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| Poor children and orphans could only expect to become servants or soldiers, both respectable jobs which nevertheless involved hard work and little pay.
Taking Leave by Emma Brownlow, photographed at the Foundling Museum
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| A governess may be as well educated as a women of class,but that does not mean she receives the same benefits, luxuries, or esteem as the woman of class.
Photographed at the Geffrye Museum
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| Some working women appreciated that, unlike the women they served, they were able to experience the accomplishment of a day of hard work.
Photographed in the Geffrye Museum
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After their pupils were educated and their job was done, governesses
often found themselves jobless, poor, and at the mercy of charity.
The Family Governess by Joseph Kenny Meadows, photographed at the Geffrye Museum
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What a fantastic first week's blog. I love how carefully you curated (and composed) your images and also how your captions crisply described the connections of image to theme. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the alliteration in your comment.
DeleteI really like the detail that your images capture and show-case key elements. Your descriptions really helped give deeper context beyond just what the pictures present.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are great! I love the first picture that captures the detail of the caged bird... I have never noticed how frequently the "caged bird" analogy appears when depicting women of this era.
ReplyDeleteI love the formatting you used for your entry! Likewise, I really appreciate how you captured the obscure bird reference, and were able to compare it to both growing up as a worker and to Jane Eyre, despite it being found in the Foundling Museum, where one might think there are no bird analogies. Great work!
ReplyDeleteGreat captions! I really like the focus of your pictures, especially the one with the caged bird. They perfectly capture the idea of coming of age as a worker.
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