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The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life: with examples of illustrious women. To which are added, advice to servants; a complete art of cookery, and plain directions for carving: also, a great variety of medicinal and other useful receipts in domestic economy; and numerous interesting articles, forming a complete storehouse of valuable knowledge.
Date: [1824]
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop, with his wig on fire, angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Reference: 22033i
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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 22108i
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A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26944i
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Judith puts the head of Holofernes into her maid's bag. Etching (?) after H. Goltzius.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Reference: 20970i
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A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 15 February 1796Reference: 17465i
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A wealthy Mohammedan smoking a hooka as two attendants fan him. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1835, after W. Daniell.
Daniell, William, 1769-1837.Date: 1 October 1835Reference: 25401i
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An obese doctor acknowledging the favours of a French chef in his kitchen; denoting their complicity, the chef's food providing patients. Coloured etching by C. Williams, c. 1815.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: c. 1815Reference: 10937i
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A convalescing man happily eating a meal, assisted by his grinning servant. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after J. Sneyd.
Sneyd, John.Reference: 12054i
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The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life: with examples of illustrious women. To which are added, advice to servants; a complete art of cookery, and plain directions for carving: also, a great variety of medicinal and other useful receipts in domestic economy; and numerous interesting articles, forming a complete storehouse of valuable knowledge.
Date: [1825?]
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Household work; or, The duties of female servants : practically and economically illustrated, through the respective grades of maid-of-all-work, house and parlour-maid, and laundry-maid: with many valuable recipes for facilitating labour in every department; prepared for the use of the National and Industrial Schools of the Holy Trinity, at Finchley.
Date: [between 1870 and 1879?]
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A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 5 November 1835Reference: 11859iPart of: Dawson's magic
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The Virgin Mary as an infant among maids. Engraving.
Reference: 20985i
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Forty five different scenes telling the tale of a man with toothache, his various attempts at trying to cure himself and the final recourse to the dentist. Wood engraving by G. Cruikshank after H. Mayhew.
Mayhew, Horace, 1816-1872.Reference: 16690i
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The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : containing general rules for the regulation of female conduct, and the formation of moral habits; together with the elements of science, as geography, astronomy, natural history, botany, &c. ... being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life.
Date: 1837
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Head servant with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28713i
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A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.
Reference: 21472i
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A Paria cook and wife. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28482i
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The adoration of Christ, surrounded by maids, in a city. Engraving.
Reference: 21921i
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The duties of servants : a practical guide to the routine of domestic service / by the author of "Manners and rules of good society".
Date: [1890?]
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Judith with Holofernes' head; her maid behind her. Line engraving after C. Allori.
Allori, Cristofano, 1577-1621.Reference: 20913i
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The servants practical guide : a handbook of duties and rules / By the author of "Manners and tone of good society".
Date: [1880]
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A physician arguing with his wealthy patient who is bed, a visitor appears at the door. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.
Dawe, Henry Edward, 1790-1848.Date: [between 1840 and 1849]Reference: 21800iPart of: Life of a nobleman
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A doctor and his patient talking at cross purposes. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1823.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: June 1823Reference: 10966iPart of: Medical scraps
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A wealthy family arriving at a hotel and being greeted by the proprietor. Engraving.
Reference: 22256i