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Fishmongers by Jean Baptiste Charpentier

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 18 2015

Jean Baptiste Charpentier (1728-1806) from Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires Detail: f...

Switchel: the Original Energy-Ade

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 17 2015

What do you drink if you’re worn out and need a little kick? An Ade, soda, an ener...

Portrait of Abraham Beurer by Johan Christoph Dehne about 1740

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 13 2015

Johan Christoph Dehne ( 1713 – 1741 ) I picked this picture out especially for the shi...

Interior with Sleeping Man and Woman Darning Socks by Wybrand Hendriks after 1800

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 10 2015

Wybrand Hendriks (1744-1831) from the Rijksmuseum Twenthe Detail: workman, pipe, apron...

Puddings in Haste!

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 10 2015

In the 18th century, puddings were once a culinary staple of much of the western wo...

Kitchen Interior with Woman and Boy attributed to Peter Snyers

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 05 2015

Peter Snyers (1681-1752) Detail: kitchen, cook, maid, food, carrot, mules, brass kettl...

Pickling Onions in 18th Century England

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on August 01 2015

Although pickling has been around since the dawn of time, records of food preserv...

The Medway at Rochester by Francis Wheatley 1776

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 31 2015

Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) Detail: shore, river, fishing boat, oars, rope, furled sa...

The Tradeswoman by Peter Snijers

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 29 2015

Peter Snijers (1681-1752) Detail: boy, Monmouth cap, ram, rope, wood tub, flower pot,...

The Iron Forge by Joseph Wright of Derby 1772

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 28 2015

Joseph Wright of Derby(1734-1797) Detail: blacksmith, forge, drop hammer, workmen, chi...

Mother and Child by Louis Bernard Coclers 1794

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 27 2015

Louis Bernard Coclers (1741–1817) from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam I like this painting ...

Selling Guinea Pigs by George Morland 1789

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 24 2015

George Morland (1763–1804) from the Yale Center for British Art Detail: Hat, walking ...

The Pancake Cook by Adriaan de Lelie

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 23 2015

Adriaan de Lelie (1755-1820) For more detail, Kevin and I go talk about this painting ...

An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait by Francis Wheatley

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 22 2015

Francis Wheatley(1747-1801) Details: Straw hat, cloak, apron, walking stick, shoes, ba...

Tinker by Franz Feyerabend 1790

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 20 2015

Franz Feyerabend(1755-1800) This is a superb image of an itinerant iron worker from th...

Jailer and Convict by Franz Feyerabend 1790

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 16 2015

Franz Feyerabend (1755-1800) from the Swiss National Library, Prints and Drawings Depa...

A Kitchen Maid by Hugues Taraval 1783

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on July 13 2015

Hugues Taraval (1729-1785) Details: maid, chair, foot warmer, scissors, pin cushion, s...

Women Working on Pillow Lace by Giacomo Ceruti about 1725

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on June 25 2015

Giacomo Ceruti( 1698 – 1767 ) Detail: chairs, bobbin lace, bobbins, lace, lace pil...