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  • A brandy vendor in Rome is pouring out a drink for a traveller. Etching by B. Pinelli.
  • A bearded man selling razors to a farmer. Crayon manner print by J.J. Jenkins after Peter Pindar (John Wolcot).
  • A woman tea vendor is waiting for payment for the drink the man has bought for his female companion. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Chalon.
  • Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller's stand. Coloured lithograph.
  • Sellers of vegetables and fruit in Italy, with some of their customers. Colour lithograph.
  • A man in Naples has set up a stall under an awning and he is selling macaroni to families and travellers. Coloured lithograph.
  • Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.
  • A woman cooking pancakes is passing food on a plate through the window to people outside: one of them counts out his coins. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1771, after C.W.E. Dietrich.
  • The dockside in Naples: a man is cooking snails in a pot over an open fire, while another man reads aloud from a book by Ariosto. Watercolour painting.
  • An old fish seller is selling fish on the doorstep to a woman in front of her house, while another woman is examining the fish; a shoemender looks on. Engraving by J.F. Beauvarlet after M. Carré.
  • Marché des Innocents, Paris: stalls selling fruit and vegetables, and the Fontaine des Innocents. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A medicine seller: shaking a rattle to attract attention, and carrying a notice and a cloth bundle containing drugs. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • A medicine seller: shaking a rattle to attract attention, and carrying a notice and a cloth bundle containing drugs. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • A travelling medicine vendor. Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635.
  • People using advanced materials and modes of transport in the year 2000, some travelling in hot-air balloons, some with their own wings, and some in carriages running on steam. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.