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

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

Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, 1875 Berthe Morisot

A Holiday Task Joseph Swain

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

Her Task Henry Straker

The Washerwomen Hubert Robert

The Young Task Masters John William Allison

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

1960s smiling woman holding folded laundry looking at camera Anonymous

A Woman and Child by a Hearth, 1842 William Evans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gabrielle darning, 1908 Pierre Auguste Renoir

Two sewing women Johannes Covens and Cornelis Mortier

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

The History of a Week 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

Polson Iron Work Yard, Ship War Hydra on Stocks, 1918 Robert Ford Gagen

Interior with Carcass School English

Harvest Scene, 1879 Adrien Louis Demont

A Shepherdess with her flock Julien Dupre

Interior of a Forge, 1771 Jean Baptiste Bernard Coclers

The Hay Wagon, after c.1650 Philips Wouwermans or Wouwerman

View of a village, 1839 Jean Francois Demay

Upbringing, 1867 Henriette Browne

In the Pantry Joseph Bail

By the Well, 2009 Tilly Willis

A Stitch in Time Walter Anderson