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Fairs

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  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
  • A medicine vendor selling to a crowd at a fair. Process print after C. Pears, 1912.
  • A man at a funfair by the seaside, being compelled to move rapidly by his dog pulling him forwards; representing exercise as good for the heart. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2000.
  • A bustling country fair full of stalls of people selling their wares. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1788, after A. Ostade.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of assistants and snakes to a captivated audience, Tianjin, China. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
  • Dr Dulcamara, played by L. Lablache, sells a love philtre to Nemorino played by G. Mario at a country fair. Coloured lithograph by C. Vogt after A. de Valentini.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
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Catalogue

  • view Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).
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    Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).

    Loggon, T. | Date: [1824?] | Reference: 23495i
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    A brightly coloured puppet stand with two puppets; a woman in a blue dress walks towards it waving; in the background a fairground. Gouache by Brenda Marshall, 1956.

    Marshall, Brenda, active approximately 1956-1958. | Date: 31/12/56 [31 December 1956] | Reference: 3005084i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
  • view An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
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    • Online

    An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.

    Wouwerman, Philips, 1619?-1668. | Date: 1743 | Reference: 20496i
  • view A medicine vendor selling to a crowd at a fair. Process print after C. Pears, 1912.
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    A medicine vendor selling to a crowd at a fair. Process print after C. Pears, 1912.

    Pears, Charles, 1873-1958. | Date: 1912 | Reference: 15398i
  • view A bustling country fair full of stalls of people selling their wares. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1788, after A. Ostade.
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    A bustling country fair full of stalls of people selling their wares. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1788, after A. Ostade.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Date: 1788 | Reference: 20505i
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