Died in childbirth posters & prints

Sir Thomas Aston at the Deathbed of his Wife, 1635 John Souch

Childbirth, 1633 Abraham Bosse

Birth in a Palace, 1760-1770 Indian Art

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman John Opie

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

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

The Newborn Baby, 1675 Matthys Naiveu

Puerperium in Frankfurt in the 16th century Anonymous

The New Mother Abraham Bosse

The newborn Child, c. 1647-1648 Anonymous

Two pregnant women Anonymous

Childbirth bowl Francesco Xanto Avelli

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

Hand Shaped Sign Advertising for a Midwife Anonymous

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

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

The Madonna del Parto, c.1460 Piero della Francesca

The Birth of Saint Stephen Vergós Family

Colonial Childbirth Scene Anonymous

Birth of St Edmund Henry Shaw

The Montauri birth tray Bartolomeo di Fruosino

Birth of the Virgin Mary Victor Ghyslinck

The Birth of Venus William Adolphe Bouguereau

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

Lying-in Room of a Distinguished Turkish Woman, c.1720-37 Jean Baptiste Vanmour

The Nativity of the Virgin, c.1400-5 Andrea di Bartolo

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

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

The Birth Scene Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

The Birth of Cupid Master of Flora

Birth of the Dauphin, Louis XIII, 1622. Peter Paul Rubens

Visit to the New Mother, 1633 Abraham Bosse

We shall not revisit that house! Jeanette Lassen

Illustration of a Birthing Position for Woman Anonymous

The Holy Family (The Madonna del Velo, Madonna di Loreto) Raphael

View of the Castello di San Giuliano, near Trapani, Sicily Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont