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Maternité

ReplyBreastfeeding, HistoryFebruary 8th, 2011Speculative Speculum

Maternité, Henri Lebasque, Paris, 1920.


The translation of the title “L’Emprunt de la Paix” means “The Peace Loan.” This picture features a woman breastfeeding her baby next to a young girl who is reading a book. In the background are the beginnings of reconstruction after WWI in the form of the building of factories and the ploughing of fields.

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