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  • A street entertainer holding his performing poodle on a leash. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage with the aid of three musicians to an audience in the ruins of a temple. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1773.
  • Nineteen scenes depicting popular disillusionment with doctors and medicine. Coloured wood engraving by Henriot, ca. 1900.
  • An itinerant salesman selling small reproductions of antique and modern sculptures. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A devil (in human guise) deceiving and tricking an itinerant medicine vendor who proclaims to cure all ailments. Line engraving by S. Nicholls.
  • 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 group of itinerant actors performing on stage in an attempt to sell medicines to a small group of people. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1772, after K. Dujardin, 1687.
  • An itinerant salesman selling pickled cucumbers from a large plate he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • 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.
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
  • 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.
  • Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.
  • A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.
  • An itinerant salesman holding a tray with freshly baked pies. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Glysterpipe Fillpacket, Peregrino Mountebanko and Timothy Mouth: three dwarfs as itinerant medicine vendors selling their wares. Engraving.
  • Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.
  • 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.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a carriage to a crowd of people on the Pont-Neuf, Paris. Process print after G. de Saint-Aubin.
  • A man sticking placards on a wall that is already littered with public notices. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • An elaborately dressed medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to an audience, he points to a member of the crowd whose appearence suggests he is a doctor. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
  • An itinerant doctor, by a subterfuge, cures an undergraduate hoaxer of his supposed maladies of lying and bad memory. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1807, after G.M. Woodward.
  • 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.
  • An itinerant tooth-drawer performing an operation on a struggling male patient. Ink wash drawing after P.A. Wille, 1788.
  • Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor performing on stage to a crowd at Tower Hill in an attempt to sell his wares. Etching.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with several assistants, selling their wares to a small audience in Rome. Etching by W. Unger after D. Helmbreker.
  • Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
  • A devious itinerant medicine vendor and assistant perform their sales pitch to a suspicious audience, against the backdrop of the Tower of London. Etching, 1792.