Mother Collection

The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920). Artist: Fra Angelico
The Annunciation, c1438-1445, (c1900-1920)

Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother) De Laszlo
Portrait by Philip de Laszlo of the Duchess of York (1900-2002), formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

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

Pomeranian Dog
JD-16712 DOG - Pomeranian, three sitting, one puppy, studio shot John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

1960s STUDIO SETTING OF FAMILY DRESSED AS CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKER DOLL CHARACTERS LOOKING AT CAMERA CHRISTMAS TREE IN BACKGROUND

Jaguar (Panthera onca) mother grooming with four month old cub, native to Southern and Central America, captive

Advert for Cow & Gate formula milk food 1928
Cow & Gate formula, made of pure milk only

Helping Mother hang up the washing
Two children Helping Mother hang up the washing. 19th century

Mary Seacole
Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881), Jamaican born British Crimean War nurse, portrait. Also known as Mother Seacole

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

Cocker Spaniel Dogs - adult & puppys sitting in a row
LA-438 Cocker Spaniel Dogs - adult & puppies sitting in a row Also known as English Cocker Spaniel Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

IMMIGRANTS: ELLIS ISLAND. Immigrants to the United States at Ellis Island. Oil over a photograph, c1920

Highland Cow with Calf - Calf seeking contact mother-cow, on meadow. Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1463 Highland Cow with Calf - Calf seeks contact from mother. Lower Saxony, Germany

Dog - Border Collie - Adult with puppy sitting in garden
ME-1303 Dog - Border Collie - Adult with puppy sitting in garden Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Holy Infant of Prague
The miraculous Holy Infant of Prague was revealed by his mother Mary to Saint Cyril of the Mother of God, a barefoot Carmelite monk, at Prague, in the 9th century

Dog - German Shepherd / Alsatian - Adult sitting down with pup
LA-5080 Dog - German Shepherd / Alsatian - Adult sitting down with pup Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

MIGRANT MOTHER, 1936. Florence Thompson, a 32-year-old migrant worker and mother of seven, with her children in a camp for migrant workers in Nipomo, California, 1936

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - adult and puppy
LA-1803 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog - adult and puppy, in buttercup field Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Twins by Louis Wain
A proud feline mother holds her two naughty twin kittens

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

The Queens Crown
The crown made for Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on the coronation of King George VI when she was Queen Consort. The crown was made by Messrs. Garrard, and mounted in platinum

Gorilla - female carrying baby animal, distribution - central Africa, Congo, Zaire, Rwanda
USH-3849 Gorilla - female carrying baby animal distribution - central Africa, Congo, Zaire

Bernese Mountain Dog - lying in garden with puppy. Also known as Berner Sennenhund
LA-3788 Bernese Mountain Dog - lying in garden with puppy

Sheep - grazing before the Henry Moore sculpture King & Queen Glenkiln Estate Sculpture Park
SG-20158 Sheep - grazing before the Henry Moore sculpture King & Queen Glenkiln Estate Sculpture Park, overlooking the Glenkiln reservoir, Dumfries

Alaskan / Northern Sea Otter - mother carrying very young pup - Alaska _D3B3040
TOM-1919 Alaskan / Northern Sea Otter - mother carrying very young pup Alaska Enhydra lutris Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Waves at Porthcawl
A young boy defies the waves at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales. His mother and her friend look across with some concern at another boy on the railings in the distance

Sea Otter - mother carrying young (under three weeks) pup - Monterey Bay - USA _C3A5900
TOM-1645 Sea Otter - mother carrying young (under three weeks)

Glymiel Jelly - Nobody in OUR family suffers from chapped hands. Glymiel Jelly stops all that. Date: c.1924

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

Capybara - with young
DOW-402 Capybara - with young Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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

hippo mother with young one, Chobe river, Chobe Nationalpark, Botswana
SM-2764 Hippo mother with young one Chobe river, Chobe Nationalpark

Capybara FG 9573 Mother and young, S
FG-9573 Capybara - and young, in water Venezuela

Shorthorn Cattle - cow & calf
JD-3788 Shorthorn Cattle - cow & calf John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dog - German Shepherd - adult with puppy
LA-3897 Dog - German Shepherd - adult with puppy Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Great Crested Grebe - Female transporting 3 chicks on her back Island of Texel, Holland
USH-1649 Great Crested Grebe - Female transporting 3 chicks on her back Island of Texel

Anne Boleyn
ANNE BOLEYN second wife of Henry VIII and mother of queen Elizabeth. (from a portrait by Holbein)

Golden Retriever Dog & Puppy
JD-7876e-M Golden Retriever DOG - with puppy John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hippopotamus
SM-1188 HIPPOPOTAMUS - adult and juvenile heads in weeds with young Hippopotamus amphibius Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Basset Hound Dogs - Two lying together
LA-1366 Basset Hound Dogs - Two lying together Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Giraffe Kissing young Giraffe
LA-672 GIRAFFE - Kissing young Giraffe Africa Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mary / Czestochowa
depicted as OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA, Poland

The Mother (1909). Lavery, Sir John 1856-1941. Date: 1909

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

Texel Sheep - ewe with twin lambs, Island of Texel, Holland
USH-3970 Texel Sheep - ewe with twin lambs Island of Texel, Holland Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Western Grey Kangaroo - mother & joey in pouch - Australia
CAN-1029 Western Grey KANGAROO - with joey in pouch Australia Macropus fuliginosis John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Alaskan Malamute Dog - adult with puppy at log cabin door
JD-15616 Alaskan Malamute Dog - adult with puppy at log cabin door John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Emperor Penguin - adults with chick. Snow hill island - Antarctica
WAT-11388 Emperor Penguin - adults with chick Snow Hill Island, Antarctica Aptenodytes forsteri M

Grey wolf (Canis lupus) mother with young pup lying in grass. June
TOM-1301 Grey wolf - mother with young pup lying in grass June

Harris's Hawk - on nest Sanguaro Desert, Arizona, USA
CAN-595 HARRIS HAWK - on nest in saguaro cactus, with chicks Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Early 12th Century Frescoes in Bet Maryam, St. Marys Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Pug Dog
JD-6749 PUG DOG & 3 PUPPIES John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: 020 8318 1401

Killer Whale Vancouver Aquarium, Canada
AU-1212 KILLER WHALE / Orca - underwater Vancouver Aquarium, Canada Orcinus orca Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Donkey - mother with foal
USH-998 DONKEY - Foal with mother Sus scrofa Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Yorkshire Terrier Dog - with puppies
LA-2003 Yorkshire Terrier Dog - with puppies Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chicken & Egg
JD-16811 CHICKEN - looking at an egg studio shot Sequence: 2 of 4 John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar Bear Parent with cubs wearing Christmas hats
WAT-5751-c-m Polar Bear - Parent with cubs wearing Christmas hats Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Cheetah Parent & Cub
FL-196 CHEETAH - close-up of mother & cub Aconoynx jubatus Ferrero Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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

Orang utan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) portrait of mother with baby, occurs in Borneo, captive, Endangered

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

Paula Rego and her three children
The Portuguese visual artist Paula Rego (b. 1935) with the three children she had from the marriage with the English painter Victor Willing. Date: 1966

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

Joseph Grimaldi Clown
JOSEPH GRIMALDI 1778 - 1837 As a clown in the pantomime of Mother Goose. " Sir, I ll just trouble you with a line"

The Gin Shop, 1829
The Gin Shop, pub. 1829 (hand coloured engraving)

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853

ANNUNCIATION. Carlo Crivelli. Panel, 1486

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

An Anxious Moment
Artist: Leavers, Lucy Ann - Title: An Anxious Moment - Date: 1895 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 81.3 x 118.1

Pygmy Hippopotamus - & young
WAT-4425 PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS - With young, side by side Choeropsis liberiensis Latin can also be Hexaprotodon liberiensis M

Bullfinch - male & female pair at nest with young
JAB-578 Bullfinch - male & female pair at nest with young Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jack Bailey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar Bear - Parent with cubs
WAT-5751-c-m2 Polar Bear - parent with cubs Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mary Wollstonecraft
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN writer, wife of William Godwin, mother of Mary Shelley

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

Queen Boudicca inciting the Britons to revolt
Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe inciting the Britons to revolt against Roman domination. circa 60 AD

Liverpool Slums, 27th June 1962. Our Picture Shows... mother and children making their way through a back alley

Night and Her Daughter Sleep, 1902. Creator: Mary L. Macomber
Night and Her Daughter Sleep, 1902

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

Alaska Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) Alaska, Digital Composite

Royal family as a happy group of dog lovers, 1937. Artist: Michael Chance
The royal family forming a happy group of dog lovers; with their Tibetan lion dog, labradors, and corgis, 1937. A print from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, London, 1937

Christ on the cross, the Three Marys on mourning by John
Pier Francesco Sacchi, called Il Pavese (1485-1528). Italian Renaissance painter. Christ on the cross, the Three Marys on mourning by John and the Donor or Patron, 1514. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin

Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants

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"Mother: A Bond That Transcends Time and Species" Mary Seacole, a pioneer in nursing and a motherly figure to countless soldiers during the Crimean War. "Gin Lane, " an 18th-century artwork by William Hogarth depicting the struggles of mothers in impoverished London. The Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother) De Laszlo, a regal embodiment of motherhood. A heartwarming scene of a Border Collie mother patiently watching over her playful puppy in the garden. In Lower Saxony, Germany, a Highland Cow calf seeks comfort from its nurturing mother on a peaceful meadow. Cocker Spaniel dogs sitting in perfect harmony - an adorable display of maternal love between adult dogs and their puppies. The tender bond shared between an adult Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and its tiny puppy is truly heart-melting. An Alaskan Sea Otter mother carefully carries her young pup through the waters of Alaska, exemplifying maternal protection and care. A German Shepherd or Alsatian dog sits calmly while its adorable pup explores the world under its watchful eye - showcasing loyalty and guidance from one generation to another. Waves crash against Porthcawl's shores as nature's reminder that even mighty oceans are governed by Mother Earth's power. The Queens Crown symbolizes not only royal lineage but also the strength and wisdom passed down through generations of mothers. Early 12th Century Frescoes found at Bet Maryam depict scenes honoring St. Mary- reminding us all about the divine essence within every mother. In this vast tapestry called life, mothers weave threads that bind us together across time and species; their love knows no boundaries or limitations.