18th Century Birdcages

Last updated: Jan 5, 2024

A page on birdcages of the 12th-17th centuries is available elsewhere on this site.

• Woman in an interior, c. 1700
• Interior with a woman and a boy by Frans van Mieris the Younger
• The birds’ nest by Nicolas Lancret
• The Scissors-Grinder by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1741
• Old Darby and Joan, 1759
• The Press Gang by John Collet
• The Earl of Jersey and Miss Ford, 1761
• Tavern interior by John S C Schaak, 1762
• High Life Below Stairs by John Collet, 1763
• The Recruiting Sargeant by John Collet, 1767
• The Quiet Husband, 1768
• Girl Bundling Asparagus by John Atkinson, 1771
• Leonora and Leander, 1773
• Cobler’s Hall, 1775
• The Coffeehouse, 1781
• Industry , c. 1780s-1790s
• Winter, 1783
• The Rustic Lover by Francis Wheatley, 1786
• The Family Concert, 1787
• Girl with a birdcage seated on a bed by Jean-Frédéric Schall, late 18th century
• The griddle-cake baker by Adriaan de Leli, c. 1790-1810
• An illustration to Sterne’s Sentimental Journey, 1792
• A cottage exterior with a seated labourer filling his pipe by William Redmore Bigg, 1793
• Connubial Happiness, 1797
• The Spoiled Child, Scene II by Lewis Vaslet, c. 1802