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Kensitas advertisement, 1929Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes featuring a footman in elaborate uniform taking his employers small dog for a walk while enjoying a sneaky ciggie! 1929
Housemaid at Southwold, SuffolkHousemaid (Florence Fish) to the Auerbach family, seen here at Southwold, Suffolk, where they went for their holidays for several years. Date: circa 1907
Betty, by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys UngerBetty, a play by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger, with music by Paul Rubens. Betty, shown here carrying a tray, is a maid who ends up marrying an aristocrat
Victorian scrap - MaidVictorian scrap - Types of People - Maid. late 19th century
Victorian scrap - I should like to marry a soldierVictorian scrap - People Who Want To Marry - I should like to marry a soldier. late 19th century
Misfitz Dolls - Housemaid. early 20th century
Advertisement, Hotel Previtali, London, showing a man in eccentric costume blowing a fanfare trumpet. The Italian-run hotel was in Arundel Street, near Piccadilly Circus. Date: circa 1880
Womens fashions. circa 1790
Advert for Salt Regal 1889Salt Regal for the hot weather. High-class antiseptic salt possessing hygienic properties. Dispensed in bottle is a white powder that mixed with water turns pink, cleanse the month
The Prophet of St Paul sThe Prophet of St Pauls -- a woman visits a fortune teller. 19th century
A Mandarin of Cochin China attended by his Pipe Bearer. 1817
Victorian Scrap -- Servant. late 19th century
Elizabethan servants polishing saucepans
The Dentist -- everyone watches as he treats an unfortunate patient. 1821
Hiring Servants at a Statute Fair. 1827
Don Juan and his man Leporello, probably a scene from Mozarts opera, Don Giovanni, outside Elviras house, during which they exchange clothes for purposes of deception. 1821
Maharaja of Gwaliors four state elephants, IndiaFour state elephants, elaborately decorated, belonging to the Maharaja of Gwalior, Sir Madho Rao Scindia (1876-1925), India. Date: circa 1910
Costume plate, two women out walking, with a male servant in attendance. circa 1877
Rebekah giving drink to Abrahams servant and drawing water for his camels - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 24.18. 1787
East London, Eastern Cape Province, South AfricaViews of East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa -- Buffalo Harbour, and domestic servants. Date: 1899
The Tatler front cover - Christmas Guide & IntelligencerFront cover of The Tatler magazine for 1950, Christmas Guide and Intelligencer. Illustration features the Tatler himself, in tricorn hat and frock coat
Persian Art. Achaemenid Dynasty. Palace of Darius I. DetailPersian Art. Achaemenid Dynasty. Persepolis. Palace of Darius I (522-486 B.C.). Detail of a palaces gate built between 470-450 B.C
Modes Pour Rire by Charles Vernier -- A woman (left) asks her ladys maid (right) whether the crinoline she has brought will be full enough. She doesn t want to be ridiculed for being too flat
Twelfth Night - title page - Malvolio cross-gartered before Olivia. 1862
The Taming of the Shrew - title page - Petruchio and his servant Grumio. 1862
Greetings card in the shape of a footman with a parcelGreetings card in the shape of a footman delivering a parcel. Date: circa 1890s
Josephs banquet in honor of his brothers. Book of Genesis. Chapter 43. Engraving
Donald Mackenzie Wallace, English civil servant and writerSir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919), English civil servant, newspaper editor and foreign correspondent. circa 1900s
Alfred Comyn Lyall, British civil servant and writerSir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), British civil servant, literary historian and poet. circa 1900s
A High Class Chinese Lady and her ServantA High Class Chinese Lady pictured with her Servant. Date: circa 1905
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - spilt soup. circa 1910s
Colonialism. Arab World. Europeans during the lunch. Engraving in The Illustrated World, 1885. Colored
David Livingstone (1813-1873) through a swamp with a porterDavid Livingstone (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. Livingstone through a swamp with a porter during his expedition to Africa in 1872. Engraving by Charles Laplante (d.1903)
French expedition opens way into the Nieniya mountains, SudaAfrica. French expedition opens way into the Nieniya mountains, Sudan (January, 1893). Engraving. Colored
Dollhouse (1670-1690) from Petronella de la Court (1624-1707). Anonymous. Detail. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands
The Regents of the Spinhuis and Nieuwe Werkhuis, AmsterdamKarel Dujardin (1626-1678). Dutch painter. The Regents of the Spinhuis and Nieuwe Werkhuis, Amsterdam, 1669. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
The Well-stocked kitchen, 1566, by Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 15Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1533-1575). Flemish painter. The Well-stocked kitchen, 1566. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
The Fete Champetre, 1627, by Dirck Hals (1591-1656)Dirck Hals (1591-1656). Dutch painter. The Fete Champetre, 1627. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Knight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. MiniatuKnight back from a tournament, rests on a monastery. Compilation of Treaties of Devotion (Traites de Devotion). Miniature. 15th century. Castle of Chantilly. France
Model of a group of offering bearers. EgyptModel of a group of offering bearers. Wood. Middle Kingdom. 12th Dynasty. 1800 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
A mountain valley with Diana and her nymphs by Jan Tilens (1Jan Tilens (1589-1630). Flemish painter. A mountain valley with Diana and her nymphs. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany
The porters of Lady Alice. EngravingHenry Morton Stanley (1841-1904). British journalist and explorer. African porters carrying sections of Lady Alice boat. Engraving in The Illustrated World, 1880
Emilio Benard Doude (1840-1870). Engraving. ColoredEmilio Benard Doude (1840-1870). Nicaraguan politician. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1878. Colored
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise lost. ColoreJohn Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. Epic poem in blank verse. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Servant offering a glass of wine to hisTacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Servant offering a glass of wine to his master on his return home. Folio 87V
Alabaster panel of king Tiglath-Pileser IIIAlabaster panel depicting King Tiglath-Pileser III in his chariot under an umbrella and a cuneiform inscription which related their campaigns, taking the city of Astartu. 730-727 BC
Assyrian figure of an attendant god. NimrudLimestone figure of an attendant god. 811-783 BC. Neo-assyrian. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
The Archdukes hunting by Jan Brueghel the ElderThe Archdukes hunting (1611) by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain