Servants Collection (page 11)

Christmas Cooking
Preparing the Christmas dinner - cook and servants busy in the kitchen Date: early 19th century

Butler & New Maid
The butler inspects the new housemaid, warning her that her progress is in his hands Date: 1906

Housemaids Reference
Printed letter from Miss J A Wright, proprietor of a servants agency, requesting a character reference for Margaret Seaton applying for a situation as Under Housemaid Date: 1895

Nanny in Outdoor Dress
Nanny in her outdoor uniform Date: circa 1910

French Ladys Maid
A maid helps her mistress with her toilette Date: 1847

Maid and Crinoline
When crinolines are in fashion, household breakages are apt to be even more frequent than usual... Date: 1864

Simple Beds
Simple brass and iron bedsteads for working people, servants and others Date: 1889

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

British in Burma 1889
Officers relax after a hard day bashing rebels who resent British presence in their country. Date: 1889

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

Lady & Nursemaid
The nursemaid holds the baby for its mother to see during the morning visit to the nursery that she manages to make between her other social engagements Date: 1903

Sedan Chair / King Graphic
Toil and Pleasure a lady is carried through the snow by servants in a sedan chair Date: circa 1800

Amsterdam Street Scene
Morning street scene - servants out shopping pass the time of day. Date: 1889

In the Wash-House
In the wash-house Date: 1906

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

Robert Herrick in his Devonshire home
My maid (my Prue), by good luck sent, to save that little, fates me gave or lent. Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), English poet, in the garden of his home in Devonshire

Hero Worship - postcard by Lawson Wood
Hero Worship - a postcard by Lawson Wood showing a housewife doting on her portly husband (bursting out of his uniform), having served him a meal and provided him with an ale and a comfy chair

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

Banquet in the Imperial Pavilion
The banquet hosted by the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Calcutta, India - Indian Palanquin
Calcutta (Kolkata), India - Indian Palanquin

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

Broken-down car - Baroda, India
A British colonial lady stands beneath her parasol at the side of the road, as two Indian servants attend to a rear wheel puncture on a narrow Indian country lane. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

A Lady is waited on by two Japanese Servants
A naked woman, playing a guitar-like instrument, is tended to by two Japanese servants; one brings in a tray of tea while the other styles her hair

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

Edward VII shooting at Windsor
King Edward VII out shooting at Windsor

Fishing in India
A wonderful photograph showing colonial life in India in the early 1920s. A British diplomatic service gentleman fishes from the comfort of a wicker chair by the banks of a wide Indian river

Grand Abyssinian Woman (now Ethiopia) with two servants standing behind her carrying her possessions

The Humorist Christmas Number
Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress. Chicken, plates

The Janisary Tree - Constantinople, Turkey
The Janisaries Tree - Constantinople, Turkey. A tradition has grown up that this tree was planted at the founding of the Janisary order

Queen Victoria photographed with the Battenbergs at Windsor
Mealtime at Windsor in 1895: Queen Victoria sits at the dining table with Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg and three of their four children - Leopold (left, on the booster cushion)

Postcard from a serving girl
A 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

After Dinner Politics, 1886
Engraving showing a group of gentlemen, in formal evening attire, enjoying an after dinner smoke, drink and argument about politics

The Strangers Home, Limehouse, 1870
Engraving showing the interior of one of the rooms of the Strangers Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders in West India Dock Road, Limehouse, London, 1870

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto
Engraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876

Housemaid Flirting
The housemaid flirts with an errand boy

Nursemaid Flirting
The nursemaid flirts with a soldier in the Park

Dr Syntax / Bees / 2nd Tour
BEES Dr Syntax and the bees

Housemaid / Fresh Laundry
A smiley housemaid carrying freshly laundered and ironed tableware

Dog Show in 1865
International (no quarantine then !) Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London : dogs arriving brought by their owners or by servants

Dr Syntax / Counterpart / 2T
Dr Syntax and his counterpart

Civil War in America: arrival of a Federal steamer
Arrival of a Federal steamer, with flag of truce at Madisonville, Lake Portchartrain. The scene shows men, women, children and black servants with boxes and travelling bags waiting for the steamer

Wrights Wall Brush
A handy wall brush with an oscillating head or duster enabling servants to clean cornices, walls or staircases without trying using a ladder

French Hiring Fair
La louee des gens de ferme : in the Charolais and other districts, farm servants are recruited at annual hiring fairs

Butler & Groom
An Edwardian butler explains something to the coachman, while one of the footmen stands by his side

Edwardian Housemaids
Three pretty young Edwardian housemaids larking about during a rare rest period

Edwardian Upper Classes
The wealthy Edwardian upper classes enjoy strolling around the gardens of their country estate, while their servants are lined up outside the mansion in the background

Servants Talking
An Edwardian kitchen maid chats up one of the footmen!

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