A midwife conducting a Catholic baptism ceremony in a bedroom, 18th century. A servant splashes holy water on the baby's head near the hearth. The mother lies in a canopied bed attended by husband and other maids. Bedwarmer, suitcase and cradle in the foreground. Le Bapteme Administre par un Pretre. Copperplate engraving by David Herrliberguer after an illustration by Bernard Picard from Les Ceremonies Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde, Religious Ceremonies of All the Peoples of the World, Chez David Herrliberguer, Zurich, 1750.
GLIX-115-3E67KXG
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A midwife conducting a Catholic baptism ceremony in a bedroom, 18th century. A servant splashes holy water on the baby's head near the hearth. The mother lies in a canopied bed attended by husband and other maids. Bedwarmer, suitcase and cradle in the foreground. Le Bapteme Administre par un Pretre. Copperplate engraving by David Herrliberguer after an illustration by Bernard Picard from Les Ceremonies Religieuses de Tous les Peuples du Monde, Religious Ceremonies of All the Peoples of the World, Chez David Herrliberguer, Zurich, 1750.