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).
EditorialTwo kamuro maids try to drag two samurai to their courtesan mistresses. Scene in Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
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.
EditorialAristocratic women parading passing a?yojiya, a shop selling brushes and toothpicks, Tokyo, 18th century. Young maids carry a mirror and a portable stove in front of four women in fine kimono Female pilgrim ichiko at left. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodbloc...
EditorialPamela with the Children and Miss Goodwin to whome she is telling her nursery tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue long after having surmounted all the difficulties it had been exposed to, Print mad...
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