The Flower Girl, No. 3 from Familiar Figures of London Series
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Title
The Flower Girl, No. 3 from Familiar Figures of London Series
Subject
Flower Girl
Women clothing and dress, Victorian Period
Street-Seller,
London, England city life 1890-1889
Westminster Abbey
Male clothing in Victorian Period
Lithograph Postcard
Women clothing and dress, Victorian Period
Street-Seller,
London, England city life 1890-1889
Westminster Abbey
Male clothing in Victorian Period
Lithograph Postcard
Description
1 postcard recto and verso.
Flower Girl offering a Gentleman a Flower, London, England
Flower Girl offering a Gentleman a Flower, London, England
Creator
Sauber, Robert (1868-1936)
Source
Originally created in 1898 within the “Familiar Figures of London” series of 12 lithographs prints by Robert Sauber.
Publisher
The Pictorial Stationery Co., Ltd.
Date
Published circa 1906-1909.
Format
JPEG
Language
en
Type
Still image, picture postcard with divided back, 3.5 x 5.5 in
Identifier
ff3_flower_recto.jpg
Abstract
From the Peacock "pictorette" Post Card Series, Figure 3 features a girl offering a flower to a gentleman outside of Westminster Abbey. Flower girls moved up and down the streets with heavy cane baskets full of flowers.
Henry Mayhew described two types of Flower Girls in his 1861 report on London Labour and the London Poor. The first, considered a "better class" of flower girls, worked very hard in wealthier areas, giving the money they earned to their parents.
The second, were women who dressed coquettishly and took to the street later in the night, near theaters and casinos. This type would use selling flowers as a pretense to meet men for “immoral purposes”, and gave flowers girls a negative stereotype.
Henry Mayhew described two types of Flower Girls in his 1861 report on London Labour and the London Poor. The first, considered a "better class" of flower girls, worked very hard in wealthier areas, giving the money they earned to their parents.
The second, were women who dressed coquettishly and took to the street later in the night, near theaters and casinos. This type would use selling flowers as a pretense to meet men for “immoral purposes”, and gave flowers girls a negative stereotype.
References
For more examples of this series see: http://www.mystudios.com/artgallery/R/Robert-Sauber/The-Newsboy,-No.10-from-Familiar-Figures-of-London,-c.1901.html
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase
For more information on Mayhew's account of flower girls see: http://www.victorianlondon.org/professions/flowergirls.htm
and: http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/XD141009/The-Soldier?img=1&search=Robert+Sauber+%28after%29&bool=phrase
For more information on Mayhew's account of flower girls see: http://www.victorianlondon.org/professions/flowergirls.htm
Provenance
Original Collection passed from Gertrude Kinnear to her sister Luree Jobe to her daughter Eleanor Jobe, who left it to her niece Elizabeth A. Mealy who left it to her grandmother Caitlin Mealy.
Rights Holder
For rights and permissions, please contact Caitlin Mealy, catydids515@gmail.com.
Publisher Location Item Type Metadata
Location
Printed in Bavaria.
Based in London
Based in London
Printed in Bavaria.
Based in London
Based in London
Producer
The Pictorial Stationary Co., Ltd.,
The Pictorial Stationary Co., Ltd.,
Files
Collection
Citation
Sauber, Robert (1868-1936), “The Flower Girl, No. 3 from Familiar Figures of London Series,” Omeka 389, accessed April 19, 2024, https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/389/items/show/537.