Childbirth posters & prints

Childbirth, 1633 Abraham Bosse

Birth in a Palace, 1760-1770 Indian Art

The Montauri birth tray Bartolomeo di Fruosino

Birth Plate (Desco da Parto). Reverse: Puerperium of a noble Florentine woman Anonymous

Illustration of a Birthing Position for Woman Anonymous

Childbirth bowl Francesco Xanto Avelli

Hand Shaped Sign Advertising for a Midwife Anonymous

Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Sarah, 16th century Unknown

Colonial Childbirth Scene Anonymous

Puerperium in Frankfurt in the 16th century Anonymous

Two pregnant women Anonymous

The New Mother Abraham Bosse

The Midwife Taking Leave of the girl from Andros, 1801 Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard

Ladies Celebrating the Birth of a Child in an Elegant Boudoir, with Two Gentlemen Looking on from Behind a Screen Hieronymous Janssens

A midwife going to a labour, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson

Birth of the Virgin Mary Victor Ghyslinck

The Birth of the Virgin Master of the Life of Virgin Mary

The Birth Scene Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

The Newborn Baby, 1675 Matthys Naiveu

The Birth of the Virgin, ca. 1690 Francesco Solimena

The Birth of Venus William Adolphe Bouguereau

The Birth of the Virgin, c.1500 Master of the Pfullendorf Altar

The newborn Child, c. 1647-1648 Anonymous

The Madonna del Parto, c.1450-70 Piero della Francesca

Birth of the Virgin, 1512 Hans Fries

Celebration of the Birth of Krishna, ca. 1880-1900 Ragunath

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist, 1450-60 Sano di Pietro

Manuscript Illumination with the Birth of the Virgin in an Initial G, from a Gradual, ca. 1375 Silvestro dei Gherarducci

The Madonna del Parto, c.1460 Piero della Francesca

Birth of St Edmund Henry Shaw

Ms Palat. 218-220 Book IX Aztec midwife administering herbs to a woman after childbirth Spanish School

The Birth of John the Baptist, late 17th century Greek School

The Birth of Saint Stephen Vergós Family

A family taking tea while celebrating the birth of twins Jan Josef Horemans the Younger

Sign advertising the services of a midwife, early 19th century French School

The Birth of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin, ca. 1503 Albrecht Dürer