Maternal Collection

Girl with doll in pram, Balham, SW London
A little girl hugs her doll in a pram on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Queen Mother visiting London evacuees at Horsted Keynes, 1939
The Queen Mother(1900-2002) with evacuated children from Battersea. A little four year old girl called Shirely here is playing " mothers"

Princess Victoria of Hesse with her great-grandson
Princess Victoria of Hesse, later the Marchioness of Milford Haven (1863-1950) with her great grandson, Ludwig Ernst Andreas of Hesse

The Lady Elphinstone, D. C. V. O
A portrait photograph of Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, the maternal aunt and godparent of Queen Elizabeth II. Date: circa 1940s

Lady Dufferin & Ava with son
Maureen, Lady Dufferin (1907-1998) with her son (1938-1988), Sheridan Dufferin, who went on to become a patron of the arts. Date: 1939

Countess of Feversham and daughter
The Countess of Feversham (1910-1995), born Lady Anne Dorothy Wood, with her daughter Lady Clarissa Duncombe (b. 1938). Date: 1939

Mother playing with baby and daughter in a garden
A young mother dandles a baby, while a little girl with a doll leans against her lap. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject

Mother playing with daughters in a garden
A young mother dandles a girl on her foot, while her other child drops her toys to beg for a cuddle. A glance at these engravings is enough to see what one can say about this subject

Mother teaching her child to write at a writing desk. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother feeding her child on her lap. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother with child praying on her lap. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Baby taking its first step with mother. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother playing the flying angel game with a baby. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother putting her child into a cradle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother putting her baby into a bath. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother breastfeeding her child on her lap. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother and child giving charity. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother and child playing on a chariot
Mother pulling a chariot with her child riding it holding a whip. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother giving her child a riding lesson. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother teaching her child to play the harp in a music lesson. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother and child on a chaise longue
Mother with a child sleeping on her lap on a chaise longue. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

READING TO ALICE
Alice in Wonderland - a mother reads to her daughter Date: 1879

Cow suckling lamb
Buttercup the cow suckles one of ten motherless lambs which she is nurturing. Date: late 1960s

Greek Art. Goddesses rearing children. Ny Carlsberg Glyptote
Ancient Greek Art. Archaic Period (700 B.C-480 B.C.). Goddesses rearing children. Terracotta. Statuette. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

OSTADE, Adriaen van (1610-1684). The Tavern. 17th c. Dutch school. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. SAXONY. Dresden. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections Dresden )

My Dolly by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A little girl sits in a comfortable looking floral upholstered armchair and cuddles her baby doll. A toy cradle stands by her feet. Date: c.1915

Lioness & her Cub
A protective lioness with her cub. Date: 1930s

Duck, frog and duckling on a comic card
The egg has hatched and a duckling has emerged, with the frog and the mother duck standing on either side -- Peacemaker. (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Nursing her Constituency by Reginald Higgins
A young female political candidate or M.P. awkwardly nurses a baby while visiting her constituents. Date: 1929

Woman police officer with little boy, London
Woman police officer (Diana Hill or Adam) with a little boy, London. Date: 1961

Duck, frog and egg on a comic card
The mother duck attacks the frog with her egg in its mouth -- A Fowl Blow. (3 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Maternal Courage
Plate 14 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated with designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874

Maternity fashion, 1961
Two maternity dresses featured in The Tatler in July 1961. On the right, a wild silk short evening dress that flares from two wide flat bows on the shoulders, available from Motherhood, Baker Street

Elegance Maternelle maternity fashion, 1965
Advertisement for a couple of elegant couture cocktail gowns for expectant mothers, available from Elegance Maternelle of Sloane Street and Thayer Street, London. Date: 1965

Royal princes return on H. M.s Bacchante, 1880
Welcome Home! The Princess of Wales(Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra, consort to King Edward VII of Britain)(1844 1925)

SEGANTINI, Giovanni Battista (1858-1899). Two mothers. 1889. Oil on canvas. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. Galleria d Arte Moderna (Gallery of Modern Art)

Spanish family sitting at the table at mealtime. 1950s-1960s

BESNARD, Paul Albert (1849-1934). First World War (1917). Peace for Victory (La Paix par la Victoire), illustration for la D馥 nse Nationale(French National Defense, 24th November, 1917)

Kissing under the mistletoe, 1865
A mother lifts up and kisses her young child under the mistletoe. 1865

Advertisement of the chocolate brand Carpentier
" Advertisement of the chocolate brand " Carpentier" (1895). Poster by Henri Gerbault. Engraving."

MEMLING, Hans (1433-1494). Madonna. 1475. SPAIN. Granada. Royal Chapel. Renaissance art.; Flemish art. Painting

CREMONA, Tranquillo (1837-1878); CREMONA, Tranquillo (1837-1878). Maternal Love. 19th c.; Maternal Love. 19th c. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

Taking tea with rabbits

The Holy Promise

Barbary Ape and Young
A proud mother Barbary Ape and her baby ape on the Rock of Gibraltar. Date: late 1960s

Stevenson / Lewis Balfour
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers maternal grandfather, Dr Lewis Balfour Date: 1850 - 1894

Stevenson / Aunt Balfour
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers maternal aunt, Miss Balfour, Chief of our Aunts Date: 1850 - 1894

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