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Pinafore Collection

Background imagePinafore Collection: The Cottage Door, 1899

The Cottage Door, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

Background imagePinafore Collection: Group of Children in the Royal Caledonian Asylum - from a painting by Mr. Wighton, 1858

Group of Children in the Royal Caledonian Asylum - from a painting by Mr. Wighton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Group of Children in the Royal Caledonian Asylum [in London] - from a painting by Mr. Wighton, 1858. The object of the institution is the maintenance and education of the children of soldiers

Background imagePinafore Collection: Portrait of a Girl, 19th century. Creator: Amanda Carolina Vilhelmina Sidwall

Portrait of a Girl, 19th century. Creator: Amanda Carolina Vilhelmina Sidwall
Portrait of a Girl, 19th century

Background imagePinafore Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de l'Isle de Scio, c1797. Creator

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de l'Isle de Scio, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme de l'Isle de Scio, c1797

Background imagePinafore Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de l'Isle de Pathmos, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de l'Isle de Pathmos, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme de l'Isle de Pathmos, c1797

Background imagePinafore Collection: Costumes de Différent Pays, Paysanne de L'Angoumois, c1797. Creator

Costumes de Différent Pays, Paysanne de L'Angoumois, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Different Pays, Paysanne de L'Angoumois, c1797

Background imagePinafore Collection: 'From Our Own Correspondent' - painted by W. Hemsley, 1856. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith

"From Our Own Correspondent" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1856. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
"From Our Own Correspondent" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1856. Engraving of a painting in the Exhibition at the British Institution, ...suggested by the Crimean news

Background imagePinafore Collection: Playing Children, Enghave Square, 1907-1908. Creator: Peter Hansen

Playing Children, Enghave Square, 1907-1908. Creator: Peter Hansen
Playing Children, Enghave Square, 1907-1908

Background imagePinafore Collection: Julie von Benesch at the age of 8, 1889. Creator: Viktor Oskar Tilgner

Julie von Benesch at the age of 8, 1889. Creator: Viktor Oskar Tilgner
Julie von Benesch at the age of 8, 1889

Background imagePinafore Collection: 'Restored', by J. Clark, 1862. Creator: Unknown. 'Restored', by J. Clark, 1862. Creator: Unknown

"Restored", by J. Clark, 1862. Creator: Unknown. "Restored", by J. Clark, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Restored", by J. Clark, 1862. Engraving of a painting....what charming studies of character are this father and daughter, going perhaps to, or coming from, church

Background imagePinafore Collection: 'The Wanderer', by J. Clark, 1862. Creator: Unknown. 'The Wanderer', by J. Clark, 1862

"The Wanderer", by J. Clark, 1862. Creator: Unknown. "The Wanderer", by J. Clark, 1862
"The Wanderer", by J. Clark, 1862. Engraving of a painting....absorbed with her little pet kitten, and perhaps led astray by its gambols and friskings, she has

Background imagePinafore Collection: The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown

The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Suffragette Housemaid 1908, (1933). A suffragette (Vera Wentworth?) wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment

Background imagePinafore Collection: Elementary school class of Indian students with botanical specimens... Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Elementary school class of Indian students with botanical specimens... Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Elementary school class of Indian students with botanical specimens at United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901

Background imagePinafore Collection: Girls Pinafore, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Eleanor Gausser

Girls Pinafore, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Eleanor Gausser
Girls Pinafore, 1935/1942

Background imagePinafore Collection: The Dames Absence, from 'Illustrated London News', July 4, 1857

The Dames Absence, from "Illustrated London News", July 4, 1857
The Dames Absence, from " Illustrated London News", July 4, 1857

Background imagePinafore Collection: Doll, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Davids De Vault

Doll, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Davids De Vault
Doll, 1935/1942

Background imagePinafore Collection: May Flowers, 1911. Creator: Louise Cox

May Flowers, 1911. Creator: Louise Cox
May Flowers, 1911

Background imagePinafore Collection: The Birthday, c1870-1906, (1906). Creator: Edward John Gregory

The Birthday, c1870-1906, (1906). Creator: Edward John Gregory
The Birthday, c1870-1906, (1906). Watercolour by British artist Edward John Gregory (1850-1909). From " The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours", edited by Charles Holme

Background imagePinafore Collection: The suffragette housemaid, 1908. Artist: Central News

The suffragette housemaid, 1908. Artist: Central News
The suffragette housemaid, 1908. A suffragette wearing a pinafore advertising a protest on Londons Victoria Embankment. The campaign to secure the vote for women in Britain saw women adopting a range

Background imagePinafore Collection: Learning to cook, London, c1900 (1901)

Learning to cook, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Background imagePinafore Collection: Picking flowers in a meadow near Leksand, Sweden, c1923

Picking flowers in a meadow near Leksand, Sweden, c1923. Leksand is a town of the district north of Svealand called Dalecarlia. In the distance is the Ostervik, an arm of Lake Siljan

Background imagePinafore Collection: A woman of Normandy, France, c1922

A woman of Normandy, France, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Background imagePinafore Collection: An Orphan of Amsterdam, 1901

An Orphan of Amsterdam, 1901. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1901

Background imagePinafore Collection: Forbidden Fruit, c1880-1882. Artist: Charles Waltner

Forbidden Fruit, c1880-1882. Artist: Charles Waltner
Forbidden Fruit, c1880-1882. After the painting by John Everett Millais. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Background imagePinafore Collection: Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Soap, 1887

Advertisement for Brookes Monkey Brand Soap, 1887. A print from The Illustrated London News, 2nd April 1887

Background imagePinafore Collection: Policeman helping schoolchildren across the road, East End, London, 1926-1927

Policeman helping schoolchildren across the road, East End, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London)

Background imagePinafore Collection: Children, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin

Children, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Children, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Background imagePinafore Collection: The Farmers Daughter, 1881, (1912). Artist: William Quiller Orchardson

The Farmers Daughter, 1881, (1912). Artist: William Quiller Orchardson
The Farmers Daughter, 1881, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Background imagePinafore Collection: Tendre Souvenir, French Postcard, c1900

Tendre Souvenir, French Postcard, c1900. Private collection

Background imagePinafore Collection: Saturday Night

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

Background imagePinafore Collection: Causation, 1882

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


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