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Dandies / Lord PetershamAn extremely short footman touches his cap to his social superiors. (Two rather dissipated looking dandies, Lord Petersham and Sir Lumley Skeffington). Date: circa 1830
Alice in Wonderland, frog and fish footmenAlice in Wonderland, the frog and fish footmen. Date: early 20th century
Royal Wedding 1913 - Duchess of Fife leaves for the chapelAlexandra, Duchess of Fife, leaving her mother, the Princess Royals home in Portman Square, London for her marriage to Prince Arthur of Connaught at the Chapel Royal, St
Costume / Dandies / CossacksSir Lumley Skeffington and Lord Petersham wear cossack trousers & box coat with single cape
Pomp and Circumstance by Charles RobinsonA small child, bewigged and holding a fan, is carried in a sedan chair carried by footmen in livery. Date: 1914
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
Greetings card in the shape of a footman with a parcelGreetings card in the shape of a footman delivering a parcel. Date: circa 1890s
Pig and monkeys in a park on a postcardPig in a bathchair with monkeys in a park on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Our Boys Clothing Company, footman and page suitOur Boys Clothing Company presents a footmans coatee and page suit. Date: c.1895
Cartoon, Exchange No Robbery -- a man is shocked to be offered a battered old hat in place of his nice new one. circa late 18th century
Frog footman on a greetings card, delivering a message. Date: circa 1890s
Frog footman on a New Year card, delivering a greeting. Date: circa 1890s
Disraeli / Tory ProgrammeBENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy will not divulge his plans for the forthcoming session: he would rather trust to his own instincts than devise a Programme Date: 6 July 1872
Eight children dancing a quadrilleEight children dance a quadrille while their mother plays the piano. Date: 19th century
Preparations for the Lord Mayors Show, 1894, Paul RenouardPreparations for the Lord Mayors Show: Footmen and coachmen trying on the new liveries. Date: 1894
Our Superior Inferiors - an upper class lady charity workerLady de Tomkyn (at Cabbage Charity Sale): " How on earth are we to clean these pototoes? I DARE not ask Simpson!" A well-meaning lady hoping to help out at a charity sale
Dewars Whisky advertisementAdvertisement for Dewars whisky, featuring a smart footman in full livery and powdered wig carrying a decanter and glass on a tray. Date: 1927
Panorama of a fashionable wedding, 1855Panorama of a fashionable wedding in 1855-relations, clergy and hangers on depicted. Date: 1855
Chocolate box design, 18th century sedan chairChocolate box design, featuring a lady in an 18th century sedan chair with two footmen and a suitor. Date: 20th century
Footman announcing arrival of Mr and Mrs TootleFootman (announcing) - " Mr Tootle and Mrs Tootle-too." !!! Date: 1895
Street music: an unwelcome German bandPreventions better than cure: a servant bribes a German band to clear off before their music makes someone ill
Sir Charles Wakefield at National Childrens Home, LondonState visit by Alderman Sir Charles Wakefield (1859-1941) and other City of London dignitaries to the London Branch of the National Childrens Homes (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, East London
Postcard from a serving girlA postcard message sent to Miss Elsie Underwood, Bournemouth from Lil, recently employed as one of ten servants working at No.2 Wilton Crescent, London S.W
Footman from Sais, EgyptA Footman from Sais, Egypt (on the Western Nile), wearing a fine patterned waistcoat / jerkin and holding a long thin stick
Two Egyptian FootmenA hand-tinted card depicting two footmen from Sais, Egypt (on the Western Nile), wearing white tunics, patterned waistcoat and sashes and holding long sticks
Tiger Moth and OthersWood Tiger Moth Cinnabar Moth Crimson Speckled Footman with its Caterpillar
Footman and ButlerA footman and butler await the arrival of their masters carriage at the front entrance to a sizeable residence. The quality of the outfits befits the high status of the family
British Footman, 1867I was an Italian who had a white mouse, whom John the footman drove from the house
The Queens Year, 1897The Queens Year! Mr Punch celebrates the beginning of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee Year by presenting Her Majesty with the New Year, in the form of a small boy
Punch and FootmanPunch and the foreign footman
Victoria / Riding / 1822Victoria as a child, riding in Kensington Gardens
Strauss / Rosenkavalier / 4ROSENKAVALIER Octavian challenges the Baron Ochs to a duel
Strauss / Rosenkavalier / 3ROSENKAVALIER Octavian presents the rose to Sophie von Faninal
USA / Met Opera / CurtainNEW YORK Wagnerian opera singers take a curtain call, assisted by a footman
Lady in Shawl 1837Pale grey robe: scallop shaped trim down one side of the skirt composed of black velvet & blonde lace, large Kashmir shawl & lace edged collar with brooch. Footman in livery
Social / Arriving at HallA gentleman arriving at a stately home just in time for dinner
Chateau GaillonA view of part of the chateau with guests by a balustrade overlooking the gardens, also a man with a pack of hounds & a coach & six with a running footman & postillion
Carrying ThingsTwo servants carry their burdens upstairs - the footman carries a letter on a tray, the housemaid carries a scuttle full of coals
Servants BallAt the servants ball, the elegant dancing of the footman is much admired
Footman in HallThe footman turns up his nose at the plain fare provided in the servants hall
Evening EntertainmentOr The Richest Commoner in England ; A lee-tle contre- temps - Jack Rogers & the glove
Fish & Frog FootmenThe fish footman and the frog footman