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Index et catalogus librorum prohibitorum (Index and catalog of Prohibited Books). List of publications prohibited by the Catholic Church to protect the faith
Shrine of Plebeian Chastity set up by VirginiaA shrine of Plebeian Chastity is set up by Virginia, who had been refused access to the shrine of Patrician Chastity because she had married Volumnius, a plebeian
Billeted, by F Tennyson Jesse and H M HarwoodBilleted, a play by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, August 1917. A neighbour has told a woman whose husband is missing in the war that it is improper for her
Depiction of a woman in Juvenalian RomeDepiction of a woman according to the writing of the famous satirist, Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). Juvenal did not have a high opinion of women and particularly felt Roman women had no morals
Henry Ward BeecherHENRY WARD BEECHER American churchman, of flamboyant lifestyle and hypocritical morals. Date: 1813 - 1887
Henry Ward Beecher PhotoHENRY WARD BEECHER American churchman, of flamboyant lifestyle and hypocritical morals. Towards the end of his days. Date: 1813 - 1887
Asylum Pregnant Woman" I ve noticed you re treating this poor creature more kindly?" " Yes, the chief nurse has got her pregnant." Date: 1904
Girl and Stockings- Take care, girl : look out for the censors ! Date: 1928
Unmarried MotherAn unmarried mother is execrated by her fellow villagers, Monsieur le Cure at their head... Date: 1907
Showing AnklesLADIES ANKLES There are circumstances under which a lady may reveal her ankles without incurring the slur of immorality... Date: 1902
Christmas card with holly in the middle of a maze, and a moralising verse. Date: circa 1890s
Mrs Ormiston ChantLaura Ormiston Dibbin Chant (848-1923, Banbury), English social reformer and writer, pictured in The Sketch magazine in 1894
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Z, showing Zaccheus (Zacchaeus) climbing a tree in order to see Jesus. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Y, showing a group of people enjoying Christmas by a large fireplace where a yule log is burning. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- X, showing Moses with the Ten Commandments. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- W, showing a windmill on a windy day. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- V, showing a group of children going on a trip in a horse-drawn van. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- U, showing two children sheltering from the rain under an umbrella. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- T, showing a steam train emerging from a tunnel. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- R, showing a girl called Rosa with rabbits and roses. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Q, showing a portrait of a young Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- P, showing a mother teaching her child to pray. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- O, showing an organ grinder with a group of children. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- L, showing a lighthouse and some lemons. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- M, showing a milkmaid milking a cow on a moor. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- N, showing a boy selling newspapers on a street. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- K, showing three boys about to fly a kite. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- J, showing a judge in his robes. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- G, showing a grandfather and grandchild looking at a gold watch. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- I, showing a mother and her infant. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- H, showing a hen and her chicks in a farmyard. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- F, showing two children with fruit and flowers. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- D, showing two girls with a doll. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- E, showing eggs in a birds nest, and an egg in an eggcup. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- C, showing a girl and her dog. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- B, showing a boy reading a Bible. Date: circa 1860
Frontispiece, The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Feed My Lambs, St John XXI XV (Chapter 21, Verse 15). A young mother reads a book to her two children. Date: circa 1860
The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- A, showing people gathering apples in an orchard. Date: circa 1860
Title page, The Mothers Picture Alphabet, dedicated by Her Majestys Permission to HRH the Princess Beatrice, designed by Henry Anelay, engraved by James Johnston. Date: circa 1860
The Morals of Marcus by William J LockePromotional postcard for The Morals of Marcus dramatised from his own novel The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1903) by William J. Locke. First produced at the Garrick Theatre, 30th August 1906
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 11This is the text which the good pastor chose, And the light on the soul of the drunkard arose, As he sat in the church, to which one Sabbath-day, Along with his wife he had taken his way
Morals of Mackenzie - Working women, WW1Morals of Mackenzie: Complex Woman - Her Complexion. Illustration showing women filling a number of traditional male roles during the First World War
Cartoon, Our Society Portraiture, Mrs Grundy. Showing just the face, hat and folded hands of a docile-looking Mrs Grundy, the proverbial Mary Whitehouse figure of the early 20th century
Personification of Hope - Turns a Moan into a songHope makes the careworn heart grow strong - And turns a moan into a song. Date: circa 1910s
Personification of Charity - Sweet Sunshine to the FlowerCharitys transforming power - Is like sweet sunshine to the flower. Date: circa 1910s
The Book of Good Morals by Jacques Le Grant (1464). Miniature of the Dice Game or The Argument. Gothic
The custom-house code of morals under our beautiful tariff system. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with William Dorsheimer seated at center in the Office of the US District Attorney
Time is precious. Date c1872
