Servant Collection (page 3)

Barhams Servant
Mr C N BARHAM hypnotises his servant who manifests clairvoyance when in the hypnotic state

Curry&rice / Officer Rides
A young officer prepares to go riding. A servant puts the final touches to his uniform while another holds his pony which is far too small for him

Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton

Moise sauve des eaux - The Finding of Moses par Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904)
FIA5405306 Moise sauve des eaux - The Finding of Moses par Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904). Oil on canvas, size : 152, 4x114, 1887, Collection Perez Simon, Mexico by Goodall

Minley Manor kitchens BL17959A
Minley Manor, Hampshire. Staff in the kitchen at a French chateau style country house that was erected between 1858-60 to the designs of architect Henry Clutton

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The Capricious Child, 1804 (oil on canvas)
8690960 The Capricious Child, 1804 (oil on canvas) by Gerard, Marguerite (1761-1837); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By Marguerite Gerard)

Don Quixote of La Mancha, 1603 - 1605 (engraving)
8899815 Don Quixote of La Mancha, 1603 - 1605 (engraving) by Portuguese School, (17th century); (add.info.: Don Quixote of La Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha)

Preparation of a banquet: illustration of a poem by the Persian poet Hafez (Hafiz Shirazi) (mid-14th century)
AIS5335290 Preparation of a banquet: illustration of a poem by the Persian poet Hafez (Hafiz Shirazi) (mid-14th century), from a manuscript (damascus, Syria) (miniature); Narodni Muzej, Belgrade

"Interieur flamand" Familles et enfants regroupes dans une piece, une carcasse d'animal est suspendue
AIS5384939 "Interieur flamand" Familles et enfants regroupes dans une piece, une carcasse d'animal est suspendue, une cheminee au fond, un homme tient un petit garcon sur le pot

Countess Almalviva and Susanna, from The Marriage of Figaro (engraving)
8631131 Countess Almalviva and Susanna, from The Marriage of Figaro (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Countess Almalviva and her maid Susanna)

Scene from Ludvig Holberg's Maternity Room (oil on canvas)
8711994 Scene from Ludvig Holberg's Maternity Room (oil on canvas) by Marstrand, Wilhelm (1810-73); Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Niva

A woman playing the Kithara, with her servant
5305127 A woman playing the Kithara, with her servant.; (add.info.: Fresco depicting a woman playing the Kithara, with her servant. Dated 1st Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Priest and altar servers, historical woodcut, circa 1888
UIG5414639 Priest and altar servers, historical woodcut, circa 1888; UIG

The birth of Saint John the Baptist. Detail of the Bas-Relief of the Baptismal Font made by Jacopo della Quercia
BEN5474943 The birth of Saint John the Baptist. Detail of the Bas-Relief of the Baptismal Font made by Jacopo della Quercia (1374-1438), 1427. Baptistery in Siena, Italy

Meal scene, a servant does the service. Xylography of the 15th century
FGL5485170 Meal scene, a servant does the service. Xylography of the 15th century; Fototeca Gilardi

Simson and Delilah, David sparing Saul's heirs from a home bible, 1870
UIG5413206 Simson and Delilah, David sparing Saul's heirs from a home bible, 1870; UIG

A plaustrum
5307965 A plaustrum.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a plaustrum - an ancient Egyptian open chariot drawn by oxen. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting the lady of the house giving her servant a spoon of medicine, 19th century
5311198 An engraving depicting the lady of the house giving her servant a spoon of medicine, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Costume of Carentan
5855736 Costume of Carentan; (add.info.: Costume of a servant of Carentan. The only remarkable thing about her clothes is the square ends of the papillon (butterfly) wings of her bonnet

Young woman of St. Aubin
5855720 Young woman of St. Aubin; (add.info.: Young woman of St. Aubin, a servant at Dieppe. Common women often wear a simple bonnet all day)

A maid, c.1860 (print)
7293403 A maid, c.1860 (print); (add.info.: Society. Economy. Young maid cleaning. Imagery, Epinal, France, ca 1860.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

A maid, c.1860 (print)
7293397 A maid, c.1860 (print); (add.info.: Society. Economy. Young maid sewing. Imagery, Epinal, France, ca 1860.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Sir Charles James Lyall, 1845-1920
3083224 Sir Charles James Lyall, 1845-1920.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English civil servant working in India during the period of the British Raj, and Arabic scholar)

Feast of the Lovers, after a work by Le Clerc, 1810. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur
1000933 Feast of the Lovers, after a work by Le Clerc, 1810. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.; Private Collection

Mrs. Hazlewood (engraving)
937977 Mrs. Hazlewood (engraving); Private Collection

Princess and attendant in trompe l'oeil window, c.1765 (opaque w/c and gold on paper)
XOS5874007 Princess and attendant in trompe l'oeil window, c.1765 (opaque w/c and gold on paper) by Khan, Aqil (active mid-1700s); 12.5x7.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Lazarillo de Tormes and His Blind Master, before 1880 (oil on fabric)
XOS5879766 Lazarillo de Tormes and His Blind Master, before 1880 (oil on fabric) by Ribot, Auguste Theodule (1823-91); 108x90 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho)
8629442 Illustration for Legends for Lionel by Walter Crane (colour litho) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: supported by attendant sausages)

Employers Liability Act (colour litho)
8656707 Employers Liability Act (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Employers Liability Act. Cause and Effect. Compensation (enough to marry on)

Spain (19th c.). Staff officer and his servant. Litography. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. GUIPUZCOA. Donostia
CUL4879639 Spain (19th c.). Staff officer and his servant. Litography. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. GUIPUZCOA. Donostia. Military Historical Museum; (add.info.: Spain (19th c.)

The kitchen in the Reform Club, with stoves, ovens, sinks, rotisserie, pots, pans, and cooks. Steel engraving by W
FLO4669534 The kitchen in the Reform Club, with stoves, ovens, sinks, rotisserie, pots, pans, and cooks. Steel engraving by W. Radclyffe after an illustration by G.B

Fashionable woman with African pageboy holding up her huge hairdo. 18th century caricature
FLO4657038 Fashionable woman with African pageboy holding up her huge hairdo. 18th century caricature. Lithograph from Paul Lacroix The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes

Fashionable ladies and gentlemen playing the card game Comet (named for the 1758 visit of Halley's comet)
FLO4657001 Fashionable ladies and gentlemen playing the card game Comet (named for the 1758 visit of Halley's comet) in a drawing room. A serving brings carafes of wine

The interior of the Skye Cottage, 1850
3477972 The interior of the Skye Cottage, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the interior of the Skye Cottage. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Letters N O P: niche, orange and doll, c.1920 (print)
DUV4205985 Letters N O P: niche, orange and doll, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

The emperor's eldest son smoking a tobacco pipe with his wife playing the pipa
FLO4590172 The emperor's eldest son smoking a tobacco pipe with his wife playing the pipa and her attendant in the gardens of the Old Summer Palace, Yuanming Yuan

Dr. Wall treating a patient suffering from a hangover. Tom Echo laid up with the Headington Fever or an Oxonian very
FLO4618946 Dr. Wall treating a patient suffering from a hangover. Tom Echo laid up with the Headington Fever or an Oxonian very near the wall

A Chinese family in a bedroom, 1850
3478194 A Chinese family in a bedroom, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Chinese mother with her children sat together in a bedroom in China. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A servant ease dropping, 1850
3478255 A servant ease dropping, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a servant ease dropping, whilst she is supposed to be cleaning the stairs. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Miss Delicacy, 1850
3478735 Miss Delicacy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Miss Delicacy, the daughter of the Riches quarrelling with her husband who had been her father's servant)

Colonial America, Bill for buying Native American servants, Farmington, Connecticut, 1710
3031062 Colonial America, Bill for buying Native American servants, Farmington, Connecticut, 1710; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill for buying Native American servants, Farmington, Connecticut)

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329566 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Parlour Maid and Scullery maids, 1901 (engraving)
537322 Parlour Maid and Scullery maids, 1901 (engraving); (add.info.: Cook and Kitchen maid, Parlour Maid and Scullery maids)

Banquet. 11th century (chromolithograph after English Psalter)
537703 Banquet. 11th century (chromolithograph after English Psalter); Universal History Archive/UIG

Samuel Weller (colour litho)
2775612 Samuel Weller (colour litho) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samuel Weller, from The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens)

Don Quixote on his horse, next to Sancho on his donkey, 19th century (illustration)
8899812 Don Quixote on his horse, next to Sancho on his donkey, 19th century (illustration) by Bertall, Charles Albert d'Arnoux (1820-82); (add.info.: Don Quixote on his horse)

Court women of Burma in ceremonial dress. Servant bowing, chief counsellor or woonge's wife with fan
FLO4624085 Court women of Burma in ceremonial dress. Servant bowing, chief counsellor or woonge's wife with fan, privy counsellor or attawoon's wife

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"Unveiling the Unsung Heroes: The Power and Presence of Servants" From ancient times to modern eras, servants have played an intriguing role in history. Just like the enigmatic Venus of Urbino, depicted by Titian in 1538, they often remain hidden behind grandeur and opulence. In literature, we find iconic duos like Jeeves and Wooster, where a servant's wit and wisdom guide their master through hilarious misadventures. Similarly, Botticelli's masterpiece "Primavera" showcases nymphs dancing under the watchful eye of Flora - a symbol of beauty nurtured by unseen hands. Even royalty was not immune to the allure of devoted attendants. Queen Victoria found solace in her relationship with Abdul Karim - a tale that transcended societal norms during c. 1890-1900. Their bond mirrored that between Empress Theodora and Emperor Justinian I as portrayed in the Basilica of Saint Vitale. Servitude took many forms throughout history; from maids serving diligently in households during 1935 to café waiters like Garçon De Café in 1850s Paris who catered to patrons' every need with grace. Religious texts also acknowledge the significance of servanthood. A manuscript leaf from a Bible dating back to ca. 1280-1300 depicts Nehemias opening his book - reminding us that even leaders require assistance on their spiritual journeys. However, it is essential not to overlook darker chapters where servitude turned into exploitation. Saartje Baartman's tragic story as "The Hottentot Venus" serves as a poignant reminder that some were objectified for their physical attributes rather than valued for their humanity. Yet amidst these tales lies resilience and loyalty exemplified by figures such as Munshi Abdul Karim or Queen Victoria's trusted confidant Munshi himself – proving that genuine connections can transcend societal barriers.