Footman
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A footman is a male domestic worker employed mainly to wait at table or attend a coach or carriage, usually dressed in livery. One of the man-servant domestic positions, the footman ranks above a hall
Four footmen, two standing on the rear platform of the carriage and two walking alongside the horses. The fifth person riding is a postilion. (Japan 2009)
1817 footman or groom's livery, Kensington Palace
A Footman Sleeping, 1871 by French painter Charles Bargue
CJCS 2015 visit to Great Britain 150613 D VO565 018
Butler
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A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the
Footman
…or carriage, usually dressed in livery. One of the man-servant domestic positions, the footman ranks above a hall boy and page, and below a valet and butler, although a footman might have duties which overlap or replace those other positions. Footmen were also employed to accompany carriages and coaches…
A butler in the White House Butler's Pantry.
Butler c. 1922
A pincerna depicted in service to a noble court during the Medieval Era.
In a large house, the butler (centre-left) is traditionally head over a full array of household servants. This is the servant staff at the Stonehouse Hill of Massachusetts, US the estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames, 1914.