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  • A travelling peddler with a tray of goods crying up his wares while on the road. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • An itinerant salesman selling small reproductions of antique and modern sculptures. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Nice New, an eccentric street peddler of Reading. Engraving by R. Cooper.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by D. Deuchar after J. van der Vliet.
  • A country pedlar and his wife walking the countryside and selling liqueurs. Etching by P.E. Moitte after D. Teniers II.
  • An itinerant salesman in top hat and ragged clothes selling sweets or pies from a basket under his arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by J. van der Vliet.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by D. Deuchar after J. van der Vliet.
  • A country pedlar and his wife walking the countryside and selling liqueurs. Etching by P.E. Moitte after D. Teniers II.
  • A spectacles vendor showing his wares to an old woman on her doorstep. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade.
  • A travelling spectacle pedlar showing his wares to an old lady. Etching by G. Valk after A. Van Ostade.
  • A seller of spectacles showing his wares and wearing a large pair of spectacles. Line engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.
  • A man with a stick selling song-sheets is accompanied by a woman moving with the aid of two crutches. Coloured etching by Lapbame, 1820.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious patient. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious patient. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor reciting from a piece of paper trying and sell his wares to a small audience. Facsimile reproduction of an etching by J. Both after A. Both.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • An old pedlar shows his wares to a crowd of people among which an old lady wearing spectacles takes a keen interest. Etching by J.D. Both after A.D. Both.
  • A country pedlar selling medicines from a basket. Etching by T. Kitchin after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A bustling country fair full of stalls of people selling their wares. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1788, after A. Ostade.
  • Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving after M. Laroon.
  • Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman, demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving by G. Walker, 1792, after M. Laroon.
  • Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Engraving after M. Laroon.
  • Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman demonstrating his wares with the aid of a monkey. Colour line engraving after M. Laroon.
  • A poor street peddlar selling rhubarb and spices in London. Wood engraving after R. Beard.
  • A pedlar with his tray of wares holds up a pair of scissors. Line engraving after M. Laroon, 1711.
  • An audience of people throwing handkerchiefs (containing money?) onto a stage where an itinerant medicine vendor has been successfully selling his wares. Engraving.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor proudly presenting his wares to a small group of people. Line engraving by J. van de Velde after W. Buytewech.
  • A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.