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A Romany fortune-teller is reading the palm of a young woman suffering unrequited love; two other Romany women are leaning over a fence and children are sitting around a fire. Etching by P.W. Tomkins after H.W. Bunbury, 1791.

Two huntsmen in a clearing are surrounded by gypsies who read their palms as a decoy for stealing their belongings. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after B. North.

A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.

Gypsies living on the hillside outside a tavern; two men are on horseback, while others are carrying baskets of food, cooking and tending to children. Engraving by J. Moyreau after P. Wouwermans.

Mary Squires the fortune teller foretells the future to Sir John Hill: she indicates that she has support from the Lord Mayor of London. Etching, 1753.

A female gipsy breast feeding her child. Mezzotint by H. Meyer, 1817, after D. Wilkie.

Margaret Finch, aged 108. Engraving by J. Sharp.

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

Travelling gypsies. Etching by Jacques Callot.

A travelling gypsy family enjoying a rest and a meal of soup, bread and wine. Engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

A family of gypsies sit in their camp with a child they have stolen. Engraving by W. & F. Holl, 1840, after F.P. Stephanoff.

Gypsies in Spain (?), three views showing aspects of itinerant life. Lithograph.

A itinerant bag-pipe player and his son, resting at the side of the road. Coloured lithograph, c.1850 (?).

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A travelling gypsy family enjoying a rest and a meal of soup, bread and wine. Engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.

Travels from Vienna through lower Hungary : with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / by Richard Bright.

A family of gypsies sit in their camp with a child they have stolen. Engraving by W. & F. Holl, 1840, after F.P. Stephanoff.

Gypsies in Spain (?), three views showing aspects of itinerant life. Lithograph.

A itinerant bag-pipe player and his son, resting at the side of the road. Coloured lithograph, c.1850 (?).