Baby Collection

HOGARTH: GIN LANE. Beer Street and Gin Lane. Steel engraving, c1860, after the original by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Rock star Ozzy Osbourne dangles two week old baby Jack from his teeth at his home. 25th November 1985

The Cholmondeley Sisters, 1600-1610. Double portrait of the sisters sitting in bed, each holding a baby. From the Tate Gallery, London

Gin Lane, 1751. Artist: William Hogarth
Gin Lane, 1751.The scene is the St Giles slums. A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs. A skeletal figure holds an empty glass

Poochon puppy, Bichon Frise cross Poodle, age 6 weeks

Tadpoles of the Common toad (Bufo bufo) swimming seen from below, Belgium, June

Ukulele Song 1926
A happy couple singing by moonlight: Give me a ukulele... and a ukulele baby... and leave the rest to me

Soviet propaganda poster - We want Peace
" We want Peace!" Soviet propaganda poster - featuring a happy, singing Communist family, waving flags. Date: circa 1950s

Health Visitor / 1950S
A health visitor visits a mother and her baby on their farm (near Colchester) Date: 1950s

England / Ludlow 1950S
Broad Gate, Ludlow, Shropshire, the last of seven gates in the old city walls. The town is on the Welsh borders and played a great part in the Marches history

Common loon (Gavia immer) with a chick alongside. British Columbia, Canada. June

Gelert, c1894, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
Gelert, c1894, (c1902). After a painting in the Reading Museum & Town Hall. Depiction of a Welsh legend in which the faithful Gelert saves a child from a wolf. From The Nations Pictures

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Advert for Harrods piano sale 1919
Selection of bargain pianos, prices start at 148 gns for a Cramer Baby Grand in rosewood to a Chappell upright Boudoir Grand at 64 gns. 1919

THE VIRGIN OF VLADIMIR. Russian icon painted at Constantinople, c1131

Silver Cross advertisement
Advertisement for Silver Cross prams (or baby coaches), featuring an immaculately turned out young 1950s mother wearing an off the shoulder pink dress with pearls, heels and long yellow gloves

Pencil sketch of mother with children
Pencil sketch of a mother with two children. Date: 1920s

Central America, Costa Rica
Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Mother & baby, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Norway - Kautokeino - Sami People

The Adoration of the Christ Child. Creator: Unknown
The Adoration of the Christ Child. (ca. 1515)

Killer Whales / Orcas (Orcinus orca)
Killer whales / Orcas (Orcinus orca) large pod including calf traveling together while foraging on large schools of Herring (Clupea harengus) in the cold waters of northern Norway, January

Black-and-tan Dachshund puppy portrait

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, five puppies in basket, one with tricolour and the others with blenheim coat

The Virgin and Child with Angels: Leaf of the Wilton Diptych, c1395. (1941)
The Virgin and Child with Angels: Leaf of the Wilton Diptych, c1395. Housed in The National Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur, 1941 edited by H. Granville Fell. [The National Magazine Co

Simeon in the Temple, c. 1668-1669, by Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Simeon in the Temple, c.1668-1669. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

William Hogarth Gin Lane
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Beer Street and Gin Lane. They depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer

Gas proof pram, 1938. A resident of Hextable in Kent, invented a gas proof pram in which a baby could be kept safe during an air raid

Hush-A-Bye, Baby by Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing a monkey using her tail to rock her baby to sleep

Mother and Child, c. 1906. Creator: Gari Melchers
Mother and Child, c. 1906

Red Cavapoo puppy wearing a Father Christmas hat

Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels, caught during their annual migration up rivers from the Bristol channel, swimming in a large holding tank at UK Glass Eels

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) with chicks, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) with beetle larva in beak about to feed two chicks, New York, USA, May

Haflinger horse mare and foal running in meadow. England, UK

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) female with cub riding on back, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, August

Easter Dalmatain puppy
A funny little Dalmatian puppy that looks like he just painted some Easter eggs

Baby Sea Turtle Swimming out to Sea
A newly hatched baby sea turtle swimming out to sea at Heron Island in Australias Great Barrier Reef

Fire at 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5, 25 February 1956. An escape ladder is extended to the second floor, with Sub Officer Kirby of A9 Fulham carrying a 19-month-old child

SEVERINI: MATERNITY, 1916. Gino Severini: Maternity. Oil on canvas, 1916

Nativity scene, with the Three Kings bearing gifts
A Christmas Nativity scene, with the Three Kings bearing gifts for the Baby Jesus

Judy Garland with Liza Minnelli
Judy Garland (1922-1969), American actress and singer with her daughter, Liza Minnelli (b. 1946)

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing, Vosges, France, May

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) adult landing at nest with chicks, Vaala, Finland, June

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) mother and calf endangered. Three Sisters Spring in Crystal River, Florida, USA

Illustration by Marygold -- Woman and baby in a garden at night. circa 1920s

Tatler front cover - Mrs La Touche Congreve and baby daughte
Mrs William La Touche Congreve, wife of Major William ( Billy ) La Touche Congreve V.C. pictured with her baby daughter, Mary Gloria Congreve, born 21 March 1917

Painted puppy
A silly little Dalmatian puppy that looks like he got into the art supplies, on a blue background

Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
Antique illustration of a Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

The Rules of Life by H. M. Bateman
A baby in a highchair is presented with a long list of rules for life by a queue of influential people including his nurse, his parents, teacher, police officer, judge and vicar. Date: 1930

Two Horses and a Dachshund family
Two Horses peeking over the edge of their stable to see a Mother Dachshund and her brood of puppies Date: circa 1910s

Queen Elizabeth II - Royal family at Frogmore
Queen Elizabeth II and family pose on the steps of Frogmore House in April 1965. From left, Prince Andrew looking cheeky, Princess Anne, the baby Prince Edward in the arms of his mother, the Queen

Abandoned baby found by police, New York City, 1890s
Policeman bringing in an abandoned infant found in an alley on a winter night, New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Sleeping Beauty ballet, christening scene
The christening scene in a ballet version of the Sleeping Beauty, with the wicked fairy Carabosse putting her curse on the baby Princess in her cradle

Fair Exchange by George Studdy
Bonzo and the baby find fair exchange is no robbery. A rather alarming scene where the comic canine creation of George Studdy, Bonzo

Mural of Jesus and Mary, Church of Ura Kedane Meheriet, Peninsula of Zege on Lake Tana, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Saint Joseph with Infant Christ, 1620s. Artist: Guido Reni
Saint Joseph with Infant Christ, 1620s. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Common Loon (Gavia immer) adult with a chick on its back, Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Raphael (1483 A?i? 1520). Canigiani Holy Family. 1507-1508
Raphael (1483A?i? 1520) was an Italian painter. Canigiani Holy Family or Canigiani Madonna. 1507-1508. High Renaissance. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

Rosemundy House, St Agnes, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of the front of Rosemundy House, St Agnes, including the front garden. Two young women in nursing uniform are visible through the lower bay window to the right

Miner statue, Tonypandy, Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) with cub, Phinda private game reserve, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Africa

Close up of a young Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) nurses its baby while hanging from a tree branch in the jungle of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Central America, Costa Rica
A Brown-Throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) scratches its neck with its distinctive claw. Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON. (1 Kings 3: 24-27). Wood engraving, 19th century, after Gustave Dor

Newborn babies at a maternity hospital. Nurse wheeling a trolley of newborn babies around a maternity hospital. The babies are weighed and checked

Australopithecus afarensis, artwork
Australopithecus afarensis. Artwork of a female Australopithecus afarensis hominid with her child. This hominid lived between 3.9 and 2.9 million years ago

OUR LADY OF YEVSEMANISK. Russian icon, 16th century

Passover ritual as begun in ancient Egypt
Jewish family marking their home with lambs blood for the first Passover. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Emperor Penguins, Aptenodytes forsteri, chicks huddled together in a creche to keep warm, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri, chick, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Sand Pies by Muriel Dawson
A small blonde girl in a sunsuit and sun bonnet studiously mixes sand in a bucket

Beryl Grey
Dame Beryl Elizabeth Grey (b. 1927) English ballet dancer with husband Sven Svenson and their baby son Ingvar Neil

Wrapping Gifts 1950S
Festive model in red baby doll nightie with broderie Anglaise trim & white slingback shoes sits on a cushion & wraps presents, showing her knickers in the process

Hector & Andromache
Hector and Andromache with their baby son, Astyanax (Scamandrios), held by a nursemaid. Hector asks the gods to make his son braver and stronger than himself

The Flowers of Capri
Artist: Simi, Filadelfo - Title: The Flowers of Capri - Date: c.1887 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 162.5 x 128.3

Infant mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), Amahoro A group, Volcanoes National Park (Parc National des Volcans), Rwanda, Africa

Emperor penguin chicks (Aptenodytes forsteri), Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), chick and adults, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

Alice / In the Kitchen
DUCHESS In the Duchesss kitchen

Jesus and Shepherds / Hole
The shepherds come to see Mary, Joseph and their baby Jesus

Domestic Cattle, Galloway cows and calf, standing in coastal pasture, Bride, Isle of Man, August

Domestic Sheep, Kerry Hill, ewe with lambs, standing in pasture, Longridge, Lancashire, England, march

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"Captivating Innocence: Celebrating the Beauty of Babyhood" In a world filled with intricate artistry, William Hogarth's masterpieces Gin Lane and Beer Street stand tall as vivid portrayals of societal contrasts. But amidst these thought-provoking engravings, one cannot help but be drawn to the image of a Poochon puppy, just six weeks old. Its fluffy coat and playful gaze remind us of the pure joy that comes with new life. As we delve deeper into nature's wonders, we encounter tadpoles gracefully swimming from below in Belgium's waters. These tiny creatures symbolize growth and transformation, mirroring the journey each baby embarks upon. Transporting us back in time is an enchanting ukulele song from 1926 - a melody that captures the essence of carefree childhood days when innocence reigned supreme. Similarly nostalgic are glimpses into Ludlow during England's 1950s; a simpler era where children played freely on idyllic streets. Yet our fascination extends beyond land as we marvel at majestic Killer Whales or Orcas gliding through oceanic depths. Their powerful presence reminds us that even in their infancy, babies possess an innate strength waiting to be nurtured. History unfolds before our eyes with Soviet propaganda posters advocating for peace - a poignant reminder that every child deserves a harmonious world to grow up in. Gari Melchers' tender depiction of mother and child further emphasizes this universal bond shared across cultures and generations. Nature continues to captivate as Haflinger horse mare gallops alongside her adorable foal in an English meadow – showcasing both maternal love and boundless energy synonymous with youthfulness. Finally, Simeon in Rembrandt's Temple painting transports us to biblical times where even infants were recognized for their significance within divine narratives – reminding us all that babies hold immense potential within them from birth itself.