
Sujet
Spanish nurses, 1845. Creator: Smyth.
Légende
Spanish nurses, 1845. '...the best characteristics will be found in the two groups of wet-nurses, of whom there are hundreds in the Prado promenade. " Fat wet-nurses," says a recent tourist, "from the mountains of Santander, with showy handkerchiefs tied about their heads, tight cloth jackets, and gorgeous laced petticoats, frequent this place with their squalling charges; not to mention the juvenile gambols of a crowd of little angels of both sexes." There is something peculiarly aboriginal in the mode of carrying the child, swung in a sort of fringed cot at the back; it reminds one of the North American Indian custom. This sisterhood of nurses are said to be fast disappearing'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM21A07_109
Model release
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
57,6Mo (4,4Mo) / 34,4cm x 42,0cm / 4062 x 4960 (300dpi)