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Love, Maternal

Images

  • The Virgin Mary adoring Christ as an infant. Line engraving by G.D. Picchianti after F. Petrucci after Titian.
  • The Virgin Mary feeding Christ as a baby, angels and putti flutter around preparing and serving dishes. Etching.
  • 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.
  • The Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, Zacharias holds the infant John the Baptist. Line engraving by G.B. Pasqualini, 1621, after G.F. Barbieri.
  • A vision of motherhood with a small child. Heliotype by Arents after L. Marqueste.
  • A woman holding three children one of whom is breast-feeding from her; representing charity. Line engraving by T. Verkruis after C. Sacconi after G. Reni.
  • A woman in bed holding her new born baby. Phototype by Danesi after a bas-relief, 15--.
  • The Virgin Mary telling a young Saint John the Baptist to be quiet as the baby Jesus is sleeping. Engraving by E. Hainzelmann after Annibale Carracci.
  • A woman breast feeding her child while she is holding it and its cradle. Collotype after a wooden sculpture.
  • A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    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.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 15 February 1796 | Reference: 17465i
    • Books

    The threads of us / by Elspeth Walker.

    Walker, Elspeth | Date: [2022]
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    A woman breast feeding one child and holding two others; representing charity. Engraving by R. Morghen, 1795, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

    Correggio, 1489?-1534. | Date: 1795 | Reference: 17460i
    • Pictures

    A woman washing her baby. Woodcut after W. Strang, 1904.

    Strang, William, 1859-1921. | Date: 1904 | Reference: 17694i
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    A woman taking her baby from its cradle. Engraving.

    | Reference: 17620i
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