Victorian Postcard — Washing Day, Girl Scrubbing a Doll in a Red Basin

A curly-haired girl in a full work apron scrubs her doll in an oversized red basin set up on the kitchen table, laundry already strung up to dry behind her. Helen Jackson's ‘Washing Day’ turns household chores into solemn, absorbing play, right down to the miniature jug and bar of soap.

A charming one for a laundry-day joke, a nostalgic note to a grandmother, or a collection of Victorian domestic scenes.