English ladies celebrating the birth of a child, Regency era. Tom Takeall's wife Eliza lying in bed after giving birth. All drink caudle, a hot drink given to invalids and new mothers. A nurse showing the baby to relatives and friends in a bedroom with four-poster bed, mirror, Chinese vase. Taking Caudle.

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