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(1820-1880) George Eliot is the literary name assumed by Marian Evans, who was a novelist.

George Eliot

(1820-1880) George Eliot is the literary name assumed by Marian Evans, who was a novelist.

Guinevere and Enid from the story of King Arthur

Guinevere and Enid

Guinevere and Enid from the story of King Arthur

There was an old woman lived under a hill. And if she's not gone, she lives there still.

Old Woman

There was an old woman lived under a hill. And if she's not gone, she lives there still.

The old woman buying her pig at market.

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman buying her pig at market.

The old woman buying her pig at market.

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman buying her pig at market.

The old woman and her pig sitting by the road.

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman and her pig sitting by the road.

The old woman talks to the butcher.

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman talks to the butcher.

The old woman talks to the rat. "Rat, rat, gnaw the rope."

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman talks to the rat. "Rat, rat, gnaw the rope."

The old woman talks to the cow. "Cow, cow, give me a saucer of milk."

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman talks to the cow. "Cow, cow, give me a saucer of milk."

The old woman talks to the haymakers. "haymakers, give me a wisp of hay."

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman talks to the haymakers. "haymakers, give me a wisp of hay."

"The cat began to kill the rat."

Old Woman and Pig

"The cat began to kill the rat."

"As I was going up Pippin Hill, Pippin Hill was dirty. There I met a pretty miss, And she dropped me a curtsey."

Pippin Hill

"As I was going up Pippin Hill, Pippin Hill was dirty. There I met a pretty miss, And she dropped me…

"Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?"

Old Couple

"Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?"

"Needles and pins, needles and pins. When a man marries his trouble begins."

Needles and Pins

"Needles and pins, needles and pins. When a man marries his trouble begins."

A giant in Brobdingnag with her baby. The baby trying to stick Gulliver in his mouth.

Mother with Her Baby

A giant in Brobdingnag with her baby. The baby trying to stick Gulliver in his mouth.

Gulliver on a dinning table, with the giants of Brobdingnag, looking at a very large cat.

Gulliver and Giant Cat

Gulliver on a dinning table, with the giants of Brobdingnag, looking at a very large cat.

The Queen of brobdignag quickly becomes fond of Gulliver. She holds him in her hand showing him around the castle.

Queen looking in a mirror

The Queen of brobdignag quickly becomes fond of Gulliver. She holds him in her hand showing him around…

The Queen of Brobdingnag thought Gulliver was a coward for his fearfulness.

Gulliver with Queen

The Queen of Brobdingnag thought Gulliver was a coward for his fearfulness.

A woman putting milk into a test bottle. The pipette is held at an angle with the test bottle and its point against the inside of the neck.

Testing Milk

A woman putting milk into a test bottle. The pipette is held at an angle with the test bottle and its…

A woman mixing milk with acid to test it, using a rotary motion with the bottle not pointed towards her face.

Mixing Milk

A woman mixing milk with acid to test it, using a rotary motion with the bottle not pointed towards…

A woman whirling samples of milk in order to seperate the fat so it can be measured.

Whirling Milk

A woman whirling samples of milk in order to seperate the fat so it can be measured.

The Treaty Table. The table on which the capitulation was drawn up and signed was still in possession of a daughter of Mr. Bennet (Mrs. Myers) when I visited her in September, 1848. I shall have occasion to mention this venerable woman presently. The table is of black walnut, small, and of oval form, and was a pretty piece of furniture when new. It is preserved with much care by the family. The house of Mr. Bennet was near Forty Fort, and himself and family, with their most valuable effects, were within the stockade when it surrendered.

Treaty Table

The Treaty Table. The table on which the capitulation was drawn up and signed was still in possession…

The Vankleek House. It was built by Myndert Vankleek, one of the first settlers in Dutchess county, in 1702, and was the first substantial house erected upon the site of Poughkeepsie. Its walls were very thick, and near the eaves they were pierced with lancet loop-holes for musketry. It was here that Ann Lee, the founder of the sect called Shaking Quakers, in this country, was lodged the night previous to her commitment to the Poughkeepsie jail, in 1776. She was a native of Manchester, England. During her youth she was employed in a cotton factory, and afterward as a cook in the Manchester infirmary. She married a blacksmith named Stanley; became acquainted with James and Jane Wardley, the originators of the sect in England, and in 1758 joined the small society they had formed. In 1770 she pretended to have received a revelation, while confined in prison on account of her religious fanaticism; and so great were the spiritual gifts she was believed to possess, that she was soon acknowledged a spirtual mother in Christ. Hence her name of Mother Ann. She and her husband came to New York in 1774. He soon afterward abandoned her and her faith, and married another woman. She collected a few followers, and in 1776 took up her abode in the woods of Watervliet, near Niskayuna, in the neighborhood of Troy. By some she was charged with witchcraft; and, because she was opposed to war, she was accused of secret correspondence with the British. A charge of high reason was preferred against her, and she was imprisoned in Albany during the summer. In the fall it was concluded to send her to New York, and banish her to the British army, but circumstances prevented the accomplishment of the design, and she was imprisoned in the Poughkeepsie jail until Governor Clinton, in 1777, hearing of her situation, released her. She returned to Watervliet, and her followers greatly increased. She died there in 1784, aged eighty-four years. Her followers sincerely believe that she now occupies that form or figure which John saw in his vision, standing beside the Savior.

Vankleek House

The Vankleek House. It was built by Myndert Vankleek, one of the first settlers in Dutchess county,…

The Yeoman House. This view is from the road, looking north. An attempt was made by a soldier to burn the house, but so rapid was the march of the invaders that the flames had made but little progress before the troops were far on their road to the village. An [African American] woman, who was concealed under some corn-stalks near, extinguished the flames. The house is about half a mile from the river, on the right side of the road from the landing to Kingston village.

Yeoman House

The Yeoman House. This view is from the road, looking north. An attempt was made by a soldier to burn…

"The Walnut Street Prison. This edifice was erected in 1774, and taken down in 1836. The beautiful new Athenaeum occupies a portion of the ground on Sixth Street, and the remainder is covered by elegant dwellings. It is a singular fact that the architect who constructed it was the first person incarcerated in it. He was a Whig, and, having incurred the displeasure of the British, he was locked up in that prison. The <em>Public Ledger</em> of June 26th, 1837, gives an account of an armorial drawing, representing, in bold relief, a cuirass, casque, gorget, and Roman battle-ax, with radiating spears, which was made upon an arch of one of the second story cells, by Marshall, an English engraver, who was confined there for many years for counterfeiting the notes of the United States Bank. He was the son of the notorious 'Bag and Hatchet Woman,' of St. Giles's, London, who followed the British army in its Continental campaigns, and gathered spoils from the slain and wounded on the field of battle. Those who were dead, were readily plundered, and the wounded as readily dispatched. This woman and son were master-spirits in the purlieus of St. Giles's, among robbers and counterfeiters. The gang were at length betrayed, and the parent and child fled to this country, bringing with them considerable wealth in money and jewels. They lived in splendid style in Philadelphia, riding in a gorgeous cream-colored phaeton, drawn by richly-caparisoned horses, driven tandem. Their means were soon exhausted, when the son married, and commenced business as an engraver. He counterfeited notes of the United States Bank, was detected, and in 1803 was sentenced to eighteen years' confinement and hard labor in the Walnut Street Prison, then the State Penitentiary. While he was in prison, his mother, who had wondered away from Philadelphia in poverty and destitution, was executed in another state for a foul murder and arson."—Lossing, 1851

Walnut Street Prison

"The Walnut Street Prison. This edifice was erected in 1774, and taken down in 1836. The beautiful new…

Lady Hester Stanhope, a famous woman in history

Lady Hester Stanhope

Lady Hester Stanhope, a famous woman in history

Josephine, a famous woman in history.

Josephine

Josephine, a famous woman in history.

Jeanne Josephe Marie Antoinette, a famous woman in history.

Marie Antoinette

Jeanne Josephe Marie Antoinette, a famous woman in history.

"A Fan is an instrument used by ladies to agitate the air, and cool the face, in warm weather; hence, anything in the form of a woman's fan when spread; as, the fan of a peacock's tail, etc."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

17th Century French Fan

"A Fan is an instrument used by ladies to agitate the air, and cool the face, in warm weather; hence,…

"A Fan is an instrument used by ladies to agitate the air, and cool the face, in warm weather; hence, anything in the form of a woman's fan when spread; as, the fan of a peacock's tail, etc."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

18th Century Spanish Shell Fan

"A Fan is an instrument used by ladies to agitate the air, and cool the face, in warm weather; hence,…

A woman kneeling by a column, with several articles of pottery nearby.

Greek woman

A woman kneeling by a column, with several articles of pottery nearby.

A Greek woman laying peacefully on an alter.

Woman laying down

A Greek woman laying peacefully on an alter.

"A tunic with sleeves. The tunic of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans was originally without sleeves, or they only came a little way down the arm. On the other hand, the Asiatic and Celtic nations wore long sleeves sewed to their tunics. Also the Greeks allowed tunics with sleeves to females, although it was considered by the Romans indecorous when they were worn by men. Cicero mentions it as a great reproach to Catiline and his associates, that they wore long tunics with sleeves. The annexed cut represents the figure of a woman, whose sleeves reach to the elbow, and who wears the capistrum to assist her in blowing the tibiae pares." &mdash; Smith, 1873

Chirodota

"A tunic with sleeves. The tunic of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans was originally without sleeves,…

A group of people rollerskating indoors. The man in front is about to fall. All of the people are wearing hats.

Roller Skating

A group of people rollerskating indoors. The man in front is about to fall. All of the people are wearing…

Woman in a jacket and bonnet

Woman

Woman in a jacket and bonnet

A frame of a woman and a bird.

Lady and Bird

A frame of a woman and a bird.

A frame of a woman and a cat.

Lady and Cat

A frame of a woman and a cat.

Frame of a woman and a well.

Woman and Well

Frame of a woman and a well.

Frame of a wizard and woman, from "The Forbidden Room."

Wizard and Woman

Frame of a wizard and woman, from "The Forbidden Room."

Frame of a woman and a dog, from the story, "Frederick and Catherine."

Frederick and Catherine

Frame of a woman and a dog, from the story, "Frederick and Catherine."

"On the walls near the lantern." — Young, 1901

Woman Leaning on Wall

"On the walls near the lantern." — Young, 1901

Woman and her dog at a cupboard.

Woman and Dog

Woman and her dog at a cupboard.

A couple dressed in sixteenth century fashion.

Man and Woman of Sixeenth Century

A couple dressed in sixteenth century fashion.

Three Blind Mice chasing a woman

Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice chasing a woman

Woman selling buns, from "Hot-Cross Buns."

Hot-Cross Buns

Woman selling buns, from "Hot-Cross Buns."

Woman and man, from "Pretty Maid."

Pretty Maid

Woman and man, from "Pretty Maid."

A lady dressed old fashioned

Lady

A lady dressed old fashioned

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread; She whipped them all well and put them to bed.

Shoe

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She…

Woman and child under an umbrella in the rain.

Rain

Woman and child under an umbrella in the rain.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread; She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

She Lived in a Shoe

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do; She…

A woman in an old style dress

Woman

A woman in an old style dress

A woman cooking

Cooking

A woman cooking

An antelop sitting with a woman

Antelope

An antelop sitting with a woman

Children with a woman

Children

Children with a woman

A woman with food

Woman

A woman with food

An old woman

Old Woman

An old woman

"Talus. The huckle-bones of sheep and goats were used to play with from the earliest times, principally by women and children, occasionally by old men. The following cut, taken from an ancient painting, represents a woman, who, having thrown the bones upwards into the air, has caught three of them on the back of her hand. When the sides of the bone were marked with different values, the game became one of chance. The two ends were left blank, because the bone could not rest upon either of them on account of its curvature. The four remaining sides were marked with numbers 1, 3, 4, 5; 1 and 6 being on two opposite sides, and 3 and 4 on the other two opposite sides. Two persons played together at this game, using four bones, which they threw up into the air, or emptied out of a dice-box, and observing the numbers on the uppermost sides. " &mdash Smith; 1873

Talus

"Talus. The huckle-bones of sheep and goats were used to play with from the earliest times, principally…

"The mode of platting the hair, and then fastening it with a pin on a needle, is shown in the annexed figure of a female head, taken from a marble group which was found at Apt, in the south of France." &mdash; Anthon, 1891

Platted hair

"The mode of platting the hair, and then fastening it with a pin on a needle, is shown in the annexed…

Widow of the late General John A. Logan. She assisted her husbant and his soldiers during the war.

Mrs. John A. Logan

Widow of the late General John A. Logan. She assisted her husbant and his soldiers during the war.

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an educator and women's suffragist. She was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Willard founded <em>The Union Signal</em>. She was also active is the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

Frances Elizabeth Willard

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an educator and women's suffragist. She was president of the…