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A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.

The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.

Two women tending a child in a messy domestic interior. Aquatint after C. Bega, 1654.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.

A woman breast feeding her child while she is holding it and its cradle. Collotype after a wooden sculpture.

Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

Mary and Joseph walk to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Pitau, 1666, after S. François.

An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.

Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.

Two angels approach the Virgin Mary and Joseph with Christ sleeping in his cradle. Etching.

Cradles of the American aborigines / by Otis T. Mason ; with notes on the artificial deformation of children among savage and civilized peoples by J.H. Porter.

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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.

A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.

Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.

Two angels approach the Virgin Mary and Joseph with Christ sleeping in his cradle. Etching.

Cradles of the American aborigines / by Otis T. Mason ; with notes on the artificial deformation of children among savage and civilized peoples by J.H. Porter.