Domestic Bliss Collection

Artist's Wife Reading on the Sofa, c1890s. Creator: Albert Edelfelt
Artist's Wife Reading on the Sofa, c1890s.

The Stewart Children, 1773. Creator: Charles Willson Peale
The Stewart Children, 1773. The sitters, Isabella and John Stewart, were the children of Anthony and Jean Stewart. The scenery is the plantation the family owned on the east coast of Maryland

Young Woman Crocheting, 1875. Creator: Giovanni Boldini
Young Woman Crocheting, 1875

The Holy Family, c1888, (1914). Creator: Willy Martens
The Holy Family, c1888, (1914). The Virgin Mary breastfeeds the infant Jesus, as Joseph works at his carpentry bench. Painting in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

"Home" - painted by T. Faed - from the Flatou Collection, 1858. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
"Home" - painted by T. Faed - from the Flatou Collection, 1858. Engraving after a painting....a little glimpse of "Home, " such a home as is only to be seen in Old England

After the Hunt, 1870. Creator: David Dalhoff Neal
After the Hunt, 1870

Seventeenth-century Interior, 1838. Creator: Jan August Hendrik Leys
Seventeenth-century Interior, 1838

Coffee, 1831-1892. Creator: David Joseph Bles
Coffee, 1831-1892

The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1700-1899. Creator: Unknown
The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1700-1899. A family at home on 5 December, the night celebrated in the Netherlands as the Feast of Saint Nicholas, or Sinterklaas

Henri IV jouant avec ses enfants au moment où l'ambassadeur d'Espagne est admis en sa présence
Henri IV jouant avec ses enfants au moment ou l'ambassadeur d'Espagne est admis en sa presence, 1817. Henry IV Receiving the Spanish Ambassador

Reproduction of illustrations showing fortunate and unhappy husbands, between 1915 and 1925. Photograph of illustration in "Fruit recorder and cottage gardener", Vol. 7, No. 2 (Feb)

Royal Academy Exhibition - No. 597 - "Contentment", painted by A. Rankley, 1850. Creator: Smith & Cheltnam
Royal Academy Exhibition - No. 597 - "Contentment", painted by A. Rankley, 1850. A cottager's parlour'. Interior with a family at the tea table; a young man in academic robes looks

The International Exhibition: "Fisherman's Hut in Lapland", by J. F. Hockert, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: "Fisherman's Hut in Lapland", by J. F. Hockert, 1862....in all probability this fisherman

"Grandfather's Portrait" by W. H. Knight in the Winter Exhibition at the French Gallery, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Le dejeuner anglais. Creator: Geraud Vidal
Le dejeuner anglais. [The English breakfast]

The Married Man. Creator: Samuel Alken
The Married Man

A Lady in Her Bath, c. 1571. Creator: Francois Clouet
A Lady in Her Bath, c. 1571

The Sargent Family, 1800. Creator: Unknown
The Sargent Family, 1800

Enjoying Domestic Happiness, November 15, 1779. Creator: Robert Blyth
Enjoying Domestic Happiness, November 15, 1779. After John Hamilton Mortimer

Mars offering a floral wreath to Venus, 1760-90. Creator: Stefano Mulinari
Mars offering a floral wreath to Venus, 1760-90

Philip and Mary, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Philip and Mary, 1897. King Philip II of Spain and Queen Mary I of England at breakfast. Philip hides behind an anachronistic newspaper, while Mary looks grumpy

Depuis que Virginie a obtenu le septième accessit.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Depuis que Virginie a obtenu le septieme accessit.. 1844. Depuis que Virginie a obtenu la septieme accessit de poesie a l'Academie francaise il faut que ce soit moi...moi capitaine de la garde

The Artist's Wife Reading, 1881. Creator: Michael Peter Ancher
The Artist's Wife Reading, 1881

Housewifery students, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Making the beds and cleaning out the bedroom

The ironing room, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students ironing on long tables

The washing room, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students at work in the washing room, washing clothes by hand in basins, with washboards resting against the window

Student teacher in a cookery lesson, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Taking a cookery lesson for children, but under supervision

Housewifery lesson, Morden Terrace School, Greenwich, London, 1908. One girl polishes a table while another prepares to clean out a fireplace

Domestic Happiness, Laetitia with her Parents, 1789. Artist: John Raphael Smith
Domestic Happiness, Laetitia with her Parents, 1789. After George Morland (1763-1804). From The Connoisseur Extra Number I: George Morland, by J. T. Herbert Baily. [Otto Limited, London, 1906]

The Tempest

Mozart working on the overture for Don Giovanni, 1787, (1906). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) wrote the overture on the night of 28 October 1787 ready for its first performance at the National

William Lee, English inventor of the frame-knitting machine, 19th century. Born in Nottinghamshire, Lee (c1550-c1610) invented his knitting machine in 1589

Saturday Night. Scene of a warm and cosy cottage interior. The mother washes a child in a tub in front of the range, while father reads his newspaper

The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. From the National Gallery, London

Sauce for the Gander, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain
Sauce for the Gander, 1871. A working man sits down to his evening meal. His wife, however, is still working. This cartoon relates to the strike of engineers at Newcastle

The Mother of Invention, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
The Mother of Invention, 1866. A statuesque wife poses for her artist husband, with a duster and brush in each hand. Their son, little Freddy, sits on his Papas shoulders

Groundless Alarm, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Groundless Alarm, 1865. The adventurous husband announces I m off to the Crystal Palace; and, bye the bye, I shall very likely go up in Mr. Glaishwells Balloon

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