In the jargon of art history a “genre” painting is one that depicts a scene of people engaged in ordinary life, without being a portrait of anyone specific, or a depiction of a historical event. Such paintings were very popular in the 18th century, and occupied a middle place in the accepted hierarchy of subjects.

d100	The painting depicts…
1	Gypsies in their encampment.
2	the preparation of a grand feast.
3	a portrait being painted.
4	lovers walking down a street in Paris.
5	a formal dinner.
6	a lady at her toilette, with visitors
7	a woman washing herself astride her bidet.
8	a masquerade ball.
9	a country dance.
10	peasants dancing.
11	a shepherdess and her flock.
12	a pretty milkmaid and her cows.
13	a fox hunt.
14	a stag hunt.
15	a boar hunt.
16	soldiers carousing in a tavern.
17	a peasant wedding.
18	a peasant woman nursing a child.
19	a peddler with a lemonade tank on his back.
20	a peasant family eating dinner.
21	a silhouette portrait being made.
22	several well-dressed young ladies giving a recital.
23	a farmer bringing produce to market in a wagon.
24	a small group of well-dressed people having luncheon in a small, but nicely-appointed room.
25	a modiste visiting a fashionable young lady
26	a water carrier.
27	a seamstress sewing a dress.
28	an operatic performance.
29	a ballet performance.
30	a performance of the Commedia dell’Arte.
31	a group of well-dressed people having a picnic.
32	laundresses washing clothes in a stream.
33	a young lady having a music lesson.
34	a young woman writing a letter.
35	grapes being harvested.
36	a butcher at his work.
37	the interior of a gaming hall.
38	an old washerwoman at work.
39	a group of men and women playing billiards.
40	a horse-race.
41	a cock-fight.
42	a dog fight.
43	a peasant mother dressing her child.
44	fishermen hauling in their catch.
45	a boy building a house of cards.
46	a Gypsy telling a fortune.
47	a governess admonishing a young child.
48	a man spying on a lady during the early part of her toilette.
49	stiltwalkers giving a public show.
50	a procession of pilgrims down a city street.
51	several monks making merry.
52	a young girl eavesdropping on a pair of lovers conversing.
53	a dance master giving lessons.
54	a drawing master giving lessons.
55	a group of men and women playing “blind-man’s bluff”.
56	a public hanging.
57	a public beheading.
58	a debate in an opulent salon.
59	the interior of a shop selling home furnishings.
60	children receiving gifts on Saint Nicholas’ Day.
61	a group of drunken singers at Christmastime.
62	a lady being carried in a sedan chair.
63	a carriage rolling through the countryside.
64	a woman (or man) in the sickbed, attended by their family.
65	a marriage contract being signed.
66	a group of masked Venetians gambling at The Ridotto.
67	a group of English Morris Dancers.
68	a couple visiting a menagerie.
69	a mountebank before a crowd.
70	a group of soldiers performing drills.
71	the crew aboard a ship, hoisting sails.
72	a group of ladies playing cards.
73	soldiers playing dice.
74	a chemist giving a demonstration to a small crowd.
75	a group of actors applying makeup.
76	an elegant salon in a lady’s bedchamber.
77	a patient being bled by a doctor.
78	a woman giving birth, with the family watching.
79	a girl crying over a dead pet.
80	a funeral procession.
81	a tennis match
82	a small group playing battledore and shuttlecock.
83	a group of aristocratic men shooting pigeons.
84	a grand house being constructed
85	a peasant home being built.
86	a group of street musicians.
87	a group of men and women telling ghost stories in a dimly-lit drawing room.
88	a peasant fishing.
89	a group of well-dressed men and women watching a regatta.
90	a dentist pulling teeth.
91	a maid carrying a chocolate pot and cups on a tray.
92	a baker removing loaves from the oven.
93	a woman visiting a fishmonger.
94	women making lace.
95	a sturdy peasant woman at a spinning wheel.
96	a group of well-dressed ladies embroidering.
97	a Spanish bullfight.
98	a group of children playing at being soldiers.
99	a knife-sharpener at work.
100	a money-lender’s office.