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Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.

A woman in labour, lying down, eyes closed, her partner next to her.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

A couple in animal skins (Adam and Eve?) journeying with three children after the expulsion. Coloured stipple engraving.

A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.

A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

A dispensary in the East End of London: crowds of local children are being vaccinated. Wood engraving by E. Buckman, 1871.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Mezzotint by S. De Wilde after J.J. Flipart after J.B. Greuze.

The birth of Henri of Navarre (Henry IV King of France). Line engraving by J.B. Pfitzer after L. Lafitte.

A mother in bed after having given birth; the midwife showing the baby to the father. Coloured stipple engraving, ca. 1800.

A man in a blue shirt holding a baby on his knee representing a warning to potential fathers to take the AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.

White dads : a new anthology of stories, art & experiences told by people of color fathered by white men / Sarah Grace.

Detail of the faces of an expectant father and person in a headscarf smiling at a woman in labour who is lying down, also smiling.

Fathers and fatherhood in Britain / Louie Burghes, Lynda Clarke and Natalie Cronin.

A woman in labour lying in bed with knees raised during labour, while the expectant father holds her hand and an unidentified hand in the frame on the left.

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Fathers

Images about Fathers

Works

A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.

White dads : a new anthology of stories, art & experiences told by people of color fathered by white men / Sarah Grace.

Detail of the faces of an expectant father and person in a headscarf smiling at a woman in labour who is lying down, also smiling.

Fathers and fatherhood in Britain / Louie Burghes, Lynda Clarke and Natalie Cronin.

A woman in labour lying in bed with knees raised during labour, while the expectant father holds her hand and an unidentified hand in the frame on the left.

Fathers

Images about Fathers

Works

A father leaning over the head of a baby with the message 'If we fear to love, we are all suffering from AIDS. Time to Act ...'; an advertisement for the 6th World AIDS Day held in Rome on 1 December 1993 at the Palazzeto Sport, Falaminio. Colour lithograph.

White dads : a new anthology of stories, art & experiences told by people of color fathered by white men / Sarah Grace.

Detail of the faces of an expectant father and person in a headscarf smiling at a woman in labour who is lying down, also smiling.

Fathers and fatherhood in Britain / Louie Burghes, Lynda Clarke and Natalie Cronin.

A woman in labour lying in bed with knees raised during labour, while the expectant father holds her hand and an unidentified hand in the frame on the left.

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