Servant Collection (page 14)

Cooks in the kitchen
Kitchen, Malmo, Sweden 1904. Date: 1904

John Brown, Servant
JOHN BROWN Queen Victorias Highland servant. Date: 1826 - 1883

Dunhills clothing for chauffeurs advertisement
Advertisement for Dunhills and specifically their summer clothing for chauffeurs, including livery dust coats, uniforms and sumair caps. Date: 1927

Street music: an unwelcome German band
Preventions better than cure: a servant bribes a German band to clear off before their music makes someone ill

Cinderella with birds. 20th century

Choosing her outfit for the day
A rich woman lounges on her chaise longue, while being waited upon by her ladys maid. 1924

A street riot on Giltspur Street, London
Crowds attack the carriage in which Mr Sloane is riding as he travels to court, accused of horrendous cruelty to a servant girl

The Princess, walking along in a beautiful renaissance style dress, with a pageboy to carry her train. 20th century

Caedmon leaving a feast
Caedmon is the first named English poet. This illutration depicts how he started writing poetry. He worked as a herdsman at Whitby Abbey

Four Turkish men in a room
Four men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor

Turkish woman brought coffee
A woman in oriental robes sits smoking a pipe with a very long stem while her servant brings her coffee. There are richly ornamented carpets on the floor. 1756

Music in the Elizabethan home
Part singing during the reign of Elizabeth I. Date: 16th century

Cinderella and Fairy Godmother
Cinderella, sitting by the fireside, is visited by her Fairy Godmother. 20th century

The Sonnet -- a grand lady sits in a garden, her lady-in-waiting standing close by. 20th century

D Carleton-Smythe. Sing a song of sixpence
Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century

Chauffeur livery advertisement by Moss Bros
Advertisement for chauffeurs livery, available from Moss Bros of Covent Garden, London in hard-wearing materials with accessories ready for immediate wear. Date: 1934

Servant Guidelines
Servants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Racial Types Germany
Women of Cologne of various classes: maidservant, matron & a middle class woman. All wear long white aprons & ruffs. Date: 1644

Lady & Page Circa 1515
French noblewoman: trained skirt that falls softly in folds, a chemise gathered at the neck (precursor to the ruff) & a decollete bodice. Page: fur-trimmed doublet. Date: circa 1515

Maid Packs her Bags
Unable to cope with the drudgery of being an Edwardian servant, the scullery maid packs her bags in her bedroom. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Mother Hubbard / Curtsey
The dame made a curtsey The dog made a bow; The dame said " Your servant" The dog said " Bow Wow!" Date: 1890s

Servants Clothing
Appropriate clothing for a parlourmaid, a cook, and a housemaid Date: 1906

Evening Dress 1912
Society people prepare for a night on the town. He wears a fur trimmed overcoat over his dress clothes, she wears a fur trimmed mantle & a toque with a vertical feather. Date: 1912

SCENE FROM LES FACHEUX
Scene from LES FACHEUX - judging from appearances, a servant is about to be struck with his masters cane for letting his hat fall on the floor. Date: first performed 1661

Male Corset / 1910
An elderly gentleman, desperate to regain the figure of his youth, has his valet lace him into a corset. Date: 1910

Stevenson / Fanny / Ava
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers wife, Fanny, makes ava in the smoking room at Vailima Date: 1850 - 1894

Wm Carey (& Servant)
WILLIAM CAREY - English Orientalist and Missionary with his Pundit (servant) at the College of Fort William, Calcutta. Date: 1761 - 1834

Laputian Gent Walking
GULLIVER IN LAPUTA A scholar of Laputa, out walking, must be accompanied by a servant who prevents him from accident, so deep is he likely to be in his thoughts. Date: First published: 1726

Old Mother Hubbard: Dame made a curtsy and dog mad a bow
She went to the tailors to buy him a coat, but when she came back he was riding a goat. The dame made a curtsy, the dog made a bow; the dame said, " your servant" the dog said

Servant drinking tea
A servant has a nice sit down and a cup of tea

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Dog - Servant
Good Dog. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of an old faithful male servant from an old dog. The salver that the old fellow carries evolves into a mere plate of bones - a

Family group in garden, South Wales
A family group of adults and children, posing in the garden of their house. The two young women in white aprons appear to be servants

Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and rifle
Indian Bearer - cleaning his Masters shoes and guns prior to heading out on a hunt

Arab servant woman in Egypt

Briggs and the King Wenceslas Spirit by Graham
Strip cartoon Graham showing a loyal and put-upon butler helping his employer to dress in a Father Christmas costume, and heaving a huge sack of toys towards a childrens party where Father Christmas

Indian servant cleaning his Masters equipment
Indian servant sitting cross-legged, cleaning his Masters equipment, including his boots and shoes and hunting rifles with brushes and polish

Three maids cleaning pots
Three maids take the opportunity to have a gossip while cleaning the pots outside

Native pre-marital rite - Jakarta (Indonesia)
A native girl of Jakarta (Indonesia) straddling a specially-designed wooden mounting block draped with a white cloth in order to catch the blood

Riding through Constantinople on donkeys
A husband and wife ride through Constantinople on a pair of donkeys, with the ladies steed being led by a young servant

Berliet Automobile
A fabulous Berliet car with a full compliment of passengers

My Lords Gentleman
A finely dressed gentleman holds out a letter to a servant, who bows in his presence

That Saving Grace by H. M. Tolintyre
A young woman beautifies herself at her dressing table with the help of no less than three maids! The cartoon punchline reads, " Apart from the hygienic value of bobbed hair

Arthur Balfour leaving his London house
Arthur James Balfour, Conservative MP and former Prime Minister, leaving his London house for Biarritz, possibly for a health cure

Prince of Wales (George V) at Bolton Abbey
The Prince of Wales (soon to be George V) at Bolton Abbey as a guest of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at the opening of the grouse shooting on Wharfedale Moor

A secret is shared
A woman whispers something into the ear of a humbly dressed servant who carries a bible. The painting is entitled Peine Perdue, meaning a waste of time

English Gent in Egypt in rickshaw
English gentleman in his rickshaw - Egypt. He has descended the steps leading down from his front door to meet his servant and transportation for the day

The Kitchenmaid and the Constable
A humourous photograph of a kitchenmaid, busy doing the washing up, being proposed to by her policeman admirer. The photograph is entitled Cupboard Love

Francis Charmes / Demare
Francis Charmes (1848-1916) French journalist, diplomat, civil servant, politician and academician

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