Servants Collection (page 8)

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

Frontispiece illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Snob. Showing a footman carrying a small dog to his aristocratic master. " The dawg, My Lord." Date: 1904

The Graphic cover - Christmas Number 1910
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1910 featuring a jester, servant and page boy in Tudor dress bringing in boars head at a festive feast. Date: 1910

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Workshop
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - boys with planes, mallets, chisels etc in the carpentry workshop. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Girls Day Room
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - girls sit in their day room. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Children in the Sanatorium
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - children in the homes sanatorium. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage Boys Dormitory
Derby Railway Servants Orphanage - beds lined up in a boys dormitory. A basket for stowing clothes is under each bed. Date: circa 1908

Derby Railway Servants Orphanage
A view of the Derby Railway Servants Orphanage. Date: circa 1908

A Mere Matter of Form by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
Distressing mistake of the cook recently released from a munition factory. A familys cook absent-mindedly shapes the pudding for that day into a shell, much to the shock and panic of her employers

WW1 recruitment: employers encourage servants to enlist, 1915
" 5 questions to those who employ male servant" s: an advertisement intended to encourage employers to get their servants to enlist during World War One. Date: 1915

Maid applying lipstick
A maid applying lipstick. Date: circa 1920s

Group of colonials in India
Group of three colonial women with three servants in India. Date: circa 1920s

Angolan nobleman being carried by servants in a hammock.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Egyptian harem with women dancing and playing music.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

High-ranking Indians: rajah on horseback and a seated nabob.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Indian lady in her curtained palkee (palanquin).. handcolored copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from Asiatic Costumes, Ackermann, London, 1828

Family with three dogs and a servant
Family of four in a back garden with three lapdogs and a servant. Date: circa 1910s

Woman and Pekingese dog
Woman in nurses or servants uniform, holding up a treat for a Pekingese dog. Date: circa 1913

Family group with black poodle in a garden
Family group with servants and a black poodle in a garden. Photograph by W Johnson of Attleborough, Norfolk. Date: circa 1910s

Two women and a boy with three dogs outside a large house. Date: circa 1910s

Six women with a dog in a garden
Six women (including four in servant costume) with a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1900s

Nanny taking baby for a ride on a large dog
A nanny or maid in a garden, taking a baby for a ride on the back of a large dog. Date: circa 1920s

Woman with collie dog in a garden
Woman in servants uniform with a collie dog in a garden. Date: circa 1900s

Two female servants and dog in yard
Two female servants and a dog standing in the yard of a house. Date: circa 1910s

Three maids and dog in garden
Three maids and a terrier dog in a garden. Date: circa 1912

FOGOLINO, Marcello (1483-1553). Courtiers at Malpaga Castle. 1st half 16th c. ITALY. Bergamo. Malpaga Castle. Servants bringing game dishes to table. Renaissance art. Fresco

A Young Englishmans First Experiences in India, 1889
A Young Englishman does his best to fit into colonial life in India. He purchases a solar topee, bathes in the Indian style and is waited upon by Indian servants

The Result Below Stairs by Heath Robinson
The result below stairs of upstairs perusal of our Entent Peace Number. The Cook: " Ow I ate hese finicky French ways

Advert for Ewarts Geysers 1923
Hot water instantly night and day Ewarts Geysers. 1923

Advert for Ewarts Geyser hot water 1928
Hot water instantly night or day, maid in the kitchen, while woman running a bath. 1928

Sphere cover - German retreat from Lille, 1918
Front cover of The Sphere featuring an illustration by Fortunino Matania showing a scene in Lille when the British finally recaptured the town from the retreating Germans in October 1918

Suffragette Domestic Servant, Pankhurst. A young housemaid reclines on a sofa saying, I cut my little finger and I must take it very easy in case it hurts me anymore

Present Day Types - the Get-Off-My-Earth Chauffeur
One of a series of Present Day Types by Arthur Watts showing a haughty and disdainful chauffeur in his uniform, posing by a motor car. Date: 1914

Hyams of Oxford Street, boys outfitters, advertisement
Advertisement for Hyams of Oxford Street, Leeds, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, one of the oldest established houses for boys tailoring and outfitting, providing first class goods at moderate prices

Belling electric fires advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Belling electric fires, with the revelation that families could do without one servant as a result of the modern device

Servants Night-time Visiting Ban at Congleton, Cheshire
Following claims, in 1842, that the practice of allowing young men to pay night-time visits to female servants in agricultural areas of the Wrexham Union resulted in many single mothers at

Billeting soldiers, WW1 humour
Maid to mistress: If yer please, mem, theres a hofficer at the door, and e wants to know if you can FILLET two sojers. A maid rather misunderstands the request of a billeting officer at a house

Advert for Ewarts Califont hot water 1926
Hot water instantly night or day. Hot water upstairs or downstairs. 1926

Servants in India. Date: circa 1890s

Our Superior Inferiors - an upper class lady charity worker
Lady 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

Woman and maid
A woman gets ready to go out, helped by her maid. Date: 20th century

Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and staff
Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and his native employees (staff). Date: 1908

A couple dressed in their finery, dancing

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