Hotel maid making a bed, from an 1897 advertisement for Strawbridge & Clothier hotel supplies.
Category Archives: Domestic Scenes
Alte Frau am Fenster (Old Woman at the Window), by Max Liebermann
Description | English: “Old Woman at the Window,” by Max Liebermann |
Date | 1916 |
Source | Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (https://archive.org/details/deutschekunstund39kochuoft/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Max Liebermann |
She might not be a clever woman but she was an intuitive one, by R. Van Buren
Description | English: Illustration by Raeburn Van Buren for the story “The Last Straw” by Adela Rogers St. Johns |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n539/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Raeburn Van Buren |
The Dropped Fork
Description | English: Illustration from an advertisement for an etiquette book. “Many embarrassing blunders can be made in a public restaurant. Should the young lady in the picture pick up the fork or leave it for the waiter to attend to? Or should one of the men pick it up?” |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n393/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Brushing Her Teeth
Description | English: A woman brushing her teeth, from an advertisement for Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream |
Date | 1924 |
Source | Advertisement for Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream in Motion Picture Magazine (https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag28brew/page/n205/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
The Doubtful Fortune
Description | English: “The Doubtful Fortune,” an engraving from Godey’s Lady’s Book |
Date | 1868 |
Source | Godey’s Lady’s Book (https://archive.org/details/godeys-1868-v-76/page/129/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Dinner, by August Neven du Mont
Description | English: Dinner. Study by August Neven du Mont, reproduced in a 1911 German magazine. |
Date | 1911 |
Source | Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte (https://archive.org/details/velhagenklasings2621unse/page/8/mode/2up) |
Author | August Neven du Mont |
Rent Day, by Alfred Kappes
Description | English: “Rent Day,” engraved by Gustav Kruell from the painting by Alfred Kappes. This is the right half of the painting. |
Date | 1887 |
Source | Engravings on Wood (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015065655/page/n85/mode/2up) |
Author | Alfred Kappes, painter; Gustav Kruell, engraver |
Laundress
Description | English: Laundress doing her washing with Sunlight Soap |
Date | 1904 |
Source | Advertisement in a Souvenir of “Venice by Night” (https://archive.org/details/soveneirofvenice00earl/page/18/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
The Fairy Tale, by Friedrich Hiddemann
Description | English: “The Fairy-Tale,” by Friedrich Hiddemann |
Date | 1892 |
Source | Daheim Kalender 1892 (https://archive.org/details/DaheimKalendaer1892/page/n185/mode/2up) |
Author | Friedrich Hiddemann |