'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh?'

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'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.

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Object Details

ID:	ZBA2706
Collection:	Special collections; Fine art
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	McLean, L.; Heath, William
Date made:	April 1829
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements:	Sheet: 372 mm x 270 mm; Image: 348 mm x 239 mm