Domestic Collection (page 3)

Crosby Hall - the residence of Duke of Gloucester, London
Crosby Hall - a fine example of Gothic Domestic Architecture the residence of Richard Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III), the Mayor of London and Sir Thomas More - Bishopsgate Street, London

Traffic Accident Group
A Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker

Christmas Dinner in an Elizabethan Home by Pauline Baynes
A Christmas Day scene in a well-to-do household around 1550, showing the father of the house at the table with his guests, raising his blackjack tankard to toast the Queen

Killing an Elephant for food, Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Illustration showing the killing of an elephant, in the Jardin des Plantes, for food during the Siege of Paris in the winter of 1870-1

Crowded London Housing
A landscape of working class homes in London, with a handy patch of waste ground where the wives can hang up their washing and the kids can play among the stones and refuse

THE UMBRELLA COTTAGE
The quaint thatched Umbrella Cottage at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

Surrey Cottages
Picturesque black and white cottages and the fragrant smell of woodsmoke complete this beautiful corner of rural England, Eashing, a tiny hamlet near Godalming, Surrey

King St. C17Th
Timber-fronted buildings with protruding storey, common in London before the Great Fire. Tradition also allows this house to have been the residence of Oliver Cromwell

Dog Turnspit in Kitchen
Turnspit with dog-wheel in front of the kitchen fire

Victorian family saying grace before dinner
A Victorian family saying grace at the dinner table

Edward Vii / Family 1868
EDWARD VII with Alexandra and their three children, circa 1868

Wife Beats Husband 19C
A wife beats her husband; a neighbour tries to restrain her

Tabby and White Cat
A tabby and white cat sleeps

Thatched Village 1930S
Thatch cottages in the village of Wroxton in the Cotswolds, England

Hall Place, Bexley, Kent, England, was built in the reign of Henry VIII for the Lord Mayor of London, Sir John Champneis

Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England, the celebrated Jacobean mansion built by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and the home of the Cecil family ever since

Grim Grimsby
A Humber storm breaking over the dock area at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Note the rows of little back-to- back houses, interspersed with small industrial premises

Bewick / Mouflon
Linnaeus considered the mouflon a goat (capra ammon) but it is now classified as a sheep, indeed the smallest wild sheep and ancestor of all domestic breeds

German Kitchen
A maid in a simple kitchen with stove, sink, racks, chopping block, tub and saucepans

Futuristic news broadcast
A futuristic news broadcast, where a couple relax in their sitting room and listen to the days news from a gramophone-like machine

Advert, Fels-Naptha Soap -- I just couldn t keep house without it! 1926

W Heath Robinson - Peeling Potatoes by Gramophone

W Heath Robinson - Opening the Wine Bottle

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1890
Advertisement for Hudsons Soap, showing a laundry woman holding her basket. Date: 1890

Domestic interior with a mother and child seated at a piano
A domestic interior with a mother and child seated at a piano, oil on canvas, possibly by Charles West Cope, c.1860, in a gilt frame with moulded decoration and a circular aperture. Date: c.1860

The Grove, Country Home
A small country house, The Grove in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, with steps leading up from the gardens Date: circa 1830

Montreal, Kent
Montreal, near Sevenoaks, Kent, the seat of Lord Amherst of Holmsdale : the animals in the foreground are Hungarian sheep Date: late 18th century

Sandhurst / Field Green
Field Green, Sandhurst, Kent, a characteristic example of a small country house for a well-to-do household Date: 1860

The Day After Christmas by Mark Symons
Cosy front room festooned with decorations and filled with Christmas toys. Date: 1931

Cover design, Over 120 Ways of Using Bread for tasty and delightful dishes. Showing a woman in her kitchen, enjoying some of the results of her baking. Date: circa 1940s

Fuel winter crisis: Heating pumped from the earth and water
Diagram illustrating how heat in the earth and water can provide heating for homes and factories. City Electrical Engineer of Norwich

Houses in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Chalet style houses in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Trainee Chefs 1930S
Two student chefs at the Gordon Fellowes School of Domestic Service. Date: early 1930s

Dolls clothes on a washing line

Preparing for Sabbat
The master of the house investigates noises in his wine-cellar, finds his domestic staff taking the evening off on their broomsticks

Two little children give their mother a large Easter egg

Cottage in Countryside
A man calls at the door of a thatched cottage in the countryside leaving his horse tethered outside Date: 19th century

Old Houses, Bletchingley
Some of the fine old houses (although some could do with renewed rendering) at the corner of the road leading to Brewer Street, Bletchingley, Surrey. Date: 1930s

Domestic sewing machine. Bride and groom. Date c1882

Interior at New College Lane, Oxford
Watercolour sketch of an interior at New College Lane, Oxford, showing Reverend Baden Powell and his wife (they married in 1846), with five children

Timber-Framed Cottages
Timber-framed Clergy Houses just within the gateway of the churchyard at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 16th century

Advert for Ewarts Califront hot water 1928
" Just turn the tap" Ewarts Califront hot water instantly night or day. Hot water supply to bath, lavatory, basin ect. 1928

Advert for Harrods silverware 1937
Advertisement for siverware for Harrods to celebrate the Coronation Year including Silver- salver, entree dish, hot water jug, coaster, asparagus tongs, pair of candlesticks

Two women chatting in a kitchen, one thin and one fat. One says: I just seen young George the worse for drink again. The other replies: I ain t surprised. You may depend e in aled it from is father

Taking a tumble has its compensations
" The New Compensation Act" - " Hooray! I believe I ve broken my arm!" - a hotel chambermaid is not unduly concerned at her fall

Two Tabbys on a Wall
A brown tabby cat sits on a wall with an orange tabby. Date: 1903

Telford Modern Housing
New town style modern housing in Telford, Shropshire Date: 1950s

Poster advertising Edwards soups -- adds stock to the pot! A plump cook carries a steaming pot to the table

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