The relationship between a mother and her child

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The Virgin Mary adoring Christ as an infant. Line engraving by G.D. Picchianti after F. Petrucci after Titian.

The Virgin Mary feeding Christ as a baby, angels and putti flutter around preparing and serving dishes. Etching.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

The Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, Zacharias holds the infant John the Baptist. Line engraving by G.B. Pasqualini, 1621, after G.F. Barbieri.

A vision of motherhood with a small child. Heliotype by Arents after L. Marqueste.

A woman holding three children one of whom is breast-feeding from her; representing charity. Line engraving by T. Verkruis after C. Sacconi after G. Reni.

A woman in bed holding her new born baby. Phototype by Danesi after a bas-relief, 15--.

The Virgin Mary telling a young Saint John the Baptist to be quiet as the baby Jesus is sleeping. Engraving by E. Hainzelmann after Annibale Carracci.

A woman breast feeding her child while she is holding it and its cradle. Collotype after a wooden sculpture.

A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.

A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

A woman offering her breast to her small child who has just been rescued. Lithograph by J.C. Wilson.

The threads of us / by Elspeth Walker.

A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.

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Love, Maternal

Images from the collections

Images about Love, Maternal

Works from the collections

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

The threads of us / by Elspeth Walker.

A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.

A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.

Love, Maternal

Images from the collections

Images about Love, Maternal

Works from the collections

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

The threads of us / by Elspeth Walker.

A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.

A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.

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