Domestic Life Collection

Young woman sleeping in bed (B&W)

Butter Making
circa 1857: A woman churning butter talks to a milkman wearing a yoke to carry his pails. William Grundys English Views (Photo by T. R)

Gin Lane
This print was published as a pair with Beer Street and contrasted the health and productivity benefits of drinking beer with the vice of gin drinking

Giant Basket
A woman carrying a large wicker basket through a street in Assisi. Picture Post - 5409 - Assisi - pub. 1951 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)

Early Washing Machine
circa 1860: An early labour-saving machine for clothes washing, comprising a water barrel, water boiler, agitator and mangle. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Scenery of Shono in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print, Rear View
Asian, Bag, Color Image, Domestic Life, Five People, Group Of People, , Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344754

Scenery of Otsu in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print
Angled View, Asian, Bag, Cloud, Color Image, Cow, Domestic Life, Group, Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344770

Scenery Kameyama of in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print
Asian, Color Image, Domestic Life, History, House, Japan, Japanese Cul, Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344756

Tibetan Mastiff engraving 1840
The Naturalists Library by William Jardine

Foxhounds invading a Victorian house
A member of the local fox hunt has followed the foxhounds into a smart house - thankfully, without his horse - where the behaviour of the hounds is causing considerable uproar

Scenery of Ejiri in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print
Asian, City, Color Image, Domestic Life, Harbor, History, House, Japan, , Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344700

Scenery of Nissaka in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print
Asian, Cloud, Color Image, Domestic Life, Group Of People, History, Ja, Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344714

Stag hound dog engraving 1840
The Naturalists Library by William Jardine

Man at table carving roast, (B&W), portrait

Mothercraft
circa 1910: Mothercraft lessons for girls at a day nursery in Acton, showing how to bath a baby. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Crying baby boy (15-18 months) in baby seat, (B&W), close-up

Outdoor Wash
circa 1910: Women on Skye washing their clothes in a stream on the hillside. Skye, which is no more than 6 miles from mainland Scotland, is a rugged island dominated by the Cuillin Hills

Drawing of a Goat
Drawing of Goat. 19th century

Woman Housewife Washing Dishes (1970 1970s) Dishwasher Kitchen Retro
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Woman Housewife Washing Dishes (1970 1970s) Dishwasher Kitchen Retro

Naked baby boy (6-9 months) sitting on blanket (B&W)

Woman spraying flower bed with garden hose
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Woman spraying flower bed with garden hose

Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Woman Housewife Wear Apron Living Room Run Vacuum Cleaner Door Window With Curtains Floral Print Chair Carpet Floor

Woman Wearing An Apron Over A White Collar Cotton Print Dress Is Standing In Front Of An
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Woman Wearing An Apron Over A White Collar Cotton Print Dress Is Standing In Front Of An Open Oven, With Roasting Pan Holding A Turkey. She Is Smiling

Retro Family In Backyard, Showing An In-Ground Swimming Pool, Father, Mother, Son
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Retro Family In Backyard, Showing An In-Ground Swimming Pool, Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, Man, Woman, Boy, Girl

Scenery of Yoshiwara in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print
Asian, Cloud, Color Image, Domestic Life, Grass, Grass Family, Group O, Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344692

Scenery of Kawasaki in Edo Period, Painting, Woodcut, Japanese Wood Block Print
Asian, Bag, Cloud, Color Image, Domestic Life, Group Of People, Histor, Traditional Japanese Woodblocks, 79344669

It Scratches! Lux Advertisement Poster
circa 1890: A small child, tears pouring down her face, squirms and tries to wriggle out of her vest. The caption says Why don t they use Lux

Suburbia
A couple washing their car outside their house in the suburbs, circa 1930. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Japanese Housewife
A Japanese housewife cuts up radishes in her kitchen, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Traditional Japanese Woodblock female by window
Utagawa Toyokuni, a pupil of Utagawa Toyoharu, was a pre-eminent designer of actor prints from the mid 1790s until his death

Traditional Japanese Woodblock of a women in room
A wonderful Ukiyo-e print by the master Kunisada (1786-1865), was in his own time was the most popular and successful print designer in Japan

Vintage Japanese Woodblock print of House Interior
This wonderful colourful Oban woodblock print is by Yamazaki Toshinobu, (1857-1885) Son of a barber; He created thirty woodblock prints of the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion

French satirical cartoon - Les Poires
Vintage engraving of a French satirical cartoon, Les Poires. An old man pinches the bottom of the maid as she talks to his wife. 19th Century, C Leandre

College Comforts
1824: A Oxford College freshman taking possession of his rooms. Original Artwork: Drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank for The English Spy, 1824 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Original Singer sewing machine
circa 1895: Original Singer sewing machine dated 1854 and in working order. Isaac Merritt Singer invented the world's first practical sewing machine in 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Traditional Japanese Woodblock of a couple
Utagawa Toyokuni, 1735-1814, was a pre-eminent designer of actor prints from the mid 1790s until his death. This charming print shows a male and female

The Journalist 1837 and 1897. jpg
Contrasting cartoons of a careworn and harassed hack, working in the Fleet Prison (where he is obliged to live because of his debts), in 1837 and a fat

Breadwinner
circa 1930: A high caste Balinese girl from Bangli in the Dutch East Indies working hard at a loom while the family menfolk laze nearby. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Japanese Bathroom
circa 1930: Japanese bathroom with handbasin and sunken bath. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Christmas Stocking
circa 1930: The little girl is intrigued by what she has got in her stocking. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Happy Eaters
circa 1930: A couple enjoy an elegant meal. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Wood Carrier
circa 1930: Outlined against the sky and mountains in the Austrian alps a man is carrying wood in a frame on his back. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Maid At Work
1927: Luise Horner, an Austrian working as a maid in England, prepares afternoon tea. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Babys Tears
circa 1930: A baby crying. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Kitchen Appliance
circa 1930: A German housewife using a kitchen appliance. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Premier Junior In Action
A woman cleaning a rug with a Premier Junior vacuum cleaner, circa 1930. (Photo by Hirz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Time For Bed
September 1928: Interior of the sleeping coaches on American Railways. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Basket Makers
Basket makers outside their home, a tent made of skin in a poor quarter of Djibouti, provincial capital in French Somaliland. In 1977 it was declared an independent country recognised by the UN

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