The Woman and her Maids · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Woman and her Maids
Subject: Maids; women; killing; rooster; cock; knife
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: Two women are killing a rooster. The woman on the left has her back to the viewer and is holding the rooster, upside down, in her right hand. She wears a cap and a long dress with a shirt and rope belt on top. The woman on the right is facing the left, but looking down at the rooster she is also holding in her left hand. In her right hand is a knife that she is holding out close to the rooster. She is wearing the same clothing. Under the handing rooster is a small step stool. In the left of the image is a pail with a mop in it leaning against a tree. Behind the tree and the women is a fence that is at elbow height. Behind the fence is a house on the right and many trees. There is also a tree right behind the woman on the right.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27434
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27434_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Maids; women; killing; rooster; cock; knife