Word: dickinsonian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scientific sculptures of the female body to teach laymen about birth control, pregnancy, female disorders. In his exhibit last week he displayed his popular "Birth Prelude" -a plaque of dimpled, della Robbia-like babies in terra cotta, showing the growth of a fetus from conception to birth. With characteristic Dickinsonian whimsey, the largest fetus holds the tiniest one in his hand. Another pair of plaques showed graphically how a child is fed in its mother's womb...