Page (servant)
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A page or page boy is traditionally a young male attendant or servant, but may also have been a messenger in the service of a nobleman.
Lord Patten, robed as Chancellor of Oxford University, assisted by a page
Alof de Wignacourt and his page, by Caravaggio, c. 1608
The Queen and the Page, by Marianne Stokes, 1896
Painting of a page boy with slave collar, Dutch, 17th century
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
Page (servant)
…boys of humble background might gain a similar place in a great house. According to the International Butler Academy, these pages were apprentice footmen. Unlike the hall boys, who did heavy work, these pages performed light odd-jobs and stood in attendance wearing livery when guests were being received…
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