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Cook and MistressThe cook reproaches the lady of the house for coming into her kitchen without knocking first
Servants at TableServants at table - a manservant, dining with the cook, reprimands the page for bringing him a steel fork (as opposed to silver)
Raleigh / Smoking / ServantSIR WALTER RALEIGH Smoking his pipe - his servant thinks he is on fire, and douses him with water
Indian Mutiny, CampA British officer relaxing in camp
May Day (Haydon)A May-Day bride in her carriage passes a Punch-&-Judy show : traditional figures dance beside beggars and street traders
Hester L Stanhope / SaloonLADY HESTER LUCY STANHOPE Traveller to Asia, where she settled - seen here entertaining a visitor in her saloon
Servants / Interview / 1896" Not a love affair, I hope " A young woman seeking a position as a ladys companion is interviewed by a stern agent eager to ascertain why she left her last position. Date: 1896
Abbe and Housemaid 1780A French Abbe, whose mind should be on higher things, takes a close interest in a servant girl who wears a sack-back gown hitched up to form a bustle/polanaise
Officer in Indian HomeA civilian officer of the Bombay Staff Corps is brought a letter by a messenger - barked at by his dog - while his servant provides a pot of tea
Working Class Dress 1795An example of working class womens clothing from the late 18th century can be seen in this image of a servant buying fish from a street trader
JavaneseThree Indonesian men: a Javanese ruler, his servant with a closed parasol, and an islander
Card Players in ChinaLadies of a mandarins family playing cards; two children are looked after by a servant
Legend of Dibbles BridgeWhen one Ralph had forded the river Dibb & was drying off behind a bolder, he saw the devil who said that he would build a bridge to stop his servant catching a chill
Racial / Japan / Lady 19CA Japanese lady at her toilet is washed by one servant while another holds a drawer of combs ready to do her hair
Hagar in Desert / ArtaudBanished by Abraham, the servant-girl Hagar wanders in the desert with her son Ishmael until they are rescued by an angel
Hagar in Desert / ClarkBanished by Abraham, the servant-girl Hagar wanders in the desert with her son Ishmael until they are rescued by an angel
Hagar (Taylor)Hagar, a servant, having borne a son to Abraham with his wife Sarahs approval, is expelled when Sarah bears a child, and wanders the desert with Ismael till an angel saves them
Rebekah Soughtshe is sought out by Abrahams servant Eliezer, to be a husband for his son Isaac
Indian Tiger HuntThree Indian nobles and a servant hunt a tiger
Scholar of LaputaA scholar of Laputa, deep in thought, is attended by a servant whose duty it is to rouse him to a sense of reality should the need arise
Gulliver & the MonkeyHe is seized by a monkey who drops him, whereupon he falls into a gutter whence he is rescued by a servant
Vaucansons AutomataJACQUES DE VAUCANSON French inventor, notably of automata; here, he astonishes his servant with a mechanical flute-player Date: 1709 - 1782
Lady / Dressing Table 18CThe Powdering Room: a lady at her dressing table looks ravishing in a pink dress
Nanny & Charges C. 1880A baby & a little girl in white frocks: shoulder ribbons, vandyked broderie Anglaise short sleeves & hem. Leather shoes with ankle straps or crossed lacing
Costume / Baby C. 1900A baby in long clothes & an elaborate high lacy bonnet has its photograph taken with its nurse maid who wears a short cape, square shaped headgear & apron with a scalloped edge
The Cup that CheersA British officer wears a curiously aggressive expression as he is handed a cup of tea by a native servant - or is it apprehension, that it may not be made properly ?
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
Japanese Servant WomanServant at an inn. 2 of 2
Social / Queen Anne 18CScene at the court of Queen Anne
Social / Haiti PostmanA postman on horseback delivers mail to a servant at the gate of a hacienda in Haiti
Social / Indian PostmanAn Indian postman delivers mail personally to a high- ranking recipient, attended by a servant with a fly-swat
Seeking Stags ScentA nobleman, preceded by his servant and a sniffer-dog, seek the scent of a stag
The Return from the HuntThe return from the hunt - a Flemish huntsman, with his servant, two hounds and two smaller dogs, brings back a stag, borne on the second horse
Solomons Mines / HaggardAllan Quartermain saves the servant Umbopa, thought by the witch to be evil
Paletot Overcoat 1907American paletot overcoat viewed from the back: long full skirts with vents, waist seam & hip pockets with flaps. The gentleman wears a bowler hat
Walking the DogsMY LADYs PET - a liveried servant boy walks the family dogs
Extravagant C18 HairIn this contemporary caricature a fashionable young lady, sporting the magnificent new hairstyle, is so transformed that even her own mother does not recognize her
Japanese Governor / SceneThe Governor of Kanagawa rides forth in great state to the scene of a fire. Local people crouch before the passing magnate, led by a servant with an official banner of his rank
Bayswater Road 1933A nurse takes advantage of the traffic lights to cross the Bayswater Road at Albert Gate into Hyde Park, pushing her charge in its perambulator
Costume / WigsA servant holds Madams wig aloft with the help of a special stick
Rebekah ChosenEliezer, Abrahams servant, sees Rebekah at the well and picks her out as a suitable wife for his masters son Isaac
Victoria & John BrownVICTORIA with her Highland servant, John Brown : reading letters on horseback, at Osborne
Victoria & Hindu ServantVICTORIA with her Hindu secretary, Munshi Abdul Karim, at Balmoral, towards the end of her life
Cinderella by the FireCinderella sits gazing wistfully into the ashes of the fire, holding the broom she has used for sweeping
Indian and HookahAn Indian nobleman talks with a friend while he smokes his hookah, accompanied by music from two female performers : another servant holds a flaming torch to light it
Maid Serves CoffeeMaid serving coffee
Japanese RickshawA lady of Nagasaki is drawn along Temple street, while a servant walks beside her carrying her shoes