Housekeeper Collection

Moment of Departure - all the staff line up to say Goodbye
A quite wonderful German postcard illustrating the Moment of Departure - all the staff line up to say Goodbye! Date: circa 1910s

Dinner, Servants Hall
Dinner in the servants hall of a large household : the butler presides, with housekeeper, ladys maids, housemaids and footmen ranged in order of seniority

Great-grandmama sees the Baker call for orders,s Spurrier
Great-grandmama sees the Baker call for orders, illustration by Steven Spurrier, artist (1878-1961). Showing woman and girl in street scene, with baker speaking with housekeeper from below stairs

Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, WW1
Cartoon, The concierge of the House of Austria, showing Emperor Franz Josef of Austria lying in state (although he was still alive at the time)

Doll representing courtiers Lady Maria Arnold and Lady Maria Bulkeley. Wooden doll dressed by the young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Doll representing housekeeper Mrs. Martha with toy dresser and mirror. Wooden doll dressed by the young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

English huntsman and lady watching a fox swim across a river, 19th century. Facey Romford raising his hat and shouting while Mrs Lucy Somerville sits sidesaddle on her mount. The view

Moliere reading his comedies to his housekeeper
The French dramatist Moliere reading his comedies to his housekeeper. 17th century

12TH NIGHT / BELCH ETC
Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek - and Maria the housekeeper. Date: first performed 1601/2

THE NEW SERVANT
A gentleman inspects the new servant-girl that his housekeeper proposes to take on Date: late 18th century

A Housekeeper - West Central London Frontage of a large Terraced house, possibly on a Grand Square, Row or Street. Date: circa 1904

Citizens of Augsburg of the early 18th century from a copperplate engraving of a dolls house.. A hunter with game, housekeeper, servant girls with plates and account books, a cook with ham

Geraldine Oliffe as Mrs Pearce in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of actress Geraldine Oliffe in the role of Mrs Pearce, housekeeper to Professor Higgins in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion

Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error
Lodging-House Keeper (to professional lady) - " Which my usband, Miss, is one of the Virgins at the Cathedral!" Date: circa 1890s

Theatrical Lodging House Keeper on Henry Irving
Theatrical Lodging House Keeper: " Yes, I m glad they ve knighted Enery Irving. You see, its a compliment to the perfession which reflecs equal honner on us hall." Date: 1895

Arthur Balfour leaving his London house
Arthur James Balfour, Conservative MP and former Prime Minister, leaving his London house for Biarritz, possibly for a health cure

Liebig extract
Advertisement by Liebig Companys extract showing the lady of the house discussing a dinner party menu with her housekeeper

Female Model Cleaner
A stereotypical cleaner leaning on her mop

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

Edwardian Servants
Below stairs at an Edwardian country house. The servants assemble in order of status: The butler, ladys maid, housekeeper, chef at the front, lower servants behind

Caught
Children discovered in a larder or pantry by their parents and a horrified housekeeper or nanny eating jam out of a huge jar

French Housekeeper
French servante of the 16th century

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