Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.

A monk carries a small child at night, while on his back he carries a bundle in which the face of a woman is visible: he is delivering them to a convent. Etching.

Unmarried mothers being brought before a court hearing and judged severely. Woodcut.

Children of scorn and medical papers / by Lady Cook (née Tennessee Claflin).

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 26.3 x 20 cm

An account of receipts & disbursements of money, received and paid to the poor of the township of Oldham, and for other purposes, as appears by this account, from, May 12th. 1806. to May 12th. 1807 / John Radcliffe, secretary.

1 print : etching, with drypoint ; image 18.4 x 11.1 cm

The teenage pregnant girl / edited by Jack Zackler and Wayne Brandstadt.

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Children of scorn and medical papers / by Lady Cook (née Tennessee Claflin).

Pope Sixtus IV being shown the cadavers of dead illegitimate children picked out of the Tiber, and deciding to reform the law which allowed their infanticide. Photograph by Ditta Vasari, 19-- (?) after a freso painting.

An account of receipts & disbursements of money, received and paid to the poor of the township of Oldham, and for other purposes, as appears by this account, from, May 12th. 1806. to May 12th. 1807 / John Radcliffe, secretary.

A monk carries a small child at night, while on his back he carries a bundle in which the face of a woman is visible: he is delivering them to a convent. Etching.

The teenage pregnant girl / edited by Jack Zackler and Wayne Brandstadt.