. English: 'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh?' Caricature of a black servant in exaggerated footman’s livery, which is entitled 'Sketches of Character - Footman - pl. 9', above the image. The satire is as much, if not more, aimed at the pretensions of his employers as at the man himself – a late example of a much earlier fashion for black servants. Published by L. McLean, 26 Haymarket. It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh? . April 1829. L. McLean; William Heath 4 'It a Pity You Notin
. English: 'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh?' Caricature of a black servant in exaggerated footman’s livery, which is entitled 'Sketches of Character - Footman - pl. 9', above the image. The satire is as much, if not more, aimed at the pretensions of his employers as at the man himself – a late example of a much earlier fashion for black servants. Published by L. McLean, 26 Haymarket. It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh? . April 1829. L. McLean; William Heath 4 'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh ' RMG F0746
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