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

A small girl is feeding leaves to deer in a garden outside a cottage. Coloured lithograph.

A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.

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 health inspector dismayed to discover that a mother thinks her child has been vaccinated because he has been butted by a cow. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1877.

Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1892.

A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child. Pencil drawing.

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

Dr. J. Alibert taking serum from a servant's baby to vaccinate the child of Mme Desbordes-Valmore. Photograph, 1938, of a painting by C. Desbordes, 1822.

Malnourished children of the rural poor : the web of food, health, education, fertility, and agricultural production / Judith B. Balderston, Alan B. Wilson, Maria E. Freire, Mari S. Simonen of the Berkeley Project on Educatioon and Nutrition ; with forewords by Charles S. Benson, Sheldon Margen.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

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Rural children

Images from the collections

Images about Rural children

Works from the collections

Malnourished children of the rural poor : the web of food, health, education, fertility, and agricultural production / Judith B. Balderston, Alan B. Wilson, Maria E. Freire, Mari S. Simonen of the Berkeley Project on Educatioon and Nutrition ; with forewords by Charles S. Benson, Sheldon Margen.

A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.

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

Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1892.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

Rural children

Images from the collections

Images about Rural children

Works from the collections

Malnourished children of the rural poor : the web of food, health, education, fertility, and agricultural production / Judith B. Balderston, Alan B. Wilson, Maria E. Freire, Mari S. Simonen of the Berkeley Project on Educatioon and Nutrition ; with forewords by Charles S. Benson, Sheldon Margen.

A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.

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

Two girls commenting on the fact that the new doctor's children are ugly as they pass them in the woods - misinterpreting the theory of natural selection. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier, 1892.

A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.

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