Servants Collection (#7)

Greek Art. Goddesses and Female Servants. Sculptures. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhague. Denmark

The Archdukes hunting by Jan Brueghel the Elder
The Archdukes hunting (1611) by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

WW1 poster, Don t... 1. Don t use a motor car or motor cycle for pleasure purposes. 2. Don t buy new clothes needlessly. Don t be ashamed of wearing old clothes in wartime. 3

Little Folk Misfitz - Polly Put the Kettle On. circa 1910

Man with two women on a comic card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

One Kind of Picnic - Another by H. M. Bateman 1 of 2
A fabulously elegant and sedate picnic, with the diners being waited on by a team of servants as a gramophone plays. One of two cartoons by H. M

Illustrated London News cover - the Diamond Diggers
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing two diamond diggers in South Africa, in the valley of the Vaal river, Orange Free State

Butchers boy and housemaid on a comic Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Policeman and housemaid on a comic Christmas card. circa 1890s

Maid with Tray
An Edwardian housemaid hurries along the vast hallway of an Edwardian Country House carrying a tray of edibles for her masters. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Dusting a Staircase
An Edwardian housemaid dusts the elaborate balustrade of a huge staircase. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Going Downstairs
An Edwardian Ladys Maid rushes downstairs at her mistresss beck and call. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Rail Travel in India
Rail travel in India is very comfortable - for Europeans, with native servants to polish their boots, sustain them with coffee, and keep their hookah in good nick... Date: circa 1860

English Seneschal / C14
An English Seneschal: official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements, servants & sometimes dispensing justice and high military commands. Date: 14th century

Design for Cottage Ornee
Elevation and plan for a cottage ornee, a decorative country building Date: circa 1815

Dinner in Javan Home
Native Javan servants present a European family with their dinner in a colonial home. Date: 1883

Nuremberg Maid & Carter
A Nuremberg maidservant, on her way to the fountain, is chatted up by a Fuhrknecht (carter) who wears floppy hip- high boots over his breeches. Date: circa 1580

Roman / Pompeii / Toilet
Two Roman ladies of Pompeii are attended by their female servants. One is having her hair dressed

Cartoon, How Many Lumps? WW1
Cartoon, How many lumps? The French comic actress Cecile Sorel serves her guests, including a bearded man who has been fighting in the war. On the left sits the French philosopher Voltaire. Date: 1917

Family Shower / Leech
A family prepare to partake of a shower. The servants fill up the shower head with hot water as the family members don conical hats and towels - some require encouragement! Date: 1850

Wearer and Maker 1884
Servant puts the finishing touches to her mistresses dress. Date: 1884

Bath of Turkish Sultan
A Turkish sultan is tended to in his bath by a host of handmaidens Date: 1840

The Debutante 1850
A debutante in a beautiful white satin dress and a rosette in her hair, fixes her hair in the mirror. She is admired by her proud mama and servants. Date: 1850

In Bed with Maid
- What, in bed with the chambermaid !?!? - Why not, you ve been to bed with her often enough ! Date: 1935

Indian Table Servant
A table servant Date: circa 1905

Groom in Stable
Groom in the stable, polishing a stirrup Date: 1868

Educated Housemaid
Mary explains that the word Salve on the doormat is Latin for Please to wipe your feet Date: 1893

Serving Coffee
The maidservant serves coffee for her master as he sits reading Le petit Journal in the garden Date: 1885

Serving the Roast
Waiting at table, the maidservant lifts the cover off the roast Date: 1887

Nothing Like Education
- Carter, I can actually write my name in the dust on the table ! - Faith, mum, thats more than I can. Sure theres nothing like education, after all ! Date: 1902

Lady and Butler
A lady and her butler Date: 1884

Cartoon, Woman trying on new dress, WW1
Cartoon showing a lady having a dress fitting. Her gown has an exaggerated bell shaped skirt based on the styles of the 1830s, ornamented profusely with accordion pleated flounces and rosettes

Maid Stitching Stocking
The maid does some last-minute repairs to her mistresss stocking before she leaves for a ball Date: 1908

Leaving Home
Going to service a girl takes leave of her mother while her sister puts her things in the carriers wagon, on the way to a job as a servant Date: 1870

Cartoon, Walking past an accident. Its a housemaid who was hit by a taxi. Oh, as if the servant problem wasn t bad enough already ! Date: 1919

15th century servants
Various domestic women of the period Date: 15th century

Shinto shrine, Kobe, Japan
Shinto shrine at Kobe, Japan, with two servants and a palanquin

Tinker sharpening a knife for a maid 1894
A tinker sharpening a knife for a waiting maid. Date: 1894

Russians presenting Easter eggs to each other. Date: 1913

Advertisement for Acme gas stoves, by Arden Hill & Co, Birmingham. A maid tells Mr Soot that his services aren t needed any more. Date: early 20th century

Poster advertising Chivers Carpet Soap - sixpence per ball, prized in royal households. Date: early 20th century

Servants Wanted by Will Onda
Promotional postcard for Servants Wanted. First known production at the Chatham Palace of Varieties, 27th March 1905. A music hall sketch For Will Ondas Company

Merely Mary Anne by Israel Zangwill
Promotional postcard for Merely Mary Anne by Israel Zangwill. First produced at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, 8th September 1904

Gentleman instructing gardener, c. 1800
Gentleman instructing a gardener wtih a spade, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Lord Richard In The Pantry by Sidney Blow and Douglas Hoare
Promotional postcard for Lord Richard In The Pantry by Sidney Blow and Douglas Hoare from Martin Swaynes novel of 1912. First produced at the Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool

The Steps of the Convent of San Girolamo, Florence, Italy. Now the English convent of the Little Servants of Mary. From the terrace on the extreme left one of the most beautiful views over Florence

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses -- opening of Chapter I, with medieval pages pulling back a curtain to reveal an old building. Date: 1923

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