The task posters & prints

Scenes from William Cowper's 'The Task': a moonlit winter landscape with Crazy Kate at rest on a track, 1785 Thomas Barker of Bath

A Holiday Task at Hawarden, 1877, Gladstone Preparing to Fell a Tree Anonymous

Scenes from William Cowper's 'The Task', a boy stringing a bow, 1785 Thomas Barker of Bath

The History of a Week Anonymous

Excise Inquisition Erecting by English Slaves Under the Scourge of Their Task-Masters the Excise Officers Anonymous

Taddeo Employed on Menial Tasks at Calabrese's House Federico Zuccaro

Excise inquisition erecting by English slaves under the scourge of their task-masters the excise officers William Dent

A Holiday Task Joseph Swain

The Last Chore Edward Killingworth Johnson

Her Task Henry Straker

A Woman and Child by a Hearth, 1842 William Evans

The Young Task Masters John William Allison

1950s Smiling Man Drying Plate With Dish Towel Looking At Camera Anonymous

1960s smiling woman holding folded laundry looking at camera Anonymous

1950s Tired Exhausted Woman Housewife In Kitchen With Sink Full Of Dirty Dishes Anonymous

1960s woman housewife washing dishes in kitchen sink looking at camera Anonymous

1950s Three Pre-Teen Young Girls Cleaning Living Room Dusting Vacuuming Anonymous

Mad Kate, 1806-07 Henry (1741-1825) Fuseli

Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, 1875 Berthe Morisot

1960s man woman washing dishes kitchen sink Anonymous

1940s smiling woman sweeping porch front door step with a broom looking at camera Anonymous

Two women talking in yard one holding garden hoe the other holds basket with flowers Anonymous

The Washerwomen Hubert Robert

1930s 1940s Senior Woman Washing Clothes In Old Fashioned Wooden Tub And Washboard Anonymous

1940s Woman Sitting At Ironing Board Smiling Looking At Camera Anonymous

Cupid and Psyche - Palace Green Murals - Psyche set by Venus the Task, 1881 Edward Coley Burne-Jones

Smiling man raking autumn leaves in front yard of house Anonymous

1970s Woman Housewife Homemaker Wearing Apron Loading Laundry Into Washing Machine Anonymous

Serving for the Red Cross is a Highly Demanding Task, As is Portrayed in This Image Anonymous

US Astronaut Edward H. White II carrying out external tasks Unknown

A Fine-Feathered Friend Charles Edward Wilson

1950s 1960s Woman Wearing A White Blouse & Plaid Skirt Dusting With A Feather Duster A Glass Top Coffee Table Anonymous

1960s young woman gardening in front lawn of brick house Anonymous

1960s Smiling Woman Apron Bending Over Emptying Dishwasher In Kitchen Anonymous

Detail from the Massacre of the Servants and Herdsmen of Job, 1367 also Manfredi de Battilori Bartolo di Fredi

The Seamstress, 1880 Alexander Hugo Bakker-Korff