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Child care

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  • A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.
  • A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.
  • A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.
  • A sick child sitting on her father's knee while her mother prepares some soup for her, a dead rabbit is lying on the floor. Chromolithograph after J. Clark.
  • A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.
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Catalogue

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    Chavasse's advice to a mother : on the management of her children and on the treatment of some of their illnesses and accidents.

    Chavasse, Pye Henry, 1810-1879 | Date: [1925]
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    Mental health through education / by W. Carson Ryan.

    Ryan, W. Carson (Will Carson), 1885-1968. | Date: 1938
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    A treatise on the diseases and physical education of children / by John Eberle.

    Eberle, John, 1787-1838. | Date: 1848, ©1833
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    A poor family praying before eating their simple evening meal. Mezzotint by W. Baillie, 1784, after A. Ostade.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Date: 1 August 1794 | Reference: 17757i
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    Letters to married women, on nursing and the management of children / by Hugh Smith.

    | Date: 1792
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