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Two women accompanied by a child are washing clothes in a large vessel. Engraving by C. Le Vasseur after G. Gambarini.

Women washing clothes at the wash-house at Torre del Greco, near Naples. Coloured etching by J. Godby, 1806, after P. van Lerberghi.

A laundry maid leaning out of a sash window to wring out a wet garment. Rotogravure by Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co. Ltd. after P. Dawe after H. Morland.

A woman is washing clothes in a tub in a farmyard while a herder drives sheep, cattle and a goat out to pasture. Engraving by L. Halbou after a painting attributed to D. Teniers.

Carcassonne, France: the walled city and bridge over the Aude river; women wash laundry on the river bank and a man shovels grit into a narrow boat. Process print by Bauer, Marchet & C.ie after a photograph.

A laundry-maid is interrogated by two officials and an ecclesiastic about the death of Count Cenci. Etching, ca. 1850.

A group of women are washing clothes in the river. Lithograph.

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger, as a washerwoman scrubbing clothes in a tub filled with hot soapy water. Etching by William Heath, 1829.

Two woman of Bordeaux washing clothes in a river; one is holding the sheet while the other beats it with a wooden paddle. Lithograph by Légé after G. de Galard.

Old houses on the banks of a water inlet: centre, a laundry, with two washerwomen washing clothes in the water; right, two men standing in a boat by a water gate. Etching by F.E. Weirotter.

A woman is washing clothes on a wash board at a tub. Coloured lithograph.

Saint-Malo, Brittany: women washing clothes in barrels, carrying washing in baskets and hanging items from windows. Etching by L. Lhermitte, 1881.

Nice, France: washerwomen washing clothes in the river (Paillon?) by a large bridge. Photograph by G.J., ca. 1880.

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Old houses on the banks of a water inlet: centre, a laundry, with two washerwomen washing clothes in the water; right, two men standing in a boat by a water gate. Etching by F.E. Weirotter.

A woman is washing clothes on a wash board at a tub. Coloured lithograph.

Saint-Malo, Brittany: women washing clothes in barrels, carrying washing in baskets and hanging items from windows. Etching by L. Lhermitte, 1881.

Nice, France: washerwomen washing clothes in the river (Paillon?) by a large bridge. Photograph by G.J., ca. 1880.

Two woman of Bordeaux washing clothes in a river; one is holding the sheet while the other beats it with a wooden paddle. Lithograph by Légé after G. de Galard.