artificial deformation of children among savage and civilized peoples by J.H. Porter.

    Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908. | Date: 1889
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