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elingregory ([personal profile] elingregory) wrote2012-09-10 04:51 pm
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The real thing

We all have our own ideas about what servants looked like - mostly Stephen Fry in pinstripes - but sometimes it's grand to see the real thing.



Click on the picture to explore the National Library of Wales flickr stream. there's some real treasure on there.
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[identity profile] metallumai.livejournal.com 2012-09-10 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
they look so proud. I suppose it would have been unrealistic to think they'd be embarrassed 140 years early. :D

[identity profile] anteros-lmc.livejournal.com 2012-09-10 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
And not just ant servants....liveried servants!

[identity profile] charliecochrane.livejournal.com 2012-09-11 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's lovely.

And stereograph pics - I remember them!
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[identity profile] stevie-carroll.livejournal.com 2012-09-16 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Smashing!
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