Cradles Collection

Fantasy French postcard - Nude woman and doll
Very stylish Fantasy French postcard depicting a nude woman smiling and cradling a doll in her arm. Date: circa 1910s

Nanny on humorous British postcard - 1927
3784505 Nanny on humorous British postcard - 1927; (add.info.: Nanny on humorous British postcard - 1927. Showing nursemaid who has to choose between one suitor in the army and one in the navy)

Villa Carlotta museum and historical artistic and botanical garden, tremezzo, tremezzina, lake como, lombardy, italy, europe

Stepped atrium JLP01_11_53205_19
VAUXHALL CROSS, ALBERT EMBANKMENT, VAUXHALL, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. A team of window fitters working on the installation of a stepped atrium on the northern side of Vauxhall Cross

Interior with Cradle (oil on canvas)
471404 Interior with Cradle (oil on canvas) by Smits, Jacobs (1856-1928); 87x108 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Domestic Scene, c. 1850 (oil on canvas)
3963838 Domestic Scene, c.1850 (oil on canvas) by British School, (19th century); 24.2x33.5 cm; Newport Museum and Art Gallery, South Wales; © Newport Museum and Art Gallery

Assembling, How division of labour plays its many parts in the making of Morris Motor Cars (b / w photo)
6008247 Assembling, How division of labour plays its many parts in the making of Morris Motor Cars (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assembling)

La Madre (engraving)
1057952 La Madre (engraving) by Horsley, Walter Charles (1855-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Madre. Illustration for The Graphic)

Anxious Times (engraving)
1052409 Anxious Times (engraving) by Luxmoore, Arthur C. H. (1860-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anxious Times. Illustration for The Graphic)

The cradle of the King of Rome and His Majesty (colour engraving)
982181 The cradle of the King of Rome and His Majesty (colour engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cradle of the King of Rome and His Majesty)

Left in Charge (engraving)
1104111 Left in Charge (engraving) by Gow, James (fl.1852-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Left in Charge. Illustration for The Illustrated London News)

Captive (colour litho)
726014 Captive (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captive. From the painting by Albert Pierre Dawant)

The Firstborn, 1875 (w / c on paper)
778635 The Firstborn, 1875 (w/c on paper) by Artz, David Adolph Constant (1837-90); 61x90.5 cm; Private Collection; eLawrence Steigrad Fine Arts, New York; Dutch, out of copyright

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, c. 1615 (oil on panel)
2970710 The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, c.1615 (oil on panel) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 114.5x91.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Beds through life (colour litho)
3096039 Beds through life (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beds through life. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Princess Sophia, Innocents Corner, Westminster Abbey (colour photo)
3093749 Princess Sophia, Innocents Corner, Westminster Abbey (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Princess Sophia, Innocents Corner)

Nethersoles Patent Arrangement of Cradles and Springs for the Draw-Gear of Railway Carriages (engraving)
1609863 Nethersoles Patent Arrangement of Cradles and Springs for the Draw-Gear of Railway Carriages (engraving) by English School

Babys First Christmas (engraving)
587016 Babys First Christmas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babys First Christmas)

Woman with a baby in a cradle (b / w photo)
3094497 Woman with a baby in a cradle (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman with a baby in a cradle)

New Baby (colour photo)
3095528 New Baby (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Baby. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Craven Hall Creche, Marshall Street, London
Cradles, cots and a playpen at the Craven Hall Creche (also known as the West London Mission Creche), Marshall Street, Golden Square, London. Date: 1896

Babys First Christmas (engraving)
1627664 Babys First Christmas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Babys First Christmas. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 30 December 1893)

Divided Duties (engraving)
1596320 Divided Duties (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Divided Duties. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 7 December 1889)

Furniture and various objects of 14th-century France (chromolitho)
964237 Furniture and various objects of 14th-century France (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A lucky child (colour litho)
2778500 A lucky child (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A lucky boy. A lion, who escaped from a circus in the English town of Braintree)

The Nursery in the Familistery of Guise, from Solutions Sociales
CHT200418 The Nursery in the Familistery of Guise, from Solutions Sociales by Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin (1817-88), Paris, 1871 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School

Her Majesty in the South of France, the Creche at Hyeres (engraving)
1056166 Her Majesty in the South of France, the Creche at Hyeres (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Her Majesty in the South of France)

Bleichert Engineering Poster (colour litho)
747068 Bleichert Engineering Poster (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; English, out of copyright

Children with their grandmother (colour photo)
3096065 Children with their grandmother (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children with their grandmother)

New Years Card with baby (colour photo)
3095529 New Years Card with baby (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Years Card with baby. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Driving in wedges to transfer a ships weight from the keel blocks to the launching cradles (colour litho)
5209847 Driving in wedges to transfer a ships weight from the keel blocks to the launching cradles (colour litho) by Lacy

Major R W G Hingston, leader of the Oxford University Expedition to British Guiana (b / w photo)
6009087 Major R W G Hingston, leader of the Oxford University Expedition to British Guiana (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Major R W G Hingston)

La Culla (engraving)
1619413 La Culla (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Culla. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 30 October 1858)

Couple rocking a cradle (colour photo)
3095474 Couple rocking a cradle (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Couple rocking a cradle. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Un Coup de Canon (engraving)
1052349 Un Coup de Canon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Coup de Canon. Illustration for The Graphic)

Furniture and various objects of the 12th century (chromolitho)
964134 Furniture and various objects of the 12th century (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

George Lascelles as a baby (b / w photo)
3103262 George Lascelles as a baby (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Lascelles as a baby)

New Years Card with baby (colour photo)
3108107 New Years Card with baby (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Years Card with baby. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Leviathan; The cradles (engraving)
609017 The Leviathan; The cradles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Leviathan; The cradles; from The Illustrated Times)

Little girl kissing a German soldier (colour photo)
3094457 Little girl kissing a German soldier (colour photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little girl kissing a German soldier)

designer babies
Roswitha Schleicher-Schwarz

Mother with infant in cradle at bedtime, soft lighting from Victorian or Edwardian era

Deceived father man fallen out bed Two representations
Deceived father / man fallen out of bed, Two representations of lottery spells, each with its own number. Above n. 1512: a representation in a round list of a man who cradles a childs bed with a

Baby and cat in a cradle on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Baby in a cradle on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cat in a cradle on a cutout Christmas card
Smiling cat in a cradle on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Two kittens in a cradle on a cutout greetings card
Two kittens in a wickerwork cradle on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Babies in cradles on three Victorian scraps. circa 1890s

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Step into the enchanting world of cradles, where fantasy and reality intertwine. In a quaint French postcard, a nude woman delicately cradles a doll, evoking an air of mystery and intrigue. Transport yourself to the Villa Carlotta museum in Tremezzo, Lombardy, Italy - a historical haven boasting artistic treasures and breathtaking botanical gardens. As you ascend its stepped atrium, let your imagination wander to an interior adorned with an exquisite oil on canvas painting depicting a serene scene with a cradle at its center. But not all stories told by they can idyllic. A tragic tale unfolds through a vivid colour litho print showcasing the misfortune that befell a farming family from Farra near Gorizia. Their lives forever altered by disaster's cruel hand. Travel back in time to witness domestic life in the 19th century captured on canvas - an intimate glimpse into everyday existence as depicted in "Domestic Scene. " The division of labor is explored through captivating black and white photography documenting the intricate process behind crafting Morris Motor Cars. Intriguing engravings reveal emotional narratives: "La Madre" portrays tender motherly love while "Anxious Times" captures moments of worry and uncertainty. Delve further into history as you encounter "The Cradle of the King of Rome, " symbolizing power and lineage amidst opulent surroundings. Not all cradles hold joyous tales; some tell stories tinged with sorrow. In haunting detail, an engraving titled "Left in Charge" reveals vulnerability as responsibility weighs heavily upon young shoulders. Meanwhile, within vibrant colours lies captivity's grip portrayed in another striking lithograph aptly named "Captive. " From art galleries to historical prints, these glimpses into different worlds remind us that cradles hold more than just infants - they carry stories passed down through generations or imagined within our minds' eye.