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  • An itinerant medicine vendor in England selling his wares inside a country inn. Coloured etching by T. Illman.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor in England selling his wares inside a country inn. Coloured etching by T. Illman.
  • A quack doctor and a dissenting parson selling their respective goods from a fairground booth. Coloured etching, 1795.
  • A man and a woman standing in a carriage, selling their wares, among a crowd of bystanders. Lithograph.
  • A woman selling bangles, helps a customer to try on some bangles. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An itinerant salesman selling lemons from a bag in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A Chinese street vendor selling incense powders and sticks. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.
  • A market with people buying and selling bread, eggs and chickens. Chromolithograph by H. Moulin after Ferdinand Séré.
  • A man selling medicinal drugs to a woman in a bazaar in Constantinople. Colour lithograph after Preziosi, 1857.
  • An itinerant salesman selling the doormats that are strapped to his chest. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A street vendor selling rice flour (?) to a woman customer. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.
  • An itinerant salesman selling miniature windmills from a wicker basket before him. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A Jewish man selling oranges outside the Royal Exchange in London; a Jewish man in a top hat and coat displaying a bond for £50,000 that he has acquired; representing the advancement of Jews from street-selling to high finance. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • A salesman selling booklets on self-surgery from a knapsack in the street. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, 1829.
  • A fisherman's wife from Newhaven selling fish to a man in a market in Edinburgh. Etching by Walter Geikie.
  • A German itinerant medicine vendor on horseback selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • A man in Damascus selling sweets from the tray around his neck. Colour lithograph after W.M. Thackeray, 1838.
  • A young man selling cakes in Brussels. Coloured lithograph by G.P. van den Burggraaff after J.J. Eeckhout.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares in a village square with the assistance of a monkey. Pen drawing.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares in a village square with the assistance of a monkey. Pen drawing.
  • A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour.
  • A man selling long-horned grasshoppers (Conocephalous longipennis), with a boy customer. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • A bearded man selling razors to a farmer. Crayon manner print by J.J. Jenkins after Peter Pindar (John Wolcot).
  • A bustling country fair full of stalls of people selling their wares. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1788, after A. Ostade.
  • An itinerant salesman in ragged clothes selling toasting forks, files, skewers and other implements. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Doctor Humbug, an itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage with the aid of an assistant. Coloured etching, 1799.
  • Two young children are talking to an older boy who is selling prints on the street. Lithograph by Villain after Charlet.