
Once you know what this page is really doing the image makes perfect sense. Boys and girls from good families were sent to serve the king or queen in return for being educated with the royal children. An amazing education it was, gaining deep knowledge in subjects never even touched upon until college today.
I'm reminded by this card the privileged still have a leg up the ladder ahead of the hoi polloi, but it only gets them in the door. This young page/valet is chamberlain to the royal bedchamber. His chamberpot bib means no one looks upon the royal leavings. That is starting at the bottom, everything is up from there.
From Yahoo Finance, 2015, Top 10 worst jobs. (I don't agree but it wasn't my job to make the list)
1. Newspaper Reporter
Income: $36,300
2. Lumberjack
Income: $34,100
3. Enlisted Military Personnel
Income: $44,300
4. Head Cook
Income: $42,200
5. Broadcaster
Income: $29,300
6. Photojournalist
Income: $29,300
7. Corrections Officer
Income: $39,200
8. Taxi Driver
Income: $23,100
9. Firefighter
Income: $45,300
10. Mail Carrier
Income: $41,100