The age of specialists. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon of various incidents where a person refuses to perform a task because he or she is a specialist in some other field; the series concludes with two men speaking to each other over the caption The only specialists from whom nothing else is expected.. Date 1903 February 18. The age of specialists. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon of various incidents where a person refuses to perform a task because he or she is a specialist in some other field; the series concludes with two men speaking to each other over the caption The only specialists from whom nothing else is expected.. Date 1903 February 18.