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While the holy family rest on the way to Egypt, an angel bends a palm tree to provide them with dates. Etching.

A woman breast feeding two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.

Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.

A baby holding a rattle: promoting breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Unicef, ca. 1997.

A woman sitting outside with a friend breast-feeding her child, a goat accompanies them. Etching by D. Deuchar.

Yasoda breast-feeding the baby Krishna. Gouache.

Joseph reads from the Bible while the Virgin Mary breast feeds Jesus. Etching by S. della Bella.

The Virgin Mary breast feeding Christ while John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth gaze at him in wonder. Engraving by J. Witdoeck after P.P. Rubens.

A woman breastfeeding her child among her family. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade, 1641.

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

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

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.

A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.

The Canadian Mothercraft Society book : based on Feeding and Care of Baby by F. Truby King.

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A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

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.

Yasoda breast-feeding the baby Krishna. Gouache.

A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.

The Canadian Mothercraft Society book : based on Feeding and Care of Baby by F. Truby King.