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Nursemaid Collection

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Hector & Andromache

Hector & Andromache
Hector and Andromache with their baby son, Astyanax (Scamandrios), held by a nursemaid. Hector asks the gods to make his son braver and stronger than himself

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Dirty Dog on Bed 1909

Dirty Dog on Bed 1909
A white puppy sleeps on a bed: he is covered in mud, and has left dirty pawprints all over the covers and pillow

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Comic postcard - arrival of a new baby

Comic postcard - arrival of a new baby
Humorous comic postcard - arrival of a new baby. Mother and Child doing well - Not a word about Father....!! 1909

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Duchess of York leaving 17 Bruton Street - Baby Elizabeth

Duchess of York leaving 17 Bruton Street - Baby Elizabeth
The Duchess of York (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) leaving 17 Bruton Street, London - the home of her parents the Earl and Countess of Strathmore - a nursemaid is following

Background imageNursemaid Collection: The Nurse of the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

The Nurse of the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). She certainly appears to have nursed a few in her time... Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Baby in pram with nanny or nursemaid

Baby in pram with nanny or nursemaid

Background imageNursemaid Collection: A nanny with child in the park, Victorian period

A nanny with child in the park, Victorian period

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Little white toddler with her black nanny

Little white toddler with her black nanny - Chicago, USA Date: circa 1878

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Santander wet nurse, 1856, by Valeriano Dominguez Becquer

Santander wet nurse, 1856, by Valeriano Dominguez Becquer
Valeriano Dominguez Becquer(1833-1870). Spanish painter. Santander wet nurse, 1856. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nursemaid & child

Nursemaid & child - Nursemaid and child in the hallway of their house. (German) Date: circa 1900

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nursemaid (Petherick)

Nursemaid (Petherick)
London characters: a NURSEMAID wheels her charges through Kensington Gardens, keeping an eye out for the friendly soldiers from Knightsbridge Barracks. Date: circa 1870

Background imageNursemaid Collection: OUT FOR AN AIRING

OUT FOR AN AIRING
Out for an airing the nursemaid takes baby for an airing in the park - but her attention is distracted... Date: 1849

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Madame Clara Butt and her children

Madame Clara Butt and her children
Madame Clara Butt (1872-1936) - Contralto concert Singer - and her children Date: 1905

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Household Brigade - Officer of the British Life Guards

Household Brigade - Officer of the British Life Guards
An Officer of The Life Guards (LG) (the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals), pictured with his young son

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Governess and young child look wistfully at portrait

Governess and young child look wistfully at portrait of a handsome soldier - perhaps it is the childs Father? Date: circa 1890s

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Music cover, La Bonne d Enfant

Music cover, La Bonne d Enfant
Music cover, La Bonne D Enfant (The Nursemaid), Chansonnette. 19th century

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Smoking nursemaid or nanny with charge

Smoking nursemaid or nanny with charge
A nursemaid, in charge of a toddler in a pram, sits and enjoys a smoke from a cigarette in a holder. Date: 1928

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Young Japanese Nurse

Young Japanese Nurse Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Croatia, Opatja - Promenade and Cafe Quarnero

Croatia, Opatja - Promenade and Cafe Quarnero
Croatia, Opatja (Abbazia) - Promenade and Cafe Quarnero Date: circa 1909

Background imageNursemaid Collection: WW1 era - Comic Postcard - On Neutral Ground

WW1 era - Comic Postcard - On Neutral Ground - a young boy stands with flag aloft, surrounded by his defenders as the ominous spectre of Nanny approaches... Date: circa 1916

Background imageNursemaid Collection: HRH Princess Anne (as a baby) with a nursemaid

HRH Princess Anne (as a baby) with a nursemaid
Anne, Princess Royal (1950-) (as a baby) pictured with a nursemaid. Date: circa 1950

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Indian Nursemaid with perambulator - Pune, India

Indian Nursemaid with perambulator - Pune, India
Indian Nursemaid for a rich European family wheeling a very fine perambulator at Pune, formerly known as Poona (now the eighth largest metropolis in India)

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Childrens Playroom - NYK Liner

Childrens Playroom - NYK Liner
Childrens Playroom aboard a ship of the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). Everything (available) to appeal to the young travellers Date: circa 1920s

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nurses with two little girls

Nurses with two little girls
Two little girls sit on the lap of their nurse, another nurse standing behind them. c. 1910

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nurse holding an infant

Nurse holding an infant c. 1910

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Tariff Reform - Austen Chamberlain

Tariff Reform - Austen Chamberlain
Cartoon looking at the tariff reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903. This move aimed to broaden the basis of taxation, to introduce a preference

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Ayah - Indian Nursemaid

Ayah - Indian Nursemaid looking after a rather pampered little baby in a very elegant pram. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nanny with five children all in a line

Nanny with five children all in a line
Just a Line - a play on this phrase as meaning both a jotted note to a friend (the postcard) and the image on the card, showing nanny, with a line of five children, in decreasing height order

Background imageNursemaid Collection: A lady, her young daughter and nursemaid

A lady, her young daughter and nursemaid
A German lady, her young daughter and nursemaid/nanny, taking a ride in an elegant carriage on a summers day. Date: 1903

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Lady & Nursemaid

Lady & Nursemaid
The nursemaid holds the baby for its mother to see during the morning visit to the nursery that she manages to make between her other social engagements Date: 1903

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nursemaid Flirting

Nursemaid Flirting
The nursemaid flirts with a soldier in the Park

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Doctor Syntax turned nurse

Doctor Syntax turned nurse, holding two infants

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Servants / Nursemaid

Servants / Nursemaid
Nanny in her uniform

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nursemaid and Girl 1884

Nursemaid and Girl 1884
Margery is woken up by the nursemaid after dreaming about all her favourite nursery rhyme characters

Background imageNursemaid Collection: An Indian Ayah

An Indian Ayah
An ayah (nursemaid) looks after the children of an English family in India

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nanny & Charges C. 1880

Nanny & Charges C. 1880
A baby & a little girl in white frocks: shoulder ribbons, vandyked broderie Anglaise short sleeves & hem. Leather shoes with ankle straps or crossed lacing

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Bayswater Road 1933

Bayswater Road 1933
A nurse takes advantage of the traffic lights to cross the Bayswater Road at Albert Gate into Hyde Park, pushing her charge in its perambulator

Background imageNursemaid Collection: Nursemaid in Nursery

Nursemaid in Nursery
The nursemaid baths the youngest child, while his sister waits her turn

Background imageNursemaid Collection: In the Nursery

In the Nursery
The nursemaid baths the youngest, while three older children play


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