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  • 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 foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.
  • A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.
  • A foppish dentist on stage extracting a tooth from a patient who is being restrained by a man dressed as Pierrot. Coloured etching by A. Auger, 1817.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage as part of a performance to a small audience. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A tooth-drawer holding up a tooth he has just extracted on stage to try and sell his skills; his two companions are treating a sick man. Etching after J. Steen (?).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Itinerant actors performing on stage in Rome an attempt to sell medicines to local people. Etching by A. Chataignier and engraving by C. Niquet, the elder, 1818, after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after K. Dujardin, 1687.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer in a carriage extracting a tooth from a patient in front of a village audience. Lithograph.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
  • 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.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares to a small group of country people. Engraving by W. French after G. Dou.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer holding a tooth up in the air to an audience after extracting it from a howling patient who is seated next to him in a carriage. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer holding a tooth up in the air to an audience after extracting it from a howling patient who is seated next to him in a carriage. Coloured lithograph by G. Gostiaux.
  • Boer War: some African people demonstrate their wares to staff and patients from a military hospital, South Africa. Halftone after J. Waugh, 1900.
  • 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.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • A busy street corner with traders stopping for a tankard of beer and an artist painting a pub sign. Engraving, c. 1751, after W. Hogarth.
  • St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth: from the north bank of the river Thames, in front of New Scotland Yard, traffic on Westminster Bridge in the foreground. Wood engraving, 1871.
  • Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.
  • Doctor Botherum, an itinerant medicine vendor (perhaps based on Doctor Bossy) selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants to a raucous crowd. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1800.