Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the life of a servant girl 1859

"Vida de una Criada de Servir" (Life of a Servant Girl) is a broadside by José María Marés, depicting 48 scenes from the life of a servant girl. This work, created in 1859, is a visual narrative that captures the daily routines and challenges of a domestic worker in 19th-century Spain. Each scene is framed in a small square, forming a grid-like composition that guides the viewer through the story. The detailed illustrations, though simple in style, offer a glimpse into the social conditions and the hardships faced by servant girls in that era. The broadside, now preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, stands as a unique and valuable document of social history.