#George Lambert

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Portraits of Thea Proctor (Australian, 1879-1966)

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George Lambert, Portrait of Thea Proctor (charcoal, 1905)

from here but thank you random-brushstrokes and thehiddenbaroness

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Richmond Castle, Yorkshire painted by George Lambert (1700 - 1765)

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The Maids of the Victorian Era

In the1800s and early 1900s the role of maid was relegated to women from families of modest means. It was a job that required a great deal of subjugation and a steady mood. It's presumed that some maids were subjected to the various moods of their employers, at the very least. At worse, servants were overworked and sometimes physically or sexually assaulted.

In terms of clothing, the role of maid required very little. The maid, while at work, either wore a uniform or a plain work dress. A white apron and cap were standard.

Wilhelm Amber • The Maid • 1862

The painting above shows a whimsical scene that if discovered by the employer may have resulted in a reprimand.

Except for the very rich, most households employed one servant – the "maid of all work". She was often a young girl who was taken in from the local workhouse. As the name implies, the role included all the chores of a household: cleaning, shopping, cooking, mending and washing. This grueling job paid very little due to the benefit of room and board. The maid often worked from early morning to late evening, with very little time off.

A simple black dress was often the uniform beneath the white apron. Notice in the photograph below that the two women are dressed identically.

George Lambert (Australian, 1873-1930) • The Maid • 1915 • National Gallery of Australia, Parkes

References:

Jane Austen's World: Regency Servants – Maid of All Work

My Learning: The Family at Shibden

Elizabeth Bailey's blog

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George Lambert (1873-1930) Self portrait with gladioli, 1922

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Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, Grace Lee Whitney guest stars in "Reprisal," episode 23 of the seventh season of Gunsmoke (original air date March 10, 1962).

Whitney plays a saloon girl who has an older man and a younger man fighting over her. When the older man pulls a gun on the younger man, Marshal Dillon shoots and kills him. (De-escalation, anybody?) His widow vows revenge on Dillon, and enlists a young drifter who also has beef with the Marshal to help her. Dillon also shoots and kills the drifter. (Sensing a pattern here.)

Other Trek connections:

The young drifter is played by Jason Evers, who also played one of the sped-up aliens who invade the Enterprise in the Star Trek episode "Wink of an Eye."

Robert Bralver did uncredited stunt work on "Reprisal," and was DeForest Kelley's stunt double in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He also did stunts in multiple episodes of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.

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View of Copped Hall in Essex, from the Park, George Lambert and Francis Hyman, 1746

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George Lambert, Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, 1747

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Straight people: oh look, it says she lived with her and helped with her kids, what a good friend

Lesbians: yes, good 'friend'

Information

George W Lambert 1907

Portrait group - the mother

George Lambert is referencing Velasquez and his famous infante with the posture of the older child. And yes, the two women are described as good friends who just spend a lot of time together and with the kids.

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Diogenes Throwing Away His Bowl

Oil Painting

1745 (painted) by George Lambert  (after Nicolas Poussin), 1745

Not currently on display.

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George Lambert - Portrait Of Thea Proctor. 1905

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George Lambert - Ballet dancer in costume (1911)

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George Lambert, Untitled portrait of Amy Lambert (pencil, 1906)

from here

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View of Peterborough from the South by George Lambert (1700 - 1765)

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Alf Vincent - George Lambert in London, 1912

George Washington Thomas Lambert ARA (1873 – 1930) was an Australian painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. He is remembered as a portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War. Lambert was born in St Petersburg and raised in Württemberg, Germany and then Somerset, England. At the age of 14 (1887), he migrated to Sydney, Australia with his grandparents. The young Lambert worked as a jackeroo on rural station properties and developed an appreciation for horses and rural scenes. In 1894, he first started exhibiting his paintings and in the next year he started to contributing cartoons to the Bulletin. Between 1896 and 1900, Lambert studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney. He spent a year in Paris (1901) before moving to London where he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Lambert was appointed an official Australian war artist in 1917 during the First World War. He visited in Gallipoli and Palestine. Lambert then returned to Australia. Much of his work was focused on portraiture and, in in 1927, he won the Archibald.

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George Lambert (Australian, 1873-1930) - Self portrait