Birth Collection (page 9)

Birth Announcement
A card announces the happy arrival of Maurice Georges : mother and child are doing well (is there an alternative card for when they re not ?) Date: 1907

Fergus Fionnliath
Fergus Fionnlaith hated dogs & threw rocks at them, but the powers that protect animals gave him a squint so that he always threw crooked. From the story of the Birth of Bran

British Ballad, The Birth of Saint George
THE BIRTH OF SAINT GEORGE. British ballad, obtained and expanded by Thomas Percy (1729-1811)

Its Triplets by George Ranstead
Humorous pen and ink drawing on a postcard showing a nurse or midwife presenting an astonished husband (and now, new father) with not one, not two but three newborn babies. Both are speechless!

Little girl holding a lamb
A little girl holding a lamb

Pretended rabbit breeder Mary Tofts
Undated photograph of engraving of pretend rabbit-breeder Mary Tofts. HPG/1/13/2 (xviii)

Nathaniel St Andre, Rabbit Docto
Undated upper body engraving of Nathaniel St Andre, " Rabbit Doctor". Attended to the phenomenon of Mary Tofts the Pretend Rabbit Breeder and was taken in by her deception

Presentation following the birth of future Edward VIII
The newborn Prince Edward of York, later Prince of Wales, then King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, being presented to H.H

Fountains of Trafalgar Square lit with blue to welcome birth
The fountains of Trafalgar Square in London lit blue for a boy to celebrate the birth of Prince Charles on 14th November 1948

Angels appear to shepherds
Shepherds are stunned and humbled to have a visitation from angels telling them of news of the birth of a new Messiah in Bethlehem

Mary and Joseph head to Bethlehem
Joseph and Mary head to Bethlehem for the census, despite Marys delicate condition. Thank goodness for donkeys

Birth
Abstract in pastel, entitled Birth

Penguin Chicks Aldin
Two penguin chicks who have just hatched say hello to each other

The Duke of Connaught with his granddaughter
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), with his granddaughter Ingrid (daughter of Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden), and her husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, c.1935

A Brine Wave
The birth of the switch back and water chute idea - A man watches as his wife falls off a cliff into the sea on her deckchair

Princess Elizabeth of York in 1926, the year of her birth
Photograph of Princess Elizabeth of York (the future Queen Elizabeth II) in 1926 when a few months old

Queen Marie of Romania with her daughter Ileana
A portrait of Queen Marie of Romania with her daughter Ileana, Marie was British by birth and the eldest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh

Jacobins Satirised
Satan and his spouse give birth to Jacobins - a caricature by someone who didn t like the extremist faction very much

Henri IV Born
The union of Francois de Bourbon and Jeanne d Albret is blessed with a baby boy who will, against all odds, grow up to be Frances favourite king, Henri IV

Duc De Bourgogne
The people of Ghent aren t all that fond of their master, the duc de Bourgogne, but when he gives birth to an heir they are happy enough to celebrate - any excuse for a party !

Kaffirs Purify Child
Kaffir ceremony of purification of a new-born child; in the distance, a child with birth-defects has been left for a wild beast to devour

Pretend Rabbit Breeder
Depiction of Mary Tofts, supposedly giving birth to rabbits

Beethovens Mother
The composers mother (and the record of his birth)

Frogs as Humans (3 of 5)
A baby frog is delivered by the stork

Birth Certificate 1901
A 1901 copy of a birth certificate for John Robert Sanderson born in 1880

Birth Certificate 1884
A Victorian birth certificate for Margaret Allan Date: 9 September 1884

Birth of Herakles
Although she is the wife of Amphitryon, Zeus himself is the father of Alcmenas son Herakles

Birth of Cinematography
Dr Plateaus Phenakistoscope Examples

Isabela and Court
Isabela holds a hand-kissing reception at Madrid, after giving birth to another princess : but she would still like a boy

Woman Giving Birth 17Thc
A woman in a wealthy household gives birth, attended by various womenfolk; her husband proudly points to the baby

Shepherds Informed
The Illustrated London News made its debut in coloured journalism on the 22nd December 1855 when the first series of coloured printed pictures appeared in its Christmas supplement

Tom Thumb is Born
The birth of Tom Thumb : his parents are surprised at his diminutive size, unaware of the fairies on their doorstep

Birth Stool C1500
Using a BIRTH STOOL in a medieval household

Birth of St Edmund / Shaw
This purports to depict the birth of St Edmund, king of East Anglia: in fact he was born at Nuremberg in 841, but this is typical of a 15th century English bedroom

Kings Bring Guns
What the Three Kings bring today - guns, warships, shells

Lycurgus of Athens
LYCURGUS Athenian statesman of aristocratic birth and high principles

Birthplace of Charles Dickens
The birthplace (7 February 1812) of Charles Dickens, English novelist, in Commercial Road, Portsmouth

Shepherds and a false Star in the East
Once again, the Shepherds see a star in the East -- only this time its a motor car bringing neither comfort nor joy

Peter Heals
He cures a man crippled from birth

Jesus Heals Blind Man
He cures a man blind from birth

Mary Told about Birth
An angel tells Mary that shes going to be a very special mother

Mary is Purified
After giving birth to Jesus, Mary goes to the temple to be ritually purified

Birth of New Age
the Birth of the New Age

Birth of New Germany
The birth of the third reich is viewed with alarm and dismay by other nations. The nativity scene is composed of an aryan peasant family nurturing their new saviour

Feng-Hwang Bird
or Ho-Wo bird, the Japanese equivalent of the phoenix; the male is known as Ho, the female as Wo : they appear only on special occasions eg birth of an emperor

Mary Tofts, Rabbit Mum
Mary Tofts holding one of the rabbits to which she claimed to have given birth; she was shown to be an impostor, yet deceived St Andre, one of the leading physicians of the day

Peary and Wife
ROBERT EDWIN PEARY with his wife who accompanied him on the early stages of his expeditions and on one occasion gave birth in Greenland

Birth of Ganges
Ganga (the river Ganges), daughter of the moutain god Himalaya flows to earth from heaven through Shivas hair

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