EditorialHarriet Smithson as Miss Dorillon, in "Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are" by Elizabeth Inchbald. Date/Period: Ca. 1822. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 445 mm (17.51 in); Width: 311 mm (12.24 in).
EditorialReturning Sails of the Bamboo Knives (Takenaga no kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Maids' Utensils (Jochu tedogu hakkei)". Attributed to Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. Color wo...
EditorialA Woman and Two Maids, from the series "A Mirror of Feminine Manners (Onna fuzoku masu kagami)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.1 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialMiss Harriet Constance Smithson as Miss Dorrillon in "Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are" the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Robert Cooper after a painting by George Clint. From D. Terry's "British Theatri...
EditorialSpanish school. The Maids of Honour. Las Meninas. 1957. Barcelona, Picasso Museum. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973). SARMIENTO MARIA AGUSTINA. VELASCO ISABEL DE. JOSE NIETO VELAZQUEZ. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA. Margaret Theresa of Spain. Maribarbola. ULLOA MARCELA.
EditorialIllustration to the Maids of Elfen-Mere, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 18281882, British, 1854, Graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (13 x 8.3 cm), ...
EditorialThe Curious Maids, Print made by John Greenwood, 17271792, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Published by Robert Sayer, 17251794, British, 1768, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches ...
EditorialHarriet Smithson as Miss Dorillon, in "Wives as They Were, and Maids as They Are" by Elizabeth Inchbald. Date/Period: Ca. 1822. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 445 mm (17.51 in); Width: 311 mm (12.24 in).
Editorial'Cries of London' Plate 2: 'Milk below Maids', Luigi Schiavonetti, 17651810, Italian, after Francis Wheatley, 17471801, British, 1793, Colored engraving with stipple, DON'T USE: 16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm).
EditorialWoman Dressing, with Maid, George Augustus Sala, 18281895, British, undated, Watercolor, gouache enamel-like paint, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper, Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 15/16in. (7.8 x 7.5cm), corsets, dressing, genre subjec...
EditorialBaluster jar with a seated Chinese lady with maids, watching a performance of music and dance, Baluster-shaped porcelain pot with spreading foot and wide neck, painted in underglaze blue and on it glaze red, green, yellow and black. On the belly a seat...
EditorialBasin with several boats on a river filled with lotus plants, Deep porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. On the shelf a representation of a boat on a river full of lotus plants, with a man and a wo...
EditorialRudaba and Zal. Shahnama. Isfahan, Iran, 1630-1640. Rudaba on the roof of her palace with two maids, lets one of her ringlets down to Zal, who presses it to his cheek. He is attended by a youth carrying his bow. Highly decorated palace on the left; mau...
EditorialThe birth of Rustam. Shahnama. Isfahan, Iran, 1630-1640. The birth of Rustam. Rudaba reclining, eyes half-closed, surrounded by her maids, one of whom receives the enormous child. Zal and a physician are seated in the foreground. Image taken from Shah...
EditorialMaids brawling in the laundry. A domestic scene from a story of the dangers of alcohol. . A Story of Drink. Edward Ashman: London, 1880. A story of drink. Founded on the famous French novel [i.e. on Emil Zola’s “L’Assommoir”] 1880. Source: 1261...
EditorialWoman in couture wedding dress and veil with girls in matching maids dresses. Lithograph with pochoir (stencil) handcolour from the luxury French fashion magazine "Art, Gout, Beaute," 1926.
EditorialIndian princess having her hair done, 18th century. A princess smokes a hookah pipe while maids fix her hair, hold a mirror and play music. In a courtyard with pond, fountains and garden. Principessa Indiana alla Toeletta. From a miniature. Handtinted ...
EditorialSpanish school. The Maids of Honour. Las Meninas. 1957. Barcelona, Picasso Museum. SARMIENTO MARIA AGUSTINA. VELASCO ISABEL DE. JOSE NIETO VELAZQUEZ. PHILIP IV OF SPAIN. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA. Margaret Theresa of Spain. Maribarbola. PERTUSATO NICOLAS DE.