Homely Collection

Mary MacDonald outside her crofters cottage, Outer Hebrides
Portrait of Miss Mary MacDonald, a very old lady - now deceased - outside her thatched crofters cottage, or Black House, Outer Hebrides. Scotland. See also PD000264 - ME No. 12445824 Date: circa 1986

DUTCH PEASANTS EATING
Two Dutch peasants enjoy a hearty meal. Date: 17th century

Tea table with strawberries and jam
Tea table set out with freshly picked strawberries, a pot of jam, and cups of tea poured out. 1936

Getting ready for school - The Promotion of Health Poster
Idyllic domestic scene inside a family kitchen. Older children are getting ready for school and while one daughter of the house sits and has her hair brushed by mother

Victorian childrens Christmas party by Pauline Baynes
A Pauline Baynes illustration of a Victorian childrens Christmas party showing a typical Victorian drawing room with its homely clutter of bric-a-brac and elaborate decoration

The Orphans - two children play draughts, watched by a woman. 19th century

Women WW1 Work Our Womanhood
A tribute to the women who have filled jobs previously undertaken by men who have gone off to fight. The verse celebrates the way that women have responded to the call

Evie Greene in dressing room
Evie Greene (1875 1917), actress brushing her hair at the dressing table Date: 1908

Rural snow scene with cottage on a Good Wishes card. Date: circa 1890s

Cover design, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, showing a pig, a cat, a duckling, two rabbits and two dogs sitting in front of their fireplace. Date: 1912

Reminder of England in a YMCA hut in France, WW1
A Y.M.C.A. hut in France with the end wall painted with a mural done by a British officer, assisted by YMCA workers, showing a scene of English countryside

Home Gardening magazine, September 1928
Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion for the layout of a front garden the design of which was apparently specially prepared by one of the greatest authorities in the country

Royal Wedding 1947 - the couple at home
Artists impression of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) with her new husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured talking by a fireside while a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I hangs

Edwardian Housekeeper
Mrs. Jean Davies, the housekeeper of the Edwardian Country House

Pretty Fish Girl
If you thought all fishwives are foul-mouthed and homely, think again - this Scottish lass proves the contrary

German Family at Play
The dancing game - papa plays the fiddle while mama and the children dance : a homely German household scene

French Children Homework
French country children do their homework: two at a table and two sitting on a rug on the floor

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