18th Century Social Scenes

Illustrations capturing daily life and social interactions from the 18th century, including humorous and romantic themes in domestic settings.

Amsterdam, Tirion, Isaak, Fokke, Simon, Hugo de Groot preparing to flee from Loevestein prison, in the year 1621, Hugo de Groot prepares to flee from Loevestein Castle, 1621, verso - stamped, In a room Hugo de Groot steps into a book chest. Next to him stands his wife Maria van Reigersberg., print, prent, prints, height 164 mm, width 195 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1754 - 1754, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1705 - 1765, publisher

Johann Friedrich Martin, 1745-1808, Blank the Taylor, 1778.

A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.

New Shoes. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.6 × 20.4 cm). Date: January 1, 1794. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Nicolas Delaunay after Sigmund Freudenberger, La Félicité villageoise, 1784 La Félicité villageoise

Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Marie Louise nursing their first son Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome, 1811. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815.

The Harlots Progress Apprehended by a magistrate From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833

Oliver plucks up a spirit, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, 1837, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Amsterdam, Tirion, Isaak, Fokke, Simon, Hugo de Groot preparing to flee from Loevestein prison, in the year 1621, Hugo de Groot prepares to flee from Loevestein Castle, 1621, verso - stamped, In a room Hugo de Groot steps into a book chest. Next to him stands his wife Maria van Reigersberg., print, prent, prints, height 164 mm, width 195 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1754 - 1754, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1705 - 1765, publisher

I'll tell you what! That "such things are" we must allow, but such things never were till now H. Wigstead, delt.. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Inchbald,Mrs,1753-1821. , Dramatists,1780-1800. , Women,Employment,1780-1800. , Writing,1780-1800.

Wool-comber combing out wool remove short fibres. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.

Chair mending , Maintenance & repair, Chairs. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Hot Goose, Cabbage & Cucumbers 1823 Thomas Rowlandson. Hot Goose, Cabbage & Cucumbers. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1823. Hand-colored etching. John Fairburn (British, active 1789-1840). Prints

The Hague, Spanier & Zn, widow Elias, Brussels, Allebé, August, Brabantsche boerin, Boerin, The farmer with apron and cap stands at a table full of linen. In her left arm she carries more linen. In her right hand she has a bunch of keys. A cat is nestling against her leg. Behind her a staircase and on the wall some tiles., print, prints, height 230 mm, width 175 mm, Dutch, 1838-04-19 - 1927-01-10, print maker, printmaker, 1870 - 1870, paper, papier, toonlithografie, chalklithografie, printer, drukker

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, The Voyage to Paris, 1798 The Voyage to Paris

The Working Mother 1740 Bernard Lepicié. The Working Mother. Bernard Lepicié (French, Paris 1698-1755 Paris). 1740. Engraving. Chez L'Auteur. Prints

Stratford-on-Avon, Charles Heath, 1785-1848, British, after Richard Westall, 1765-1836, British, 1824, Line engraving on wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/4 x 5in. (15.9 x 12.7cm)

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Caleb Catering for Wolf's Crag, 1836. Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Amsterdam, Luyken, Caspar, Jonatan en Achimaäs zijn zijn in een pit hidden, verso - stamped, print, prints, images, height 74 mm, width 84 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1672-12-18 - 1708-10-04, print maker, printmaker, 1698 - 1698, paper, papier, etching, etchings

Summer amusement : Bugg hunting , Insects, Pest control, Beds. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

On the street, in front of a house, stands a woman with a harp A man, woman and two girls, one with a hoop, look on, Woman with Harp, print maker: Jan Baptist Tetar van Elven, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1815 - 1889, paper, steel engraving, h 212 mm - w 161 mm, h 95 mm - w 90 mm

Tavern in Paris, 1837, France 19th Century.

Print made by Florence Claxton, active 1855-1889, British, The Third Volume, undated. Wood-engraving.

Illustration Lithograph Woodcut of Life in India During British Rule

Two Bunches a Penny, Primroses. Dated: 1793. Medium: color stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luigi Schiavonetti after Francis Wheatley.

Ragotin dans le coffre. Dated: 1737. Dimensions: overall: 32.8 x 27.9 cm (12 15/16 x 11 in.). Medium: black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jean-Baptiste Oudry.

A young woman sits at a table reading a letter. Next to her, a servant holds open a jewelry box. On the table is a mandolin and a book of sheet music. On the wall hang two portraits in oval frames. To the right, behind a curtain, a hallway leads to the front door. Two women stand in the hallway talking, Young woman reads a letter, print maker: Louis Bernard Coclers, (mentioned on object), after: Louis Bernard Coclers, (mentioned on object), Leiden, 1780, paper, etching, drypoint, h 212 mm × w 184 mm

De Linnenkast, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), After P. de Hooge, 1823 - 1900 print Interior with two women for an opened linen cupboard. In the doorway a child plays with a pump and a ball. The print is part of a series of 25 prints to Dutch masters. Above the image: PL IX. paper. etching interior of the house. care and laundering of clothes; home sewing

The Story of the Princess. Color illustration from the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) English artist known as Phiz

Copper engraving and etching by Pierre Alexandre Aveline around 1735 depicting a female cook in a detailed 18th-century domestic setting.

The Sailor's Orphans or Young Ladies' Subscription, William Ward, 1766-1826, British, after William Redmore Bigg, 1755-1828, British, c. 1800, Mezzotint printed in color, Plate: 19 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (48.6 x 60.3cm) and Sheet: 20 1/4 x 25 3/4in. (51.4 x 65.4cm)

Lady writing a love letter , Writing, Love letters. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Charles Ansell, ca.1752-active 1790, British, Refreshment at St. Giles, undated. Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Laer, Pieter Bodding van, Family, Four figures by a dilapidated building, verso - stamped, A blacksmith and a woman with a spinning wheel outside a dilapidated building, two figures look on. On the left a donkey drinks from a barrel., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 94 mm, width 76 mm, 1599-12-14 - 1642-06-30, print maker, printmaker, 1609 - 1642, paper, papier, etching, etsen

A Harlot's Progress: pl.3. Dated: 1732. Medium: etching and engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Hogarth.

A Man of Feeling Published 1811 England. Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper . Thomas Rowlandson

Kaiserlich Franziskische Akademie, Augsburg, Nilson, Johann Esaias, The Twelve Months of the Year, Martius, March, verso - stamped, In a rocaille frame a representation of a young and an old couple in front of a farmhouse. The young man and woman listen to the advice of the old man and woman. On the left are a horse, a goat and an ox. In the bottom margin a four-line French text., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 263 mm, width 192 mm, German, 1721-11-02 - 1788, print maker, printmaker, 1766 - 1766, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, Grandpappa in his Glory!!!, 1796. Etching, hand-colored.

Musaeus collects fairy tales, Johann Karl August Musaeus, 1735, 1787, a German writer, literary critic, schoolman, philologist and collector of fairy tales and both a satirical and popular storyteller of the Enlightenment, historical engraving, 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, exact date unknown

'Tis not Antiques Alone can Please the Eye, or Tastes Differ. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (15.6 × 21.6 cm). Publisher: T. Smith (British, active London 1785-1800). Date: November 20, 1786. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Honey Moon October 1807 Nicolaus Heideloff. Honey Moon. Nicolaus Heideloff (German, Stuttgart 1761-1837 The Hague). October 1807. Hand-colored etching. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Family Guk, 1831 - 1899 drawing paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush

Print made by Giovanni Vendramini, 1769-1839, Italian, Fresh Gathered Peas, Young Hastings, 1795. Stipple engraving, printed in color.

The two proceedings / Two Seducers. Payne, Albert Henry (1812 1902), Payne's Universum No 79

Walnut Seller. Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692-1765 Paris); After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698-1762 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (23.2 × 16.8 cm)Image: 8 13/16 x 6 9/16 in. (22.4 x 16.7 cm). Publisher: François Joullain (French, Paris 1697-1778 Paris). Series/Portfolio: Cries of Paris: Third Set(Études Prises dans le Bas Peuple où les Cris de Paris: Troisième Suite). Date: 1738. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mother with child on the chest. Draughtsman: Willem Joseph Laquy. After Gerard Dou. Dating: 1748 - 1798. Measurements: h 527 mm × w 438 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Zeilmakers, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1635 print Two figures sew a sail. In the foreground a wooden tub. Leiden paper etching needle ~ sewing. textile fabric, cloth. sail. shipbuilding industry (+ materials processed ~ crafts, industries, agriculture). wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket

The scholars, Abraham Delfos, After Abraham van Strij (I), 1798 drawing paper. chalk. watercolor (paint) brush scholar in his study

March. Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815); after William Hamilton (English, 1751-1801); published by John and Josiah Boydell (English, 18th century). Date: 1793. Dimensions: 304 x 253 mm (image); 353 x 277 mm (sheet). Color stipple engraving on paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Scene of the Vendée. (IFF 147) (registered title)

The distressed Poet From the original picture by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Le Md. de Peau de Lapin 1775-1832 Louis Philibert Debucourt. Le Md. de Peau de Lapin. Louis Philibert Debucourt (French, Paris 1755-1832 Paris). 1775-1832. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Prints

Spinhuis at Amsterdam, Francoys Dancx (possibly), 1638, draughtsman: Francoys Dancx, (possibly), 1638, paper, brush, h 108 mm × w 210 mm

Savetier. / 88 (title registered (letter)) | The cries of Paris. (Title of all)

The unpleasant suitor, Young Man, wants to marry a girl, but she will not have him / Der unangenehme Freier, Junger Mann will um die Hand eines Mädchens anhalten, diese will ihn aber nicht haben, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

The intimate toilet Anonymous. "The intimate toilet". Watercutor engraving.

Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind. Dated: published 1795. Medium: color stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Vendramini after Francis Wheatley.

Illustration to 'The Book of Marquise' by Franz Blei by Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939) Private Collection 1918 Colour aquatint Russia Art Nouveau Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

French ordinary , Eating & drinking, Refuse disposal. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Distrest Poet December 15, 1740 William Hogarth British. The Distrest Poet 403258

An engraving depicting a Baker. Dated 19th century

The customs inspector , Customs inspections, Customs employees. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Confidential maintenance, draughtsman: Abraham Delfos, after: Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam, 1776, paper, brush, h 340 mm × w 269 mm

A Woman Smoking. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cornelis Bega.

Miss-Ann-Thropy, Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824-1835, British, after unknown artist, Published by Thomas McLean, 1788-1875, British, undated, Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 11/16 inches (35.3 x 24.6 cm) and Image: 12 9/16 x 8 11/16 inches (31.9 x 22.1 cm), alone, angry, animal art, animals, bird, bonnet, cap, caricature, cats, dogs (animals), dolls, dresses, fireplace, firescreens (furniture), genre subject, glasses, eye, gloves, humor, misanthropy, newspaper, old, parody, patterns, pictures, reading, rugs, satire, table, teakettle, teapot, utensils, woman

An ill man taking a gargling mixture for a sore throat. Coloured aquatint, 1827.

Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, Ostade, Adriaen van, Amsterdam, Violinist at an Inn, verso - stamped, A man with a violin and a boy with a hurdy-gurdy are making music at an inn. Adults and children are listening. A woman leans over the lower door., print, prints, height 348 mm, width 302 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, print maker, printmaker, 1766 - 1770, paper, papier, printtekening, etching, etchings, roulette, handkleuring, 1610-12-19 - 1685-04-28, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

The woman has a baby on her arm. In front of her, a girl is climbing the stairs. On one of the steps is a piece of cloth. Woman with Children on a Stairway Going to Bed Series for New Cheap Warehouse for All Stands , print maker: Christiaan Bos, printer: Emrik & Binger, (mentioned on object), publisher: Coenraad Morks Jzn., (mentioned on object), print maker: Netherlands, printer: Haarlem, publisher: Dordrecht, 1845 - 1918, paper, h 555 mm × w 440 mm

A scene depicting 'The Idle 'Prentice return'd from Sea,' set in a garret with a common prostitute., 1747

Mural Decorations, from "Illustrated London News" April 1, 1876 Pierre Grenier This genre subject focuses on a child's early art making on a whitewashed wall, caught in the act by his grandmother. The related watercolor by Arthur Stocks was shown by the Dudley Gallery Art Society in 1879, part of the Egyptian Hall on Piccadilly. Founded by Walter Severn in 1861, the Society included John Ruskin and Walter Paton as members in the 1880s.Accompanying text in the "Illustrated London News" characterized the image as capturing the first glimmerings of artistic talent: "The water-colour drawing by Mr. G. A. Stocks, which we engrave from the exhibition at the Dudley Gallery, tells its simple story with all due simplicity. An infant genius, a future R.A. it may be, possessed with the pictorial afflatus, has appropriated the blacking-bottle and its stick, and therewith has executed a number of "figure designs" on the clean whitewash walls of the cottage; or, to speak more technically, of the int

Interior with violin playing man, sleeping woman and dancing dog, draughtsman: Pieter Moninckx, 1616 - 1686, paper, brush, h 241 mm × w 202 mm

Returned from Market, William T. Annis, active 1798-1811, British, after Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801, British, 1803, Mezzotint, printed in colors

Print numbered in lower center: 33., Fishwife sitting near a basket with eel, print maker: Mathias de Sallieth, intermediary draughtsman: Jacob Perkois, intermediary draughtsman: Johannes Huibert Prins, 1772 - 1791 and/or 1818 - 1833, etching, h 219 mm × w 150 mm

James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, La Derniere Resource; - or - Van-Buchells, 1791. Etching, hand-colored.

Drawing, "He is the image of you"; Arthur Ignatius Keller (American, 1866-1924); USA; brush and watercolor, gouache on illustration board; Overall: 22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in. (57.7 x 42.8 cm)

London dustman collecting ashes, 1800s. He holds a bell and a basket, and the dust waggon can be seen behind. The ashes are used in the production of bricks. Refuse collector in London, Boueur de Londres. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries L'Angleterre ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Anglais, England: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the English, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1821. Jean-Baptiste Eyries(1767-1846) was aFrenchgeographer, author and translator.

Narciso Edmundo Jos Desmadryl, Les apprêts du bal masqué, 1810-1901, hand-colored lithograph on wove paper.

Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765-1810, Italian, Milk below Maids, 1793. Stipple engraving, printed in color.

Love and Dust. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 15 15/16 in. × 10 in. (40.5 × 25.4 cm)Plate: 13 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (34.8 × 24.5 cm). Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Date: 1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

'Cries of London' Plate 5: 'New Mackrel, New Mackrel', Niccoló Schiavonetti, 1771-1813, Italian, after Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801, British, 1795, Colored engraving with stipple, DON'T USE: 16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm)

Indigestion. British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Engraving depicting a young boy playing with a Noah's Ark set.

Fear 1825 Louis Léopold Boilly French. Fear. Collection of Grimaces (Recueil de Grimaces). Louis Léopold Boilly (French, La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris). 1825. Lithograph with hand-coloring. Prints

Selling mackerel, From Arts, Metiers et Cris de Paris Paris, 1826, Coloured engraving

Lord Lyndhurst, as a cook with a large ladle in his hand, is roasting beef on the spit as a large kettle boils. Etching by W. Heath, 1829.

"Any Thing for Me, If you Please" - Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission, 1864. Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Wood engraving;

Illustration by Sir Samuel Luke Fildes (1844-1927) From Good Words, London 1867.

The face; The five senses. Three men view a woman holding a candle. One of the men wears glasses. The print is part of a series of five prints with the five senses.

Strawberry seller at Covent Garden market. In hat, cloak, fichu, dress and apron, with pottle or cone of strawberries and basket of fruit on her head. Fruit and vegetable stalls in the square behind her. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Edward Edwards after an illustration by William Marshall Craig from Description of the Plates Representing the Itinerant Traders of London, Richard Phillips, No. 71 St Pauls Churchyard, London, 1805.

Gouty Gulston The Antiquarian At Antwerp. Thomas Rowlandson (England, London, 1756 or 1757-1827). England, 1797. Drawings. Pen and brown ink and watercolor

IMAGE ACCOMPANYING THE LAW AND THE LADY

Set of eight (6): Cries of London, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1799, Etching with aquatint, colored by hand, Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 3/4in. (36.8 x 29.8cm)

Comfort to the Corns. James Gillray (English, 1756-1815); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1800. Dimensions: 262 × 201 mm (image); 260 × 198 mm (plate); 295 × 234 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

'Cries of London' Plate 11: 'A New Love Song only ha'penny a piece', Anthony Cardon, 1772-1813, Flemish, after Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801, British, 1796, Colored engraving with stipple, DON'T USE: 16 1/16 x 12 5/16in. (40.8 x 31.3cm)

Wool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, Illustrations from Mr. Lambkin, plate 19, undated. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Interior with farmers by a fireplace, Bernhard Schreuder, After Adriaen van Ostade, 1767 - 1780 print Interior with farmers by a fireplace. Left in the foreground a man and a woman. Amsterdam paper etching open hearth, fire-place

The oil stain (registered title) | News. (Title of the whole)

Animals a pair: 2. Evening or the Post Boy's Return, Daniel Orme, 1766-1837, British, after George Morland, 1763-1804, British, 1796, Color printed stipple engraving, Sheet: 16 15/16 x 22 13/16in. (43 x 57.9cm)

Highlanders of Scotland in a hovel, 1797. The Scots wear tartan kilt or philabeg, a jacket, sporran, bonnet and plaid over their shoulders. After a drawing by the French geologist Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Man and woman of Vienna, Austria, 1818. She carries a basket of wares to sell. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.

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