1-217-427 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Matron and servant in the sick-chamber, c1470, (1910). Tobit, blind in bed, is attended by two women. One of the women sits by the fire where a cooking pot hangs on an adjustable ratchet, while the other holds a dish. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).