Gossiping Collection (#2)

Three Servant Women, n.d. Creator: Constantin Guys
Three Servant Women, n.d

Two Women in Late 18th Century Dress, n.d. Creator: William Edward Frost
Two Women in Late 18th Century Dress, n.d

The Arrival of the Coach - a Roadside Inn a Century Ago - painted by T. F. Marshall, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Arrival of the Coach - a Roadside Inn a Century Ago - painted by T. F. Marshall, 1850....Mr. T. F. Marshall's single contribution to the Royal Academy Exhibition [in London]

(Facsimile) The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series "Popular Versions of Immortal Poets... c1768
(Facsimile) The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series "Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen)", c. 1768

Lady John Russell's Assembly on Wednesday Evening, at Downing-Street - the Refreshment Room, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Lady John Russell's Assembly on Wednesday Evening, at Downing-Street - the Refreshment Room, 1850. A party at 10 Downing Street...the official residence of the Premier [in London]...was honoured

Joy Miller, wife British singer and actor Gary Miller seen here drinking tea in cafe during a visit to Paris with friends. 30th September 1961

Cartoon - sex before marriage?
"You won't marry a man who snores in bed? But darling, how are you going to find out?" An interesting comment on the question of sex before marriage. Date: circa 1940

Russians from different provinces. Yaroslavl. Vladimir. Nizhny Novgorod. Ryazan. Oryol.. 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Great Russians from different provinces. Yaroslavl. Vladimir. Nizhny Novgorod. Ryazan. Oryol. Tambov. Sheet 2 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Workers at Wilkinson sweet factory in Pontefract, Yorkshire chatting during their shift October 1981 friendshipimages

Doorstep gossip Stoke
Two old women talk in the street. One stands on the doorstep of her terraced house in Stoke-on-Trent Date: 1987

Easy Retouch, Black and white, Photography, head and shoulders, talking, elegant
Two women gossiping in studio (B&W)

Victorian satire, old gossip, vile Rumor swells
Vintage engraving of Victorian satire, old gossip, vile Rumor swells. With sland rous breath vile Rumour swrlls, Each trivial tale the tattler tells

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) close up portrait, Antarctica

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) close-up at zoo, occurs in East Africa

Mon Dieu! m'ame Bombec, qué que vous avez donc attrappé?, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Mon Dieu! m'ame Bombec, que que vous avez donc attrappe?, 1842. Mon Dieu! M'ame Bombec que que vous avez attrape? - Ne m'en parlez pas, ma chere dame, une horreur

La Promenade a l'Arc de Triomphe, 1919 (oil on panel)
652600 La Promenade a l'Arc de Triomphe, 1919 (oil on panel) by Valtat, Louis (1869-1952); 39x47.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Promenade a l'Arc de Triomphe)

The Tea Party, 1916 (oil on canvas)
984927 The Tea Party, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Dunn, Harvey T. (1884-1952); 76.8x97 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tea Party. Harvey T. Dunn (1884-1952). Oil on canvas. Dated 1916

Fish market at Dieppe, from Allies in Art published c. 1925 (colour litho)
IL388160 Fish market at Dieppe, from Allies in Art published c.1925 (colour litho) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); Private Collection

Women on the Quayside, Etaples, (oil on canvas)
657218 Women on the Quayside, Etaples, (oil on canvas) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); 26x36in cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Women on the Quayside, Etaples. William Lee Hankey (1869-1952)

The Women (oil on paper laid down on panel)
CH100788 The Women (oil on paper laid down on panel) by Valtat, Louis (1869-1952); 73.6x50.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Two Friends, 1918 (oil on board)
NUL118382 Two Friends, 1918 (oil on board) by Valtat, Louis (1869-1952); 34x36 cm; Private Collection

Casual Meeting, 1928 (oil on canvas)
1767764 Casual Meeting, 1928 (oil on canvas) by Miller, Kenneth Hayes (1876-1952); 51.4x61.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Casual Meeting. Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876-1952). Oil on canvas

Patchwork Picture: "Gossips", c. 1938. Creator: Carmel Wilson
Patchwork Picture: " Gossips", c. 1938

Valmont Seducing his Victim, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803) pub
3025981 Valmont Seducing his Victim, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803) pub

"Madame Leroux";By Francis Eleanor Trollope;"Should you say Miss Enderby is exactly... 1890
" Madame Leroux" ; By Francis Eleanor Trollope; " Should you say Miss Enderby is exactly thick with her, d ye think?" answered Mr. Pinhorn, the grocer

The Three Young Maids and the Three Old Maids of Lee-Tableaux Vivants at Blackheath, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Three Young Maids and the Three Old Maids of Lee-Tableaux Vivants at Blackheath, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

A child seated with women sewing, from A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
IL370410 A child seated with women sewing, from A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, published 1885 (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; American

The Confidante, 1910 (oil on canvas)
658439 The Confidante, 1910 (oil on canvas) by Villegas y Cordero, Jose (1844-1921); 150x150 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Confidante. Jose Villegas Cordero (1848-1921). Oil on canvas

Among Neighbours, 1889 (oil on canvas)
823299 Among Neighbours, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Nourse, Elizabeth (1859-1938); 113x117 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Among Neighbours. Elizabeth Nourse (1859-1938). Oil on canvas

Two ordinary women on the boulevard, illustration from La Femme a Paris by Octave Uzanne (1851-1931)
REV326180 Two ordinary women on the boulevard, illustration from La Femme a Paris by Octave Uzanne (1851-1931) 1894 (colour engraving) by Vidal

Gossip, Katwyk, 1894 (halftone print)
2962669 Gossip, Katwyk, 1894 (halftone print) by Stieglitz, Alfred (1864-1946); 12.7x20.5 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; © Minneapolis Institute of Art

Valmont Seducing his Victim, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
STC98145 Valmont Seducing his Victim, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803) 1929 (pochoir print) by Barbier

When the Sleeper Wakes (litho)
1051697 When the Sleeper Wakes (litho) by Lanos, Henri (1859-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: When the Sleeper Wakes)

Two Peasant Women with Baskets, (oil on canvas)
651459 Two Peasant Women with Baskets, (oil on canvas) by Exter, Alexandra Alexandrovna (1882-1949); 118x74 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Peasant Women with Baskets)

Dejeuner Intime, (oil on canvas)
991071 Dejeuner Intime, (oil on canvas) by Icart, Louis (1888-1950); 46x55.5c cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dejeuner Intime. Louis Icart (1888-1950). Oil on canvas. 46 x 55.5cm

The Chat (oil on canvas)
XIR199232 The Chat (oil on canvas) by Bunny, Rupert Charles Wolston (1864-1947); 73x92 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France

Conversation, n. d. Creator: Rodolphe Bresdin
Conversation, n.d

The Old Chatterer, 1902. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Old Chatterer, 1902

Three Working Girls Out for Lunch, 1900. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Three Working Girls Out for Lunch, 1900

The Neighbours, Terraces of Algiers, 1887 (oil on canvas)
989444 The Neighbours, Terraces of Algiers, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Bridgman, Frederick Arthur (1847-1928); 88.3x65.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Neighbours)

A Thatched Cottage near Peaslake, Surrey (w / c on paper)
CH401646 A Thatched Cottage near Peaslake, Surrey (w/c on paper) by Allingham, Helen (1848-1926); 23.1x24.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Proposal of Love, 1884 (oil on canvas)
CH401601 Proposal of Love, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Bls, Eugen von (1843-1931); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Austrian, out of copyright

Christ and the Adultress, c. 1525 (oil on canvas)
827724 Christ and the Adultress, c.1525 (oil on canvas) by Kemmer, Johann (c.1495-1561); 86.5x96 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ and the Adultress. Johann Kemmer (b.1495). Oil on panel

Tete a Tete, (oil on canvas)
826996 Tete a Tete, (oil on canvas) by Soulacroix, Joseph Frederick Charles (1825-79); 88.2x66.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tete a Tete. Joseph Frederick Charles Soulacroix (1825-1879)

Market Gossip, 1827 (oil on canvas)
4071452 Market Gossip, 1827 (oil on canvas) by Coene, Jean Henri de (1798-1866); 109x128 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Belgian, out of copyright

Another reputation gone! Trio of Edwardian women gossiping (colour litho)
5996104 Another reputation gone! Trio of Edwardian women gossiping (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another reputation gone)

A tailor in Venice (engraving)
729459 A tailor in Venice (engraving) by Bls, Eugen von (1843-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A tailor in Venice. Engraving by after original artowrk by Eugene de Bls)

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"Gossiping: A Timeless Tale of Whispers and Chatter" Step back in time to the glamorous 1950s with Harvey Nichols advertisement, where gossip was as fashionable as the latest Paris fashions. The air filled with secrets and rumors, adding an intriguing allure to society's elite. In c1887, Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow captured the essence of Galway Gossips, showcasing two women engrossed in a conversation that transcended time. Their animated gestures and hushed tones hinted at scandalous tales being shared. During WWII, a powerful message emerged through the iconic "Careless Talk Costs Lives" poster. It reminded us all that idle chatter could have dire consequences for national security. Words whispered carelessly had the power to change lives forever. Henri Clark's poignant music sheet titled "The Poor Washerwoman" depicted a woman burdened by her own trials while others gossiped around her. This artwork served as a reminder of how gossip can harm those who are already struggling. Meanwhile, Liverpool housewives gathered on street corners, holding parcels but also sharing stories that traveled faster than their footsteps. These women found solace in exchanging news amidst their daily routines. Drecoll, Poiret, and Jenny showcased three daytime outfits that were not only fashion-forward but also perfect for engaging in lively conversations over tea or cocktails. Fashion became intertwined with gossip culture - each outfit telling its own story. "The Ladies in the Refectory, " painted on cardboard in 1893-94 by an unknown artist, portrayed women bonding over meals while indulging in juicy tidbits about their peers' lives. Gossip provided entertainment during mundane moments. A thought-provoking cartoon from years gone by questioned societal norms surrounding sex before marriage – sparking discussions among friends and neighbors alike about moral values and personal choices. Promoting connectivity beyond face-to-face encounters came an advert promoting the Post Office Telephone Service in 1932.