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The adoration of the shepherds. Engraving by C.J. Visscher after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 21934i
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Household work; or, the duties of female servants. Practically and economically illustrated, through the respective grades of maid-of-all-work, house and parlour-maid, and laundry-maid : with many valuable recipes for facilitating labour in every department / prepared for the use of the National and Industrial Schools of the Holy Trinity, at Finchley.
Date: 1850
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The newly born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; her mother lies in white on the bed. Coloured engraving by P. Bouttats.
Bouttats, Philibert, 1654 or 1655-Reference: 20987i
Ephemera
Hudson's Dry Soap : once used always used ... directions for using ... / [R.S. Hudson].
R.S. Hudson Limited.Date: [1880?]
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A physician informing a young woman and her mother that she is pregnant, a servant is listening at the door. Engraving by T. Holloway.
Reference: 21798i
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A midwife presenting a new born royal (?) baby to its father and to the royal court. Etching.
Reference: 17228i
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Tobit chooses the angel to accompany Tobias on his journey. Engraving by G. Pencz, c. 1540.
Pencz, Georg, 1500?-1550.Reference: 20906i
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An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 25 June 1791Reference: 26889i
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A baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 11202i
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The birth of John the Baptist. Etching by C. Maratta after himself.
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.Reference: 21801i
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A gouty man at table with a bon viveur drinking champagne (a pun on "pain"). Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
Busby, Thomas Lord.Date: 1826Reference: 664596i
Part of: Busby's humorous etchings
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Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
Verdier, François, 1651-1730.Date: 1698Reference: 18454i
Part of: Histoire de Samson
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A man and a woman dining together; a servant enters the room. Photograph after G. Metsu.
Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667.Reference: 3064094i
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Phyllis, in the opera "The lady slavey". Etching.
Date: [189?-?]Reference: 673097i
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A doctor taking the pulse of a country squire; the smug doctor receives a drink from the butler while his disgruntled patient's medicine is prepared by the maid. Lithograph by W. Hunt, 1825, after H.W. Bunbury.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.Date: 10 January 1825Reference: 11181i
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A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Date: 28 January 1804Reference: 12070i
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A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.Date: 1700Reference: 26536i
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Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Woodcut.
Reference: 23943i
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A health to the gentlemanly profession of servingmen, 1598 / by I.M.; with an introduction by A.V. Judges.
Date: 1931
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An encyclopaedia of domestic economy comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with housekeeping : as, the construction of domestic edifices ... duties of servants, the general account of the animal and vegetable substances used as food ... making bread ... preservation of health ; domestic medicine &c. &c. / by Thomas webster ; assisted by the late Mrs. Parkes.
Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844.Date: 1844
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A pretty maid carrying drinking chocolate on a tray. Stipple engraving by A. H. Payne after Liotard, c. 1743.
Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789.Date: 1743Reference: 25429i
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An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, c. 1804, after C. Gold.
Gold, Charles, Captain.Date: 1 November 1804Reference: 25290i
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A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Date: 28 January 1804Reference: 12053i
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A thin, anxious patient consulting a doctor. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: June 1823Reference: 11222i
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Chubdah or running footman and wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28724i

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The adoration of the shepherds. Engraving by C.J. Visscher after P.P. Rubens.

The newly born Virgin Mary is washed by maids; her mother lies in white on the bed. Coloured engraving by P. Bouttats.

Hudson's Dry Soap : once used always used ... directions for using ... / [R.S. Hudson].

A physician informing a young woman and her mother that she is pregnant, a servant is listening at the door. Engraving by T. Holloway.

A midwife presenting a new born royal (?) baby to its father and to the royal court. Etching.

Tobit chooses the angel to accompany Tobias on his journey. Engraving by G. Pencz, c. 1540.

An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.

A baffled doctor taking the pulse of a love-sick young woman, her maid slips a billet-doux secretly into her hand. Coloured lithograph.

The birth of John the Baptist. Etching by C. Maratta after himself.

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

Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.

A man and a woman dining together; a servant enters the room. Photograph after G. Metsu.

Phyllis, in the opera "The lady slavey". Etching.

A doctor taking the pulse of a country squire; the smug doctor receives a drink from the butler while his disgruntled patient's medicine is prepared by the maid. Lithograph by W. Hunt, 1825, after H.W. Bunbury.

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

A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.

Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Woodcut.

A health to the gentlemanly profession of servingmen, 1598 / by I.M.; with an introduction by A.V. Judges.

A pretty maid carrying drinking chocolate on a tray. Stipple engraving by A. H. Payne after Liotard, c. 1743.

An Englishman and Asian man seated in a pavilion playing chess and both smoking the hooka. Coloured aquatint by T. Rickards, c. 1804, after C. Gold.

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

A thin, anxious patient consulting a doctor. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.

Chubdah or running footman and wife. Gouache drawing.