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Nursing mother
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Nursing mother

Cornelis Bogerts · 1781 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Letter M from the Fatherland A-B Book by J.H. Swildens. A mother sits in the nursery feeding her baby. Her husband holds a second child in his arms. On the floor the third child plays. The maid comes into the room with something to drink. Below the print a verse and a text on motherly love and the importance of breastfeeding.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printboekillustratiefeeding a babymotherhood
Credit lineVoedende moeder. 1781. Cornelis Bogerts. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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