A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.

A father feeding his infant whilst the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Pen drawing after A. van Ostade, 1648.

A father feeding his infant while the mother attends to domestic jobs and a small child plays with its food. Etching after A. van Ostade, 1648.

A woman breast-feeding her child among her family. Etching after A. van Ostade, 1641.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her busy family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1786, after A. van Ostade.

The captain's bulletin, in reply to scribblers and meddlers : "Rule a wife and have a wife."

A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by servants and his grieving family. Etching by A. Baratti after A. Novelli after B. Picart.

Conjugal lewdness  or, matrimonial whoredom.

Domestic happiness , a sermon, delivered at the South Church in Portsmouth, Lord's-Day, February 23, 1800. By Joseph Buckminster, A.M. Pasror [sic] of the North Church.

467 pages, 12 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (12mo)

Les novvelles recreations et ioyevx devis de Bonauanture des Periers.

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.2 x 15.4 cm

156 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 23 cm

Hedylus / H.D.

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Domestic relations

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Conjugal lewdness or, matrimonial whoredom.

Domestic happiness , a sermon, delivered at the South Church in Portsmouth, Lord's-Day, February 23, 1800. By Joseph Buckminster, A.M. Pasror [sic] of the North Church.

Les novvelles recreations et ioyevx devis de Bonauanture des Periers.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.

Hedylus / H.D.

Domestic relations

Images from the collections

Images featuring Domestic relations

Works from the collections

Conjugal lewdness or, matrimonial whoredom.

Domestic happiness , a sermon, delivered at the South Church in Portsmouth, Lord's-Day, February 23, 1800. By Joseph Buckminster, A.M. Pasror [sic] of the North Church.

Les novvelles recreations et ioyevx devis de Bonauanture des Periers.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.

Hedylus / H.D.

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