Domestic Service Collection

Indian Cook-house - Novel Mode of Straining Coffee, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Indian Cook-house - Novel Mode of Straining Coffee, 1858. The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the annexed representation of an incident in Indian life, in a letter from Bangalore

The Centenary Fete of the Asylum for Female Orphans - the Archbishop of Canterbury Saying Grace, 1858 Creator: Unknown
The Centenary Fete of the Asylum for Female Orphans - the Archbishop of Canterbury Saying Grace, 1858. The object of the charity is to provide a home for orphan girls

AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Victorian period kitchen with housekeeper and maid, 2023

Old Anna. From A Home (26 watercolours). Creator: Carl Larsson
Old Anna. From A Home (26 watercolours), Unknown date

Maid from The Hague, 1775. Creator: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue
Maid from The Hague, 1775

Dienstmeisjes op de Leidsegracht, c.1890-c.1900. Creator: Isaac Lazerus Israels
Maids on the Leidsegracht, c.1890-c.1900. (The Leidsegracht is a canal in Amsterdam)

"The Idle Servant" - in the National Gallery - painted by Nicolas Maes, 1857. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
"The Idle Servant" - in the National Gallery - painted by Nicolas Maes, 1857. Engraving of a painting. Nothing can he more truthful

Madame Leroux'; By Francis Eleanor Trollope; Whereapon the housemaid said she know'd the young man Creator
Madame Leroux'; By Francis Eleanor Trollope; Whereupon the housemaid said she know'd the young man wasn't waiting there for nothing, and set them down as a couple of sweethearts, 1890

Pupils at Uppsala Housekeeping School, 1890-1899. Creator: Henri Osti
Pupils at Uppsala Housekeeping School, 1890-1899. The girls are dressed in dark dresses and light aprons, three of them have a white cap on their head. The girls hold various household utensils

Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Appy Ampstead on a Bank Holiday, 1900, (1933)....maid servants...still wore the badge of their status - the apron - even on their day out

A Maid, 19th century. Artist: Wilhelm Amberg
A Maid, 19th century. Found in the collection of the M Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol, Ukraine

The Young Servant, 1882. Artist: Camille Pissarro
The Young Servant, 1882. From the Tate Gallery, London

Hampton Institute, Va. 1899 - Classroom scenes - laundry shop, 1899 or 1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Hampton Institute, Va. 1899 - Classroom scenes - laundry shop, 1899 or 1900

Rag Doll "Susie", c. 1937. Creator: Bertha Semple
Rag Doll " Susie", c. 1937

Marionette - "Biddy", c. 1939. Creator: Hilda Olson
Marionette - " Biddy", c. 1939

Morning, 1886. Creator: James Tissot
Morning, 1886

The Young Housekeeper, 1741-63. Creator: John Ingram
The Young Housekeeper, 1741-63

A Woman From Savoy, 1737. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
A Woman From Savoy, 1737

Pea Shellers, 1737. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Pea Shellers, 1737

Bronze hand bell, c1530-c1570, (1881). Creator: W E Mackaness
Bronze hand bell, c1530-c1570, (1881). Etching of a small bell with the arms of the Lippomani family of Venice, made in Italy (probably the Veneto), in the mid 16th century

The Little Domestic, 1869, (1938). Artist: Pierre Edouard Frere
The Little Domestic, 1869, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Nearly worried to death by the Greatest Plague of Life, c1840s. Artist: George Cruikshank
Nearly worried to death by the Greatest Plague of Life, c1840s. Cartoon sketch: Adventures of a lady in search of a good servant/by one who has been almost worried to death

Chambermaid, c1871-1919. Artist: Henri Boutet
Chambermaid, c1871-1919. From a private collection

It is nicely stretched, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
It is nicely stretched, 1799. Plate 17 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

There they go, plucked, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
There they go, plucked, 1799. Plate 20 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Servants or slaves making preparations for a feast, mosaic, Carthage, 2nd century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Girl on her way to starting work in domestic service, 1884. Artist: Marian Gardiner
Girl on her way to starting work in domestic service, 1884. A country girl in a railway carriage leaving home for the first time to go into service as a maid in a city

Samuel Johnson, 18th century English man of letters in his house off Fleet Street, London, 1852
Samuel Johnson, 18th century English man of letters in his house off Fleet Street, London, attended by his servant, Francis, and Mrs Williams, 1852

Domestic servants, 1901. Cook and kitchen maid, parlour maid and scullery maids. Chapter headpiece from The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton. (London, 1901). First published 1859-1860

Footman, 1888. Footman presenting a card that a caller has left for the lady of the house. (London, 1888)

Oh ah! let em ring again!, 1847. Artist: George Cruikshank
Oh ah! let em ring again!, 1847. Rebellion below stairs as the servants, snug in front of the range, fail to answer the house bells at the first ring

What Will Become of the Servant-Gals?, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
What Will Become of the Servant-Gals?, 1865. The lady of the house shows a benevolent gentleman visitor where her housemaid sleeps. This appears to be an outhouse, damp and dirty

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