 Many of these people became servants in aristocratic households and are frequently depicted in contemporary portraits of the family – often depicted in a similar manner to family pets.Many black people became part of the urban poor and were often depicted in the caricatures and cartoons of William Hogarth, but others attained highly respected positions in society, e.g.Ignatius Sancho and Francis Barber – a servant to Dr Samuel Johnson who became a beneficiary of his will.