A man washing a child's bottom, in the background an old hag shouts at him. Line 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.

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 12.3 x 9.1 cm

Infancy and parental love : a didactic and domestic poem / by the Rev. Christopher Blencow Dunn.

Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked / Paul Raeburn.

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Father and child

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A man washing a child's bottom, in the background an old hag shouts at him. Line 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.

Infancy and parental love : a didactic and domestic poem / by the Rev. Christopher Blencow Dunn.

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.

Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked / Paul Raeburn.

Father and child

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A man washing a child's bottom, in the background an old hag shouts at him. Line 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.

Infancy and parental love : a didactic and domestic poem / by the Rev. Christopher Blencow Dunn.

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.

Do fathers matter? : what science is telling us about the parent we've overlooked / Paul Raeburn.

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