Motherhood Collection (page 90)

Refugees with their belongings, German-occupied Paris, July 1940

With the Hay, c1900

Call to the Ferryman, c1900

Patience, courage, hope my heart is close to you, 1914-1918

Madonna and Child Enthroned, c1300-1303. Artist: Giotto
Madonna and Child Enthroned, c1300-1303. The Madonna and Child is one of the central icons of Christianity. From the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The Baillie Family, c1784. Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
The Baillie Family, c1784. Portrait of the London merchant James Baillie (1737-1793) with his wife and their four children. From the collection of the Tate Gallery, London

Saint Anne with Child and Virgin Mary, c1500. Artist: Albrecht Durer
Saint Anne with Child and Virgin Mary, c1500. Drawing study of Saint Anne with her daughter, the Virgin Mary, and the Christ Child. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Adoration of the Magi, 1504. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Adoration of the Magi, 1504. The Gospel of St Matthew (2:1-12) tells how certain Magi (the Wise Men) from the Orient arrived in Bethlehem to visit the infant Christ

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, c1519. Artist: Albrecht Durer
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, c1519. Saint Anne with her daughter, the Virgin Mary, and the Christ Child, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Virgin and Child, The Madonna with the Iris, 1500-1510. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Virgin and Child, The Madonna with the Iris, 1500-1510. From the National Gallery, London

The Virgin of the Rocks, 1491-1519. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
The Virgin of the Rocks, 1491-1519. The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Infant Christ accompanied by the archangel Uriel). From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Madonna of the Rocks, 1482-1486. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna of the Rocks, 1482-1486. The meeting of the baby Jesus and John the Baptist during the Flight into Egypt. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

The Deposition from the Cross, 1526-1528. Artist: Jacopo Pontormo
The Deposition from the Cross, 1526-1528. The dead Christ is lifted down after being crucified. From the Capella Capponi, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence, Italy

The Nativity, 1470-1475. Artist: Piero della Francesca
The Nativity, 1470-1475. The Virgin in a blue robe kneels before the infant Jesus lying on the corner of her cloak. St Joseph sits on a saddle and listens to the shepherds

Madonna and Child, late 15th / early 16th century. Artist: Bramantino
Madonna and Child, late 15th/early 16th century

Madonna del Ceppo ( Madonna of the Stocks ), 1453. Artist: Filippo Lippi
Madonna del Ceppo ( Madonna of the Stocks ), 1453. The Madonna enthroned, holding Jesus, is flanked by St John the Baptist (right) and another saint

The Epiphany, c1230. Artist: Giotto
The Epiphany, c1230. The Magi, the three Kings from the East, Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, present their gifts of gold

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 13th century. Jesus, with Joseph on the left and Mary on the right. From an Armenian manuscript of the Gospels

Pieta, early 16th century. Artist: Lodovico Mazzolini
Pieta, early 16th century. The Virgin Mary laments over the body of the crucified Christ. From the Loredan Palace, Venice, Italy

The Nativity, 15th century. Joseph sits next to the bed in which Mary lies with the infant Jesus beside her in swaddling bands

St Felicitas and her Seven Sons. St Felicitas was a Roman noblewoman martyred in 164 AD for her Christian beliefs, having first witnessed the death of her seven sons, executed for the same reason

A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. From the National Gallery, London

Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Hyacinth, 1740-1750. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Hyacinth, 1740-1750. From the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. From the National Gallery, London

The Virgin and Child, c1570-1576. Artist: Titian
The Virgin and Child, c1570-1576. From the National Gallery, London

Isaac blesses Jacob, early 17th century. Artist: Bernardo Strozzi
Isaac blesses Jacob, early 17th century. From a private collection

Alexandra (1844-1925), Princess of Wales and members of her family. Alexandra of Denmark, wife of the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, standing alongside her father

Benefits of using the Singer sewing machine, 1880. A home and family transformed into models of comfort and smartness by the housewifes industry with the help of the sewing machine invented by Isaac

Woman holding Cradle, Salish Tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast Indian

Pottery Rattle of woman holding child, Mexico. Axtec, late Post-Classic Period, 1300-1520. At Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Cleobis and Biton pull their mothers chariot, c6th century BC

Cat and Kittens
Cat and Kitten. Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Villagers going to church on Sunday, London, 1872
Villagers from a fishing community going to church on Sunday, London, 1872. Wood engraving

Artisan family having their child baptised. Priest at font makes sign of cross with water on infants head while mother, father and sibling look

Family at Sunday chruch service in their Box Pew, London, 1862
Family at Sunday chruch service in their Box Pew. Wood engraving from The Cornhill Magazine, London, 1862

Byzantine mosaic of Virgin and Child, 14th century
Byzantine mosaic of Virgin and Child from Asia Minor, 14th century

Terracotta mother-goddess with a child, Bronze Age. From The Louvre

Terracotta mother-goddess with a child, Tyre, Bronze Age, 1400 - 1230 BC
Terracotta mother-goddess with a child, Tyre, Bronze Age, 1400-1230 BC. Now in The Louvre

English family taking a meal in the station buffet at Boulogne, France, 1886. A poodle begs the children for food

English family travelling to France, 1886. An English family taking the air on deck crossing the English Channel on a steamer on their way to France for a continental holiday

Casualty of the 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A wounded British officer in a railway carriage with his wife and daughter on the last lap of his journey home from South Africa

Statue of Amenemheb, Governor of Thebes, with his wife and mother, 14th century BC. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Portrait of Livia, Roman, second quarter of 1st century. Livia Drusilla (58 BC-29) was the third wife of the Emperor Augustus, mother of Tiberius and grandmother of Claudius

Be Be (Nativity), 1896. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Be Be (Nativity), 1896. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Portrait of a Lady with her Son, mid-1530s. Artist: Paris Bordone
Portrait of a Lady with her Son, mid-1530s. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Madonna and Child, 1490. Artist: Bartolomeo Vivarini
Madonna and Child, 1490. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Madonna and Child, 15th century. Artist: Lorenzo di Niccolo
Madonna and Child, 15th century. Detail. Florentine School. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Mammons Rents!, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
Mammons Rents!, 1883. A rent collector has come to collect the weeks payment from one of Londons poorest families. The well-fed

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