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John Stuart Mill, 1806 – 1873 British philosopher, political economist and civil servant From Nuestro Siglo, published 1883





An Algerian Woman and her Servant in a Garden. Charles Theodore Frere (1814-1888). Dated 1844, oil on canvas, 65.4 x 54.6cm.





Glazed clay male servant figurine, Shaoxing Museum of Kingdom Yue´s Culture, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China





African porters, Rhodesia. Four African porters walk in line, carrying long bundles tied to poles over their shoulders. Proba...
African porters, Rhodesia. Four African porters walk in line, carrying long bundles tied to poles over their shoulders. Probably Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), circa 1897. Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa.





German servant girl, 16th century, carrying jugs of beer and a barrel of pork to market.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lech...
German servant girl, 16th century, carrying jugs of beer and a barrel of pork to market.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A.J. Lallemand, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis (1834





Name painting. A man on a ladder paints the name 'GABB' in large letters on the pitched roof of a single storey house belongi...
Name painting. A man on a ladder paints the name 'GABB' in large letters on the pitched roof of a single storey house belonging to Gabb. During the Mau Mau campaigns of the 1950s, house owners used signs such as this to announce which side they were affiliated to. North Kinangop, Kenya, 9-12 February 1953. Kinangop, Central (Kenya), Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





Das Schokoladenmadchen, or Girl With Hot Chocolate, pastel drawing, Venice, c. 1744. Already famous in the 18th century, this...
Das Schokoladenmadchen, or Girl With Hot Chocolate, pastel drawing, Venice, c. 1744. Already famous in the 18th century, this drawing was much admired for its scrupulous realism. According to traditional accounts, the servantgirl's name is Baldauf, meaning Prompt





Yang Gui Fei mounting his horse, by Qian Xuan (ca 1235-before 1307), coloured ink on paper, China. Chinese Civilisation, 13th...
Yang Gui Fei mounting his horse, by Qian Xuan (ca 1235-before 1307), coloured ink on paper, China. Chinese Civilisation, 13th century.





Cameroun- Art- Royal furniture, part of a servant of 1,80m, from the Highland Bamileke origin, 1920





Missionary work in the Lake Malawi region. A page of illustrations taken from 'The Graphic' newspaper features scenes of miss...
Missionary work in the Lake Malawi region. A page of illustrations taken from 'The Graphic' newspaper features scenes of missionary work at settlements in the Lake Malawi region of Nyasaland. The African Lakes Company, which was established to supply these missions with good and services, is also featured. Nyasaland (Malawi), circa 1889. Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa.





Two doctors with a sedan chair. Two British doctors, Dr Rennie (left) and Dr Marriott (right), stand beside a sedan chair car...
Two doctors with a sedan chair. Two British doctors, Dr Rennie (left) and Dr Marriott (right), stand beside a sedan chair carried by Chinese servants. Probably Hong Kong, China, circa 1905., Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia.





Birth of Achilles, by Anonymous artist, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza di Achille. Whole art...
Birth of Achilles, by Anonymous artist, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza di Achille. Whole artwork. Birth newborn Achilles mother Thetis goddess bed canopy maid wet-nurse maid servants floor squares perspective white red brown





EL CONVITE DE ALATIEL Y PERICONE - DETALLE DEL DECAMERON - SIGLO XIV. Author: BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Location: MUSEO CORRER, VE...
EL CONVITE DE ALATIEL Y PERICONE - DETALLE DEL DECAMERON - SIGLO XIV. Author: BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Location: MUSEO CORRER, VENEDIG, ITALIA.





Name painting. A man on a ladder paints the name 'GABB' in large letters on the pitched roof of a single storey house belongi...
Name painting. A man on a ladder paints the name 'GABB' in large letters on the pitched roof of a single storey house belonging to Gabb. During the Mau Mau campaigns of the 1950s, house owners used signs such as this to announce which side they were affiliated to. North Kinangop, Kenya, 9-12 February 1953. Kinangop, Central (Kenya), Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





Caucasian young man dressed like nerd at computer looking over shoulder at Caucasian young blonde woman.





Dutch school. Artemisia. 1634. Oil on canvas (142 x 153). Madrid, Prado Museum. Author: REMBRANDT, HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN. Loca...
Dutch school. Artemisia. 1634. Oil on canvas (142 x 153). Madrid, Prado Museum. Author: REMBRANDT, HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.





Noble being groomed, artist from the Kaigetsudo school, kakemono (hanging scroll) in ukiyo-e style, Japan. Japanese Civilisat...
Noble being groomed, artist from the Kaigetsudo school, kakemono (hanging scroll) in ukiyo-e style, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 18th century.





Geishas are famous in Japan The concept has a long history and goes back several centuries where geishas were for entertainme...
Geishas are famous in Japan The concept has a long history and goes back several centuries where geishas were for entertainment for rich japanese people They are well trained in dance, language, music instruments and etiquette Nowadays, geishas still p





Mary Augustine Sarmiento and the infanta Marguerite (detail from The Menines). Maria Agustina Sarmiento y la infanta Margarit...
Mary Augustine Sarmiento and the infanta Marguerite (detail from The Menines). Maria Agustina Sarmiento y la infanta Margarita (Las Meninas). Madrid, Prado museum. Author: VELAZQUEZ, DIEGO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.





Mid-18th century German male fashions worn by state officials from a mural by the Venetian artist Tiepelo in Wurzburg castle....
Mid-18th century German male fashions worn by state officials from a mural by the Venetian artist Tiepelo in Wurzburg castle. Below the balcony is a black servant boy with a hunting dog. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by A. Volkert, and published by Heinrich Keller. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curato





Nehemiah and the King James Tissot (1836-1902/French) Watercolor on paper Jewish Museum, New York





¡BUENOS DIAS SEÑOR COURBET! - 1854 - O/L - 129x149 - REALISMO FRANCES. Location: MUSEO FABRE, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE.





DIANA DE POITIERS - SIGLO XVI. Author: ANONIMO FRANCES. Location: MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS, BASILEA, SWITZERLAND.





Abraham's servant preparing camels to take gifts to find wife for son Isaac (Genesis chapter 24)





Caucasian young man smiling dressed like nerd sitting at computer looking at viewer with Caucasian young blonde woman in sexy...
Caucasian young man smiling dressed like nerd sitting at computer looking at viewer with Caucasian young blonde woman in sexy french maid outfit bending over and pointing.





Palanquin for a baby. A group of Indian servants carry a miniature, tasselled palanquin for a baby, possibly a portable crib ...
Palanquin for a baby. A group of Indian servants carry a miniature, tasselled palanquin for a baby, possibly a portable crib for Margaret Lawrence (b.1904), the daughter of British civil servant Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence. India, circa 1905. India, Southern Asia, Asia.





MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS. Photo essay for press only. Free clinic Servantes des Pauvres, Senegal. Drugs.





LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 15R - ALFONSO X Y SU HIJO SANCHO ENSEÑANDO A UNOS JOVENES A...
LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 15R - ALFONSO X Y SU HIJO SANCHO ENSEÑANDO A UNOS JOVENES A JUGAR AL AJEDREZ. Author: ALFONSO X OF CASTILE, THE WISE. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.





Preah Khan sometimes transliterated as Prah Khan, is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavar...
Preah Khan sometimes transliterated as Prah Khan, is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated It was the centre of a substantial organisation, with almost 100,000 officials and servants The temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples and numerous l





Safari porters gather for a feast. African porters await a feast before setting off on a 30-day march to the Congo. German Ea...
Safari porters gather for a feast. African porters await a feast before setting off on a 30-day march to the Congo. German East Africa (Tanzania), 1906. Tanzania, Eastern Africa, Africa.





A Manya Krobo chief sits in a palanquin. A Manya Krobo chief sits in a palanquin beneath a ceremonial umbrella as his retinue...
A Manya Krobo chief sits in a palanquin. A Manya Krobo chief sits in a palanquin beneath a ceremonial umbrella as his retinue of bearers carries him through crowds at an annual Ngmayem harvest festival. Odumasi, Ghana, circa 1960. Odumasi, East (Ghana), Ghana, Western Africa, Africa.





Geishas are famous in Japan The concept has a long history and goes back several centuries where geishas were for entertainme...
Geishas are famous in Japan The concept has a long history and goes back several centuries where geishas were for entertainment for rich japanese people They are well trained in dance, language, music instruments and etiquette Nowadays, geishas still p





French school. Lady in Her Bath. La Dame au Bain. 1570. Washington, National gallery. Author: CLOUET, FRANCOIS. Location: NAT...
French school. Lady in Her Bath. La Dame au Bain. 1570. Washington, National gallery. Author: CLOUET, FRANCOIS. Location: NATIONAL GALLERY, WASHINGTON D. C., USA.





Kenya, Nairobi, 'Korogocho Slum Area. Margaret With Two Of Her Children And Her Fourteen Year Old Servant Girl Eppy On The Ri...
Kenya, Nairobi, 'Korogocho Slum Area. Margaret With Two Of Her Children And Her Fourteen Year Old Servant Girl Eppy On The Right. Like Many Girls, Eppy Works For Her Keep.'





Bather & Maid ( La Toilette ) c. 1900 Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919/French) Oil on canvas Barnes Foundation, Merion, Penns...
Bather & Maid ( La Toilette ) c. 1900 Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919/French) Oil on canvas Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania





The scribe Amenophis worshipping the Sun-God. Limestone. Origin unknown. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom. C. 1490-1400 BC.





A cattle-drawn ekka. Two cattle are tethered to a covered ekka (small carriage) containing passengers. Punjab, India, circa 1...
A cattle-drawn ekka. Two cattle are tethered to a covered ekka (small carriage) containing passengers. Punjab, India, circa 1900., Punjab, India, Southern Asia, Asia.





Washing day at the river. Washing clothes at the edge of a river. Several Indian men thrash and scrub fabric onto washboards ...
Washing day at the river. Washing clothes at the edge of a river. Several Indian men thrash and scrub fabric onto washboards propped up in the water, whilst wet garments are spread out to dry on the riverbank. India, circa 1895. India, Southern Asia, Asia.





Financial district in Tokyo In october 2008, the stockmarkets in Tokyo lost their value in light of the financial crisis worl...
Financial district in Tokyo In october 2008, the stockmarkets in Tokyo lost their value in light of the financial crisis worldwide





Italian school. Canaan Wedding. 16th century. Paris, musée du Louvre. Author: VERONES PABLO / VERONESE PAOLO. Location: LOUVR...
Italian school. Canaan Wedding. 16th century. Paris, musée du Louvre. Author: VERONES PABLO / VERONESE PAOLO. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS, PARIS, FRANCE.





Table service of a lady of quality. 19th century reproduction of 15th century miniature from Romance of Renaud de Montauban





King with servants, one pouring something in crown, from Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen, USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry...
King with servants, one pouring something in crown, from Buch der Weisheit der alten Weisen, USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library, 1483





Tokyo´s subway system is well developed and organised Some stations nadle more than 1 million passengers a day Most people u...
Tokyo´s subway system is well developed and organised Some stations nadle more than 1 million passengers a day Most people use public transport to go to work Trains arrive every two minutes





The Banquet of Dido and Aeneas, by Anonymous artist, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza di Enea....
The Banquet of Dido and Aeneas, by Anonymous artist, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Palazzo Spada: Stanza di Enea. Whole artwork. Square Aeneas hero Dido goddess banquet laid table tablecloth putto soldiers cuirasses helmet servants musician violet/purple dog amphora kantharos frame human figures caryatids





Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy. She is spinning yarn while le...
Servant at Carentan. The simple cotton bonnet looks good on the heads of the women of Normandy. She is spinning yarn while leaning against a wooden gate. Hand-colored fashion plate illustration by Lante engraved by Gatine from Louis-Marie Lante's "Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux," 1827/1885. With their tall Alsation lace hats, the women of Caux and Normandy were famous for the elegance and style.





Tokyo´s subway system is well developed and organised Some stations nadle more than 1 million passengers a day Most people u...
Tokyo´s subway system is well developed and organised Some stations nadle more than 1 million passengers a day Most people use public transport to go to work Trains arrive every two minutes





Businessmen walking in the financial district in Tokyo In october 2008, the stockmarkets in Tokyo lost their value in light o...
Businessmen walking in the financial district in Tokyo In october 2008, the stockmarkets in Tokyo lost their value in light of the financial crisis worldwide





Price's room boy. The Price family's room boy pictured barefoot outside a brick building. He wears an apron that reads 'NORFO...
Price's room boy. The Price family's room boy pictured barefoot outside a brick building. He wears an apron that reads 'NORFOLK HOTEL' and the word 'NORFOLK' is also embroidered above his shirt pocket. Kenya, 22 May 1953. Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.





Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and ""dry"" temper...
Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and ""dry"" tempera. Italy, Lombardy, Mantua, Ducal Palace. Western wall. The meeting between Ludovico Gonzaga and his sons Frederick and Francis. Left Episode. Detail of two servants with horses and dogs.





LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 12V - DOS HOMBRES CON UN SIRVIENTE FUERA DE UNA CASA JUGAND...
LIBRO DE JUEGOS O LIBRO DEL AJEDREZ DADOS Y TABLAS - 1283 - FOLIO 12V - DOS HOMBRES CON UN SIRVIENTE FUERA DE UNA CASA JUGANDO AL AJEDREZ. Author: ALFONSO X OF CASTILE, THE WISE. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.





Civil servant, sculpture along the Spirit Way, Ming Tombs, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, Peking, China Asia





Charles I of Spain and V of Germany (1500-1558). King of Spain (1517-1556) and Emperor of Germany (1519-1556). First Spanish ...
Charles I of Spain and V of Germany (1500-1558). King of Spain (1517-1556) and Emperor of Germany (1519-1556). First Spanish monarch of the House of Austria. Son of Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad. Abdication of Charles V in Brussels, on 25 October 1555, to his son Philip II of Spain. Colored engraving.





England, London, Westminster. Public sector workers march through Westminster in protest against changes to pension plans and...
England, London, Westminster. Public sector workers march through Westminster in protest against changes to pension plans and retirement policies in June 2011.





Transportation to Livingstone. After arriving at a nearby landing stage, a large party of Europeans climb into an open rail c...
Transportation to Livingstone. After arriving at a nearby landing stage, a large party of Europeans climb into an open rail car, ready to make their journey to Livingstone. A number of African servants prepare to push the car for three miles uphill to its destination. Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), circa 1930., South (Zambia), Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa.





Colonial bungalow, Burma (Myanmar). Servants at work tending flowerbeds beside the driveway of a large colonial bungalow. Bur...
Colonial bungalow, Burma (Myanmar). Servants at work tending flowerbeds beside the driveway of a large colonial bungalow. Burma (Myanmar), 7 August 1912. Burma (Myanmar), South East Asia, Asia.





Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Women cutting pig's trotters. Miniature. Fol. 78 r.





The Round Table is prepared for the Knights. Miniature from the Roman du Chevalier Tristan, by the Master of Charles of Maine...
The Round Table is prepared for the Knights. Miniature from the Roman du Chevalier Tristan, by the Master of Charles of Maine. 1440-60. Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.





Margaret Lawrence prepares to ride a camel. Margaret Lawrence (b.1904), the daughter of Phyllis and Sir Henry Staveley Lawren...
Margaret Lawrence prepares to ride a camel. Margaret Lawrence (b.1904), the daughter of Phyllis and Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence (Collector of Karachi) is encouraged by an Indian servant as she prepares to ride a saddled camel. Karachi, India (Pakistan), circa 1910. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Southern Asia, Asia.





Preparations for the Ballet; Les Apprets du Ballet. Niclas Lafrensen the younger (1737-1807). Bodycolour on paper, 280 x 360m...
Preparations for the Ballet; Les Apprets du Ballet. Niclas Lafrensen the younger (1737-1807). Bodycolour on paper, 280 x 360mm.





Original Film Title: AMANTS, LES. English Title: LOVERS, THE. Film Director: LOUIS MALLE. Year: 1958. Stars: JEAN MARC BORY; ...
Original Film Title: AMANTS, LES. English Title: LOVERS, THE. Film Director: LOUIS MALLE. Year: 1958. Stars: JEAN MARC BORY; JOSE LUIS DE VILALLONGA.





Rickshaw driver in Hong Kong. A rickshaw driver pulls his empty carriage along a commerical street in Hong Kong. Signs and ad...
Rickshaw driver in Hong Kong. A rickshaw driver pulls his empty carriage along a commerical street in Hong Kong. Signs and advertisements written in Chinese script stretch away into the distance. Hong Kong, China, 1963., Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia.





Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Hall of the False Door Stela. Relief depicting se...
Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Hall of the False Door Stela. Relief depicting servants carrying offerings to the Ka of the deceased. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt.





Portrait of Nannie. Portrait of an Indian ayah (nursemaid) called Nannie, aged around 20 years. Nannie worked for a British f...
Portrait of Nannie. Portrait of an Indian ayah (nursemaid) called Nannie, aged around 20 years. Nannie worked for a British family (the Lawrences) in India, later moving with them to England where she lived for the rest of her life. Location unknown, circa 1910.





Separating the grain from the husk. A Ketchi woman pours rice from one bowl into another, separating the grain from the husk ...
Separating the grain from the husk. A Ketchi woman pours rice from one bowl into another, separating the grain from the husk before grinding the rice inside a large pestle and mortar. Belize, circa 1975. Belize, Central America, North America .





Servants preparing food for banquet given by Solomon for the Queen of Sheba, 19th century Ethiopian





Miko, shrine servant, leading the bridal procession, Yasaka Shrine, Maruyama Park, Kyoto, Japan, Asia





Original Film Title: BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK. English Title: BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK. Film Director: ROY DEL RUTH...
Original Film Title: BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK. English Title: BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK. Film Director: ROY DEL RUTH. Year: 1934. Stars: RONALD COLMAN.





1930S 1940S Man Sit On Bed Hand To Head Doctor Butler With Tray Mixing Powder In Glasses Headache Hangover Pain





Tokyo´s subway system is well developed and organised Some stations nadle more than 1 million passengers a day Most people u...
Tokyo´s subway system is well developed and organised Some stations nadle more than 1 million passengers a day Most people use public transport to go to work Trains arrive every two minutes Passengers go through gateways by scanning their subway pass





Koomkees' at work. Koomkees' (tame elephants) and their mahouts (elephant handlers) attempt to separate and restrain a newly ...
Koomkees' at work. Koomkees' (tame elephants) and their mahouts (elephant handlers) attempt to separate and restrain a newly impounded herd of wild elephants within a stockade. The herd was captured in the Kakankota Forests by the Maharajah of Mysore's hunting party. Karnataka, India, 1909., Karnataka, India, Southern Asia, Asia.

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