Stirring Collection

The Great Lozenge-Maker. A Hint to Paterfamilias, 1858. Artist: John Leech
The Great Lozenge-Maker. A Hint to Paterfamilias, 1858. This cartoon indicts the sweet-making industry. At the time, many strange, and possibly noxious ingredients were used in sweets

Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Doeberitz - making stew for prisoners, between c1915 and 1918. Soldiers making stew at a prisoner of war camp at Do¨beritz (now Dallgow-Do¨beritz), Germany during World War I

Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Making army cooks, Pratt Institute, 9 Aug 1917 (date created or published later). Woman teaching men how to cook for the U.S. Army at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Figure Stirring a Cauldron, 305 BCE-641 CE. Creator: Unknown
Figure Stirring a Cauldron, 305 BCE-641 CE

Tray with a cup, saucer and glass on a table, c.1916. Creator: Reijer Stolk
Tray with a cup, saucer and glass on a table, c.1916

A Glass and Coral Factory, 1629-1670. Creator: Jacob van Loo
A Glass and Coral Factory, 1629-1670

Portrait of a Little Girl, Elise Kobke, with a Cup in front of her, 1850. Creator: Constantin Hansen
Portrait of a Little Girl, Elise Kobke, with a Cup in front of her, 1850

Young Peasant Having Her Coffee, 1881. Creator: Camille Pissarro
Young Peasant Having Her Coffee, 1881

Un Thede Douairieres (The Dowagers Tea Party), 1879 / 1880
Un The de Douairieres (The Dowagers Tea Party), 1879/1880

November - slaughtering the pig, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet Testard
November - slaughtering the pig, 15th century, (1939). A man pins down the struggling pig and plunges his knife into its throat, severing its jugular vein and carotid artery

Kast & Ehinger G. M. B. H. Stuttgart - printed with Blue 3, Red 1 and Rose M 7125 1 / 2, 1909
Kast & Ehinger G.M.B.H. Stuttgart - printed with Blue 3, Red 1 and Rose M 7125 1/2, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Girl at the hearth, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Girl at the hearth, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings

Gipsy woman making tea, Charlwood, Newdigate area, Surrey, 1964. A member of the Vincent family

The W. V. S. Did Many Jobs. Here is a W. V. S. woman managing a field kitchen, c1941 (1942)
The W.V.S. Did Many Jobs. Here is a W.V.S. woman managing a field kitchen, c1941 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Reform Club. The Kitchen, c1841. Artist: William Radclyffe
Reform Club. The Kitchen, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Cook, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Cook, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Making jelly in Czinkota, Hungary, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
Making jelly in Czinkota, Hungary, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Summer Amusement at Farmer G----s near Windsor, 1786. The Prince of Wales (the future King George IV) churns butter. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

The Blackmans Lament on how to make Sugar, 1813. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
The Blackmans Lament on how to make Sugar, 1813. London 1813, Photo D.Bey

A Musical Party in a Courtyard, 1677. Artist: Hendrick de Keyser
A Musical Party in a Courtyard, 1677. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Filling and Heading Casks, 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
Filling and Heading Casks, 1826. From The Black Mans Lament; or How to Make Sugar by Amelia Opie. (London, 1826)

Greek terracotta statuette of a woman cooking, from the Louvres collection

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