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  • A water seller carries his water canister and a tray with carafes and glasses. Lithograph.
  • Two young children are talking to an older boy who is selling prints on the street. Lithograph by Villain after Charlet.
  • A man cooking macaroni for sale on the street. Coloured lithograph.
  • A woman wearing clogs is carrying a large basket strapped to her back which is full of vegetables for sale. Coloured etching.
  • A brandy vendor is carrying his tray with glasses and bottles in it. Coloured lithograph.
  • A boy seated at a street corner at night selling boxes of matches from a tray on his lap. Wood engraving by R. Bong, 1890.
  • A seller of red wine crying up in his wares. Colour lithograph.
  • A man in Turkish dress weighing rhubarb for sale. Gouache.
  • A maidservant on the doorstep of an Amsterdam house purchases milk from a local milkmaid. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 1828/1829, after H. Greeven.
  • A young man and two smaller children in Naples stand around the stall of a man selling macaroni, eating what he gives them. Watercolour.
  • A market with a man carrying pails of milk, a woman selling vegetables to a sapeur-pompier (fireman), and a woman selling fish to a man as a soldier looks on. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.
  • A man is cooking macaroni under a large awning in the street, his customers are sitting on benches enjoying their food. Coloured lithograph by Gatti & Dura after G. Dura.
  • A street market in Paris: a seller of buns is trying to persuade a young woman to buy something from his stall. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Chalon.
  • The stall of a print seller in Paris: customers look at prints pegged on a line and in portfolios. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, ca. 1813.
  • A man stands at the corner of the street selling macaroni to the passers by. Wood engraving by J. Jackson after M. Gaiel.
  • A milkmaid in Dresden pouring milk from a churn into a large mug for the dog who is yoked to the cart carrying milk churns. Colour process print after G. Moré.
  • A man is whipping a donkey on as it carries the panniers which hold the vinegar that he will sell. Etching after M. Laroon, 1688.
  • A soldier stands on a wall as a man cleans his boots. Coloured etching.
  • A woman in Russia is sitting at a table selling bread to an Albanian soldier wearing a long cloak; a child is curled up asleep on the ground. Etching by J.B. Le Prince, 1765.
  • A Neapolitan woman has a cauldron of hot chestnuts in a basket to sell. Coloured lithograph by Cuciniello and Bianchi.
  • Water carriers in Venice fill up their buckets at a well. Coloured process print by Drouart after Rouargue brothers.
  • A young woman in Paris takes a jug of water from the water carrier's bucket. Colour lithograph by J.J. Chalon.
  • A man in Damascus selling sweets from the tray around his neck. Colour lithograph after W.M. Thackeray, 1838.
  • A man selling oranges in Madrid. Etching by C. Allard-Cambray, 1868.
  • Two people carrying water in buckets. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A fruit trader's stall in Naples at Christmas: by accident the fruit falls on a customer. Colour lithograph by Gatti and Dura after Gaetano Dura.
  • A boy is cleaning the shoes of a man dressed in fine clothes, a woman seated on a chair is watching him, and another man is also cleaning boots. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Chalon after himself.
  • A young man selling cakes in Brussels. Coloured lithograph by G.P. van den Burggraaff after J.J. Eeckhout.
  • A boy is cleaning the shoes of a man dressed in fine clothes, a woman seated on a chair is watching him, and another man is also cleaning boots. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Chalon after himself.
  • A water seller in Naples offers a glass of water as refreshment to a woman who is carrying a large bundle under her arm. Watercolour.