2/2 Two washerwomen tamping laundry in a tub. Fascinating picture by Gesina ter Borch, who was born on this day in 1633.

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Siro Penagini (1885-1952), Washerwomen at the River, 1917

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Meet Brina and Cleo! Brina, (orc)runs a fishing dock and Cleo, her wife(tiefling), who sails the boats! ✨🌊

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15 Apr: feast of Hunna, an aristocrat saint who is patron of laundresses, who died in 679 and was canonized in 1520. Here then, for her feast day, are some washerwomen by Gesina Ter Borch, 1640s (Rijksmuseum)

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This wonderful 1652/53 depiction of washerwomen, also giving the text of their song is by the brilliant Gesina Ter Borch, 1633-1690

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Two washerwomen tamping laundry in a tub. Fascinating picture by Gesina ter Borch, who was born on this day in 1633.

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'Washerwomen' - 1911 Natalia Goncharova 🎨

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“Washerwomen” (1911) by Russian avant-garde painter Natalia Goncharova

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Washerwomen, Charles Frederic Ulrich

“I've buried a lot of my laundry in the back yard.”
― Phyllis Diller

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Printmaker Clare Leighton, Corsican Washerwomen,1934

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Clare Leighton, Corsican Washerwomen,1934 wood engraving

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The Washerwomen of the Night by Jean-Édouard Dargent (1824-1899) is based on a popular French folktale about female ghosts who spend eternity doing their laundry & murdering unfortunate souls in the night. It has parallels with Robert Burns poem-with-witches - 'Tam o' Shanter"

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