Edward S. Curtis | Assiniboin Mother And Child, 1896-1926 | George Eastman House, eastmanhouse.org

Happy Mother’s Day! The holiday is celebrated in May in dozens of countries around the world. In honor of mothers everywhere, we have assembled our favorite mother and child images from the Digital Library spanning a wide variety of cultures and eras.

Edward S. Curtis | Assiniboin Mother And Child, 1896-1926 | George Eastman House, eastmanhouse.org
Josef Albers | Andreas Grote, Frühjahr '30 + Mama, 1930 | Image and original data provided by the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation | © 2008 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT | ARS, NY. Photograph by Tim Nighswander.
Thomas Hendricksz | Mother and Child, 1628 | Image and original data provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation: kressfoundation.org
Mary Cassatt | Peasant Mother and Child | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Image and data from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Henry Inman | Georgianna Buckham and her mother, 1839 | The Carnegie Arts of the United States | Data from: University of Georgia Libraries
Dorothea Lange | Migrant Mother, 1936 | Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States (Library of Congress) | Image and original data from: Virga, Vincent, and Curators of the Library of Congress
New Guinea | Mother and Child Figure, 19th-early 20th century | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art