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4 images from works
  • The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1745, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The massacre of the innocents. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • The killing of the Egyptian firstborn by God. Coloured mezzotint by J. Martin, 1836, after himself.

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    The massacre of the innocents. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.

    Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. | Reference: 11801i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    On the handicapping of the first-born : being a lecture delivered at the Galton laboratory, University College, London, March 17, 1914 / by Karl Pearson.

    Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936. | Date: 1914
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    The birth of a first child : towards an understanding of femininity / Dana Breen.

    Breen, Dana. | Date: [1975]
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    The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869. | Date: 1843 | Reference: 23553i
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    The massacre of the innocents. Chiaroscuro woodcut by J.B. Jackson, 1745, after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

    Tintoretto, 1518-1594. | Reference: 22386i
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Parent and child
Infanticide
Christianity
Mothers
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Murder
Death
Violence
Infants in the Bible
Massacre of the Holy Innocents

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