Search

Pictures
Online
A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
Taylor, W, active approximately 1840.Reference: 11849i
Books
La Vie quotidienne des domestiques en France au XIXe siècle / Pierre Guiral, Guy Thuillier.
Pierre GuiralDate: 1978
Pictures
Online
John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.
John BancksDate: [1738]Reference: 33144i
Pictures
A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
Busby, Thomas LordDate: 1826Reference: 665676i
Pictures
Online
Eucharius Roeslin presenting his book on maternity to a pregnant Duchess of Brunswick. Woodcut.
Reference: 16917i
Pictures
Online
A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, JohnReference: 12052i
Pictures
Online
A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.
Nicolas LancretReference: 25252i
Pictures
Online
A woman stealing some sugar by emptying it into her pocket is discovered by a manservant of the household. Wood engraving by Swain & Co..
Reference: 31998i
Pictures
Online
A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.
Gabriel MetsuDate: 1800-1899Reference: 24842i
Books
Housecraft and statecraft : domestic service in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600 / Dennis Romano.
Dennis RomanoDate: 1996
Pictures
Online
A physician examines a patient's stools; he is very pleased; the sarcastic maid asks him if he would like a fork. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison, c. 1890.
Frison, Gustave, 1850-Reference: 16832i
Pictures
Miss Baily reviving from her attempted suicide while her manservant cudgels the foppish object of her affections. Coloured reproduction of an etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807.
Isaac CruikshankReference: 11830i
Pictures
Online
A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving after J. Hoskins.
Hoskins, John, 1566-1638.Reference: 29723i
Pictures
Online
A gouty man in a Bath chair out shooting with his dogs, his black servant sniggers behind him. Engraving.
Reference: 10736i
Books
Online
The co[urt of] good counsell : VVherein is set downe the true rules, how a man should choose a good wife from a bad, and a woman a good husband from a bad. Wherein is also expressed, the great care that parents should haue, for the bestowing of their children in mariage: and likewise how children ought to behaue themselues towardes their parents: and how maisters ought to gouerne their seruants, and how seruants ought to be obedient towards their maisters. Set forth as a patterne, for all people to learne wit by: published by one that hath dearely bought it by experience.
Date: 1607
Pictures
Online
A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.
John LeechDate: 1848Reference: 16015i
Pictures
Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Reference: 11631i
Books
Monsieur Proust / by Céleste Albaret ; as told to Georges Belmont ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.
Céleste AlbaretDate: 1976
Pictures
Online
Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.
Coypel, Noël, the elder, 1628-1707.Date: [between 1720 and 1729?]Reference: 20457i
Pictures
Online
A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.
David WilkieDate: June 1840Reference: 17671i
Pictures
Three Venetian people wearing masks: a grandee, a courtesan, and a zany servant playing the lute. Engraving by J. Goltzius, 1581, after J.J. Boissard.
Jean-Jacques BoissardDate: [1581]Reference: 3006457i
Pictures
Online
Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.
Henry Nelson O'NeilDate: 1846Reference: 20812i
Pictures
Online
A man making fun of a physician because he keeps two wild animals as pets, in a tent in India(?). Lithograph by R.J. Hamerton after himself.
Robert Jacob HamertonReference: 21823i
Pictures
Online
A physician taking a young woman's pulse, her mother is standing behind them, a basket for a urine flask is on the floor. Collotype after J. Steen.
Jan SteenReference: 21750i
Pictures
Online
Two female patients taking advantage of a young inexperienced doctor's desire to please by taking up too much of his time. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.
George du MaurierDate: 1875Reference: 13812i

Works search

Active filters:

A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.

La Vie quotidienne des domestiques en France au XIXe siècle / Pierre Guiral, Guy Thuillier.

John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.

A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.

Eucharius Roeslin presenting his book on maternity to a pregnant Duchess of Brunswick. Woodcut.

A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.

A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.

A woman stealing some sugar by emptying it into her pocket is discovered by a manservant of the household. Wood engraving by Swain & Co..

A man sits by a fireplace lighting his pipe with an ember while a servant girl brings his drink. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Metsu.

Housecraft and statecraft : domestic service in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600 / Dennis Romano.

A physician examines a patient's stools; he is very pleased; the sarcastic maid asks him if he would like a fork. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison, c. 1890.

Miss Baily reviving from her attempted suicide while her manservant cudgels the foppish object of her affections. Coloured reproduction of an etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807.

A good servant, represented as a hybrid creature combining a man, a pig, an ass and a deer, carrying cleaning implements and having a padlocked mouth. Engraving after J. Hoskins.

A gouty man in a Bath chair out shooting with his dogs, his black servant sniggers behind him. Engraving.

A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.

Bonnell Thornton lying ill in bed, consulting three physicians and pointing out their inadequacies. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams.

Monsieur Proust / by Céleste Albaret ; as told to Georges Belmont ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.

Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.

A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.

Three Venetian people wearing masks: a grandee, a courtesan, and a zany servant playing the lute. Engraving by J. Goltzius, 1581, after J.J. Boissard.

Jephthah's daughter contemplating her virginity and her imminent death, surrounded by woeful attendants with musical instruments. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1846, after H. O'Neil.

A man making fun of a physician because he keeps two wild animals as pets, in a tent in India(?). Lithograph by R.J. Hamerton after himself.

A physician taking a young woman's pulse, her mother is standing behind them, a basket for a urine flask is on the floor. Collotype after J. Steen.

Two female patients taking advantage of a young inexperienced doctor's desire to please by taking up too much of his time. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1875.