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Valets

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  • Two Russian valets are tightening ties around a young officer's waist as a third man brings a uniform for him to wear. Coloured etching, 1815.
  • An episode in The history of Pendennis by W.M. Thackeray: Harry Foker has his hair dressed and curled by Anatole, his valet. Etching after W.M. Thackeray.
  • An old, rich couple enjoy the latest fad in baton-powered enemas. Coloured engraving by G. de Cari (?).
  • An old, rich couple enjoy the latest fad in baton-powered enemas. Coloured engraving by G. de Cari (?).
  • An old man is reading while his valets are attending to his toilet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.
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    An old man is reading while his valets are attending to his toilet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: 1812/1888 | Reference: 567187i
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    An episode in The history of Pendennis by W.M. Thackeray: Harry Foker has his hair dressed and curled by Anatole, his valet. Etching after W.M. Thackeray.

    Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 29760i
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    Two Russian valets are tightening ties around a young officer's waist as a third man brings a uniform for him to wear. Coloured etching, 1815.

    | Date: [1815] | Reference: 35504i
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    An old, rich couple enjoy the latest fad in baton-powered enemas. Coloured engraving by G. de Cari (?).

    | Reference: 16241i
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    A sick woman is attended to by three men. Colour line engraving by C.J.D. Eisen after himself, 1762.

    Eisen, Charles, 1720-1778. | Date: [1762] | Reference: 15974i
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