18th-century European society. Return from the christening. Scene of aristocratic customs at the time of Louis XV. The christening party has just returned from the parish church. The nurse presents the newborn to the guests. Engraving by Walla after a painting by Carl Herpfer (1836-1937). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), January 15, 1884.

18 CENTURY • 1884 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ANIMAL COMPANION • ANIMAL COMPANY • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • APPAREL • ARCHITECTURE: HALL • ARISTOCRACY • ARISTOCRAT • ARMCHAIR • ARMCHAIRS • ASSEMBLY • ATTIRÉ • BABY IN ARMS • BABY • BABYSITTER • BAPTISED • BAPTISM • BAPTIZE • BAPTIZED • BOURGEOISIE • BREASTFEEDING • BURGUESIA • CADRE • CAREGIVER • CARL HERPFER • CARPET • CARRYING A BABY • CELEBRATION • CHAIR WITH ARMRESTS • CHANGING ROOM • CHRISTENING • CHRISTIAN BAPTISM • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CLOTHED • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • CLOTHINGS • CONFERENCE • COSTUME • COSTUMES • COUNCIL • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • CUSTOMS • CUSTOMS_AND_TRADITIONS • DISCUSSION • DISGUISE • DOCTRINE • DOG • DOGS • DOMESTICATED ANIMALS • DRAWING ROOM • DRESS • DRESSED • DRESSES • EASY CHAIR • EIGHTEENTH CENTURY • ENCOUNTER • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EVENT • EVENTS • FAITH • FAMILIAR • FAMILIES • FAMILY MEETING • FAMILY • FEAST • FEST • FESTIVAL • FESTIVALS • FESTIVITY • FETE • FRANCE • FRANÇAIS • FRENCH • GARMENT • GATHERING • GENTRY CLASS • GENTRY • GERMAN • GERMANS • GERMANY • GOWN • GUEST • GUESTS • HABIT • HALL • HIGH SOCIETY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HUMANS • IMAGES • IN PAINTINGS • INDOOR • INDUMENTARIA • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INSIDES • INTERIOR • INTERIORS: IN PAINTINGS • INTERIORS: LIVING ROOM • INVITED • LIVING ROOM • LIVING-ROOM • LOUNGE • LULLABY • MASQUERADE • MEETING AGAIN • MEETING • MENSWEAR • NANA • NANNY • NEONATE • NEWBORN BABY • NEWBORN • NOBILITY • NOBLE • NOBLEMAN • NOBLES • NOBLESSE • NURSE • NURSE, WETNURSE • NURSEMAID • PAINT • PAINTING (ACTIVITY) • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PARLOUR • PARTY • PEOPLE • PET (ANIMAL) • PET ANIMAL • PET • PETS • PICTURE • PICTURES • PRESENTING • PRINT • PRIVATE COLLECTION • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RETURN FROM BAPTISM • RETURN FROM CHRISTENING • RÉUNION • RITE • ROBE • ROOM • ROYALS • RUG • SALON • SCENE • SESSION • SITTING ROOM • SOCIAL CLASS • SOCIAL CLASSES • SOCIAL STATUS • SOCIETY • STAGE • STATE • STATUS • SUBMIT • SUIT • SUITS • TABLE • TAILOR • TAPESTRY • THEATER • THEATRE • UPPER BOURGEOISIE • UPPER TEN-THOUSAND • WALLA • WET NURSE • WOMAN • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • XIX CENTURY • XIX • XVIII