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A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.

A small boy places his grandfather's wig and hat on his younger sister; the grandfather looks on with amusement. Coloured lithograph by L. Boilly, 1824.

Two young children hide as two adults come into the room where the children have been playing with their precious antiques. Engraving by T.A. Dean after J. Jenkins.

Anatomical figures (top); a physician takes the pulse of a sick man while the next two generations attend (bottom left); surgeons perform operations on a child and a woman. Etching by D. Berger, 1774, after D. Chodowiecki.

Jacob (Israel) blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, watched by Joseph. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.

Grandma's tea eggs : a 5-step recipe / by Caroline Zijing.

A young woman sits on the floor at the feet of her grandmother who has been reading from the Bible on the table nearby. Colour woodcut by Edmund Evans after J.E. Millais.

Displacement / by Lucy Knisley.

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Jacob (Israel) blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, watched by Joseph. Engraving by G. Presbury after J. Franklin.

Grandma's tea eggs : a 5-step recipe / by Caroline Zijing.

A young woman sits on the floor at the feet of her grandmother who has been reading from the Bible on the table nearby. Colour woodcut by Edmund Evans after J.E. Millais.

Displacement / by Lucy Knisley.

A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.