Trachtenbuch illustrations, 1577

Plate 17: a nurse or assistant who visits women in childbirth; whole-length figure, seen in three-quarter profile to right at left, and again from behind at right; wearing a plain, floor-length cloak and white bonnet; illustration to hans weigel's 'habitus praecipuorum populorum. Das ist trachtenbuch', 2nd ed. , ulm: kühn for görlin, 1639. 1577 woodcut and letterpress. Date: 1577. Dimensions: Height: 204 mm; ; Width: 167 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Hans Weigel. Collection: British Museum.