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Concept

Mother and infant

Images

  • Queen Victoria with the infant Princess Victoria on her lap. Mezzotint by G.H. Phillips after E. Cole, 1841.
  • The Virgin Mary adoring Christ as an infant. Line engraving by G.D. Picchianti after F. Petrucci after Titian.
  • A woman sitting outside with a friend breast-feeding her child, a goat accompanies them. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • 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.
  • Five people sitting and standing around a tea-table, one of them a mother with a child. Lithograph by J. Fischer, 1803.
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    A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.

    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873. | Date: 2 October 1848 | Reference: 17490i
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    A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.

    Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Marie, 1714-1789. | Date: [1746?] | Reference: 17435i
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    A Greenwich Pensioner recounting his exploits to a small boy, showing him a print called "The blowing up of the Orient": his mother and a print pedlar (?) look on. Engraving by T. Holles, 1845, after E. M. Ward.

    Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879. | Date: 1845 | Reference: 31794i
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    King Robert the Bruce saves the life of a mother and her new born infant on a battlefield in Ireland. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1842, after W. Allan, 1840.

    Allan, William, 1782-1850. | Date: [1842] | Reference: 3223724i
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    A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.

    Strang, William, 1859-1921. | Date: 1904 | Reference: 17694i
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