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Two naked children tasting champagne and tying up bottles. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.
Gosse.Date: 1845Reference: 25744i
Part of: Champagne Montebello
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Yasoda glimpses the whole universe inside Krishna's mouth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.Reference: 26476i
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Rama and his mother with a parrot. Chromolithograph, 1867.
Date: 1867Reference: 26329i
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A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience; a child to the right imitates the fiddler. Line engraving by T. Nicholson after D. Wilkie.
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.Reference: 16374i
Part of: National Gallery of pictures by the great masters.
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Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 6 March 1800]Reference: 20582i
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A baby boy suffering from prenatal vaccinia. Colour photographs by A.H. Rinsler, 1962.
Rinsler, Albert.Date: 1962Reference: 727143i
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Pears' soap : he won't be happy 'till he gets it! : He's got it & he's happy now / Pears.
Pears (A. & F.) Limited.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
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A soldier confiscates a baby from its mother in the night, because the baby has violated the curfew. Coloured lithograph by Cham.
Cham, 1819-1879.Reference: 16811i
Part of: Actualités
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Two women and a man, one wearing a long blue dress and holding a baby
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: c.1954-1957Reference: 2969231i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
Archives and manuscripts
Two women pushing a pram with trees and a house in the background
R, R., active approximately 1940s-1980sDate: c.1940s-1980sReference: PP/ADA/C/8/128/4
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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The Edwardian baby : for mothers and nurses / Mrs. J. Langton Hewer.
Hewer, J. Langton, Mrs.Date: 2005
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Two naked children tying up and storing champagne bottles. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.
Gosse.Date: 1845Reference: 25745i
Part of: Champagne Montebello
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The temple of beauty : Pears' soap : the secret of a good complexion / Pears.
Date: [1887]
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An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.
Devéria, Eugène, 1805-1865.Date: [1831]Reference: 16375i
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Naked putti at work in a garden, representing the element earth. Etching by C. Duflos, ca 1750, after F. Boucher.
Boucher, François, 1703-1770.Date: 1750Reference: 26663i
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A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1847Reference: 26020i
Part of: The bottle
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A doctor vaccinating a baby, other babies wait with their mothers to be vaccinated. Process print after a photograph by M.M. Braun, Clément & Co. after a painting by P. Dagnan-Bouveret.
Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean, 1852-1929.Date: May 1905Reference: 17870i
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Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.
Freman, G.Date: 1705Reference: 16960i
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A mother sits on a stool nursing an infant in her arms outside her simple house suggesting she is supporting herself and has avoided AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 678829i
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An infant giant. Drawing, c. 1794.
Date: 1794?Reference: 30197i
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Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, Florence, Italy: the hospital and piazza. Coloured line engraving by N. Parr, 17--, after G. Zocchi.
Zocchi, Giuseppe, 1711-1767.Date: 12 May 1794Reference: 17677i
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Mrs Georgina Weldon writes 24 May 1887 "I am 50 today but thanks to Pears' soap my complexion is only 17" : a good complexion and nice hands : Pears' soap ... a speciality for children / Pears (A. & F.) Limited.
Date: [1887?]
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A midwife attending a convalescing woman who has recently given birth, the baby is in a cradle next to her. Engraving after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 16979i
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Ella's story.
Date: 1998
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After breast milk fails : nature's own diet : Sister Lauras Food modifies fresh cow's milk for healthy, happy babies : from chemists : 1/3 and 2/6.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]

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Two naked children tasting champagne and tying up bottles. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.

Yasoda glimpses the whole universe inside Krishna's mouth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Rama and his mother with a parrot. Chromolithograph, 1867.

A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience; a child to the right imitates the fiddler. Line engraving by T. Nicholson after D. Wilkie.

Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.

A baby boy suffering from prenatal vaccinia. Colour photographs by A.H. Rinsler, 1962.

Pears' soap : he won't be happy 'till he gets it! : He's got it & he's happy now / Pears.

A soldier confiscates a baby from its mother in the night, because the baby has violated the curfew. Coloured lithograph by Cham.

Two women and a man, one wearing a long blue dress and holding a baby

Two women pushing a pram with trees and a house in the background

The Edwardian baby : for mothers and nurses / Mrs. J. Langton Hewer.

Two naked children tying up and storing champagne bottles. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.

The temple of beauty : Pears' soap : the secret of a good complexion / Pears.

An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

Naked putti at work in a garden, representing the element earth. Etching by C. Duflos, ca 1750, after F. Boucher.

A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

A doctor vaccinating a baby, other babies wait with their mothers to be vaccinated. Process print after a photograph by M.M. Braun, Clément & Co. after a painting by P. Dagnan-Bouveret.

Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.

A mother sits on a stool nursing an infant in her arms outside her simple house suggesting she is supporting herself and has avoided AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

An infant giant. Drawing, c. 1794.

Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, Florence, Italy: the hospital and piazza. Coloured line engraving by N. Parr, 17--, after G. Zocchi.

Mrs Georgina Weldon writes 24 May 1887 "I am 50 today but thanks to Pears' soap my complexion is only 17" : a good complexion and nice hands : Pears' soap ... a speciality for children / Pears (A. & F.) Limited.

A midwife attending a convalescing woman who has recently given birth, the baby is in a cradle next to her. Engraving after D. Teniers.

Ella's story.

After breast milk fails : nature's own diet : Sister Lauras Food modifies fresh cow's milk for healthy, happy babies : from chemists : 1/3 and 2/6.