M0017289: A woman giving birth aided by a midwife and nun and surrounded by her husband and family, engraving

Previous title, replaced March 2022: A woman giving birth in an elaborate room aided by a mid-wif

Engraving J. Le Blond after A. Bosse. Related images: V0014904

March 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 16882i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.