Maid Collection (page 6)

Interior with Women beside a Linen Chest, 1663. Artist: Hooch, Pieter, de (1629-1684)
Interior with Women beside a Linen Chest, 1663. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Maid at the window, c. 1660. Artist: Dou, Gerard (Gerrit) (1613-1675)
Maid at the window, c. 1660. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

A courtyard, c. 1660. Artist: Boursse, Esaias (1631-1672)
A courtyard, c. 1660. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Servant, 1880. Artist: Lefebvre, Jules Joseph (1836-1911)
Servant, 1880. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Enjoying Coffee, Early 18th cen Artist: French master
Enjoying Coffee, Early 18th cen.. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Morning Toilet, 1854. Artist: Jules Treyer
Morning Toilet, 1854. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

A Mistress and Her Maid, 1660. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
A Mistress and Her Maid, 1660. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Kitchen in Rembrandts House, 1650s. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Kitchen in Rembrandts House, 1650s. Rembrandt van Rhijn (1606-1669). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Toilet of Venus, after 1743. Artist: Francois Boucher
The Toilet of Venus, after 1743. Boucher, Francois (1703-1770). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

A Maidservants Breakfast, 1880s. Artist: Constantin Emile Meunier
A Maidservants Breakfast, 1880s. Meunier, Constantin Emile (1831-1905). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The suicide of Signor Rosano, Italian Minister of Finance, Naples, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd November 1903

Front cover of Le Sourire magazine, 30th March 1901. Artist: Fernand Fau
Front cover of Le Sourire magazine, 30th March 1901. Le Sourire was one of the many light-hearted Parisian magazines featuring racy drawings of semi-clad mademoiselles

Woman having her hair done, late 19th-early 20th century. Artist: Ferdinand Freih van Reznicek
Woman having her hair done, late 19th-early 20th century

The tsarina nursing the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The tsarina nursing the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th December 1895

Woman sitting in an Interior, 1915. Artist: Peter Vilhelm Ilsted
Woman sitting in an Interior, 1915

Birth of the Virgin, 1342. Artist: Pietro Lorenzetti
Birth of the Virgin, 1342. From the collection of the Opera del Duomo, Siena

Three Women and a Man in a Courtyard behind a House, c1657-1659. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
Three Women and a Man in a Courtyard behind a House, c1657-1659. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Woman with a Child in a Pantry, c1660. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
Woman with a Child in a Pantry, c1660. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Interior, Woman drinking with Two Men, and a Maidservant, c1658 Artist: Pieter de Hooch
Interior, Woman drinking with Two Men, and a Maidservant, c1658. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

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

A Woman and a Maid in a Courtyard, c1660-1661. Artist: Pieter de Hooch
A Woman and a Maid in a Courtyard, c1660-1661. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Las Meninas or The Family of Philip IV, 1656-1657. Artist: Diego Velazquez
Las Meninas or The Family of Philip IV, 1656-1657. From the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Breakfast Time, 1887. Artist: Hanna Pauli
Breakfast Time, 1887. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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

Sarah, Abrahams wife, being barren, offers Hagar her maid to her husband, c1804. The result of the union was Ishmael whose name came to mean an outcast. From the Bible (Genesis 16:3)

Detail of a Greek lekythos showing a mistress and maid, 5th century BC
Detail of a lekythos (oil vessel) showing a mistress and maid, from Athens, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

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

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

The Service Franchise, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Service Franchise, 1884. The footman complains to the maid that household servants were not going to be recognised with the right to vote. This relates to the recently introduced Franchise Bill

Causation, 1882. A long-awaited boiled egg arrives, the servant having a different idea of time from her finely-clad mistress. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21, 1882

Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Pro Ar(e)is Et Focis, 1872. A disgusted housemaid shuts the gate to the basement kitchen to the local bobby. There had been a rash of strikes during the year including bakers and carpenters

Dissent in Earnest, 1860. We Defer to their Feelings, but we cannot Assent to their Reasoning - Parl Debate. This cartoon depicts either Lord Palmerston, the Liberal Prime Minister, or Gladstone

Milkmaid after the painting of G. Dou in the Cabinet of Mr. Poullain, mid-17th century
Milkmaid after the painting of G.Dou in the Cabinet of Mr. Poullain, mid-17th century

The Oiran Yoso-oi Seated at Her Toilet, ca. 1799. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Oiran Yoso-oi Seated at Her Toilet, ca. 1799

A Harlots Progress, Plate 3, April 1732. Creator: William Hogarth
A Harlots Progress, Plate 3, April 1732

Sweeper, 1746. Creator: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de
Sweeper, 1746

The Maid of All-Works Prayer!!, July 25, 1801. July 25, 1801
The Maid of All-Works Prayer!!, July 25, 1801

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