Maid Collection (page 13)

Maid Cleans Shoes
A maidservant polishes boots. Date: 1885

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

King Richard II and his mother
RICHARD II, KING OF ENGLAND (1367 - 1400) as a boy, with his mother Joan, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, wife of the Black Prince of Wales, known as the fair maid of Kent

Servants in Love
An Edwardian Scullery Maid falls for the Hall Boy as he chops firewood. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Maid Packs her Bags
Unable to cope with the drudgery of being an Edwardian servant, the scullery maid packs her bags in her bedroom. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Bathing / Maid Runs Bath
A maid prepares a bath for her mistress Date: 1908

Washing in Dew
The fair maid who, the first of May, goes to the fields at break of day, and washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, will ever after handsome be

Scottish Inn Scene C1800
A merry scene inside a Scottish tavern. Two drunken fellows exchange pleasantries whilst another man chats with the serving maid, who unawares spills drink from her jug. Date: circa 1800

Toad in Disguise / Grahame
Toad in disguise: " She arranged the shawl with a professional fold, & tied the strings of the rusty bonnet under his chin." Date: First published: 1908

Maid Drops Tray
Maid drops the tray Date: circa 1900

Butler & New Maid
The butler inspects the new housemaid, warning her that her progress is in his hands Date: 1906

Ballad / False Lover
THE FALSE LOVER WON BACK When John tells her he loves another, the fair maid goes after him and by the end hes as deep in love wi her as she was ower again. Date: traditional

French Ladys Maid
A maid helps her mistress with her toilette Date: 1847

Maid and Crinoline
When crinolines are in fashion, household breakages are apt to be even more frequent than usual... Date: 1864

Servants Clothing
Appropriate clothing for a parlourmaid, a cook, and a housemaid Date: 1906

Evening Dress 1912
Society people prepare for a night on the town. He wears a fur trimmed overcoat over his dress clothes, she wears a fur trimmed mantle & a toque with a vertical feather. Date: 1912

In the Wash-House
In the wash-house Date: 1906

Servant drinking tea
A servant has a nice sit down and a cup of tea

British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET. British Ballad telling the story of Lord Thomas who is in love with Fair Annet and plans to marry her

British Ballad, Sir Patrick Spens
SIR PATRICK SPENS. Popular British Ballad of Scottish origin. Sailor, Sir Patrick receives a Royal commission from the King of Scotland to bring home the Scottish queen Margaret

British Ballad, The Nut-Brown Mayd (Maid)
THE NUT BROWN MAYD (Maid - Maiden) Popular British Ballad by an anonymous author, praising the virtues of a devoted woman. First appearing around the 16th century

Emelye, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales: The Knights Tale. Emelye gathering flowers

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Cat - Old Maid
Poor puss. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a crinoline wearing old maid from a cat. Her footstool evolves into a poor man who gets trapped inside her crinoline cage

Robert Herrick in his Devonshire home
My maid (my Prue), by good luck sent, to save that little, fates me gave or lent. Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), English poet, in the garden of his home in Devonshire

Little Barber by Muriel Dawson
A scene no doubt familiar to many parents; a tiny little girl finds a pair of scissors in a bedroom and decides to cut her own hair

Maine Maid restaurant, Long Island
Maine Maid restaurant, Jericho, Long Island

Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha
Music cover for the comic opera entitled Martha, or the Market at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), set in the early 18th century

A Woman and her evening dresser
The Muslin Shirt. A French woman and her dresser maid - she is getting into a fine muslin dress

Boudoir Beauty by Charles Robinson
A lady at her toilette is brought yet more bottles and boxes to add to the rather lavish collection already in her dressing room

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

Wedding Presents
A bride and her maid-of-honour admire a piece of jewellery, a wedding present from her prospective husband perhaps?

Berliet Automobile
A fabulous Berliet car with a full compliment of passengers

The milk maids morning
A young milk maid walks down the path, carrying her stool and bucket, ready for a morning spent milking

The Childrens Treat of Syllabub
A maid leans down by a small girl, holding a bowl full of syllabub. The gaze of three other children in the background is also transfixed by this tempting dessert

A maid and her poem by Florence Hardy
If every maid, were of my mind, heigh ho! Heigh ho! lovely sweet, they to their lovers, should prove kind, kindness is for, maidens meet. A maid speaks of how a maid should act

That Saving Grace by H. M. Tolintyre
A young woman beautifies herself at her dressing table with the help of no less than three maids! The cartoon punchline reads, " Apart from the hygienic value of bobbed hair

The Kitchenmaid and the Constable
A humourous photograph of a kitchenmaid, busy doing the washing up, being proposed to by her policeman admirer. The photograph is entitled Cupboard Love

Hangover after the Party
A kindly maid brings her misstress a l eau minerale to help her recover from the hangover she is bound to be suffering. By the look of the mess it was a hell of a party!

Prince of Wales / Ammanull
KING AMANULLAH OF AFGHANISTAN Prince of Wales greets the King of Afghanistan aboard the Maid of Orleans at Dover dressed in the uniform of the Welsh Guards

A French kitchen
A chef and maid prepare a sumptuous meal in a French kitchen. Dough has been rolled out on the side board and the chef decorates a three-tiered cake with flowers

Making Pastry
Pastry is rolled out on the sideboard, then once cooked, the maid is shown removing the pie from the oven, and then once again with plates piled up high, ready for serving

An Astronomical Note
A Second Eclipse of the Sun. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

How to Brighten Hotel Life: Preventing the Bathroom Boredom
Maid and shoe cleaner dancing to entertain the guests who are waiting to use the bathroom. One of a series specially drawn for The Sketch by Joyce Dennys

Munitions
A maid informs the mistress of the house that she is off to work in the munitions factory during World War One. The lady of the house retorts that she hopes she doesn t drop things there as

What Next by Cathinca Amyot
A humorous colour illustration of a maid attempting to ride a bike

Olga of Russia with her nurse
Grand Princess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895-1918), eldest child of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, granddaughter of Princess Alice and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria

Kenilworth - Elizabeth I
Have done with these busy fingers, Janet - Queen Elizabeth I, seated on the edge of her bed, instructs her handmaiden who appears to be adjusting her Queens ruff

Postcard from a serving girl
A postcard message sent to Miss Elsie Underwood, Bournemouth from Lil, recently employed as one of ten servants working at No.2 Wilton Crescent, London S.W

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