A monthly nurse, who looks after a mother and a newborn baby for the first month after the birth. Wood engraving by Orrin Smith, ca. 1840, after Kenny Meadows.
- Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874.
- Date:
- 1840
- Reference:
- 11737i
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In 'Heads of the people' (p. 98), Leigh Hunt interprets Meadows's drawing as showing the monthly nurse settling down in her armchair after the mother and baby have both gone to sleep, taking snuff, a cup of tea, and a glass from a bottle of spirits
Publication/Creation
1840
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1 print : wood engraving
Lettering
The monthly nurse. "From the very moment the mistress of the house is brought to bed, every female in it, from my lady's gentlewoman down to the cinder-wench, becomes an inch taller for it." Tristram Shandy. K.M.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11737i
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