"Series XII. - 4. Native business." An elderly woman and a young woman work with what looks like cow manure as they squat on the ground. Additional information on the back notes that postcard profits benefit Industrial Schools in India.
LGBTQ resource and Teaching resource: Professor George Chauncey, History 460 / American Studies 353 / Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 348, Selected Topics in Lesbian and Gay History
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
France combattante, Lesbians, Lesbians in literature, Women, Women refugees, Women soldiers, and World War, 1939-1945
"Interior view of the women's common room of the workhouse, situated on Poland Street; slim columns supporting ceiling; women sit on benches at tables."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 96., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 242., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Saint James (Westminster, London, England : Parish)
Young women and elderly women pose for the camera in front of a building. Some are native and some are European. Presumably they are missionaries. "Congrégation des Filles de la Croix de Liége" is printed on the back. The postcard was printed in Brussels.
"Three elderly hags are dressed as young girls, and leeringly imitate a girlish simper. One (perhaps the schoolmistress) sits on a chair under a tree (right) reading to the others, from 'Juvenel [sic] a Novel'. In her left hand is another book, 'An Ode to Beauty'. Beside her sits a dog clipped in the French manner. The others stand facing her, one closing her eyes and clasping her hands, the other, who holds a fan, leers at her companion. These two wear nosegays. All have high-waisted dress with sashes. The reader wears a straw hat tied on with a scarf. Behind her is a tree on whose trunk letters are carved: 'W' and 'I C' (for the artists). In the background (left) is the corner of a house inscribed 'Young Ladies Genteely Boarded & Educated' by A Bull
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from manuscript date added in contemporary hand in lower right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Later state, with artist's and printmaker's names partially erased from plate, and without imprint. Cf .No. 8749 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Companion print to: Young Gentlemen in the dress of the year 1798.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Boarding schools, Dogs, Girls, Jewelry, Older people, and Women
“Congrégation de Saint-Joseph de Cluny, 21, Rue Méchain, Paris. Madagascar – Normaliennes à la fontaine.” A smiling young woman pours water from her water can while her friends wash clothing, possibly on a small wooden platform. There are several lines of handwriting in French on the back.
Title in pencil lower left margin: "And he said--" 1/50., Signed and dated in pencil lower right margin: Kyra Markham '43., Edition of 50., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and In pencil lower left margin: 1/50.
