Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
21 results
  • A gypsy family partaking of food and wine while resting from their travels. Engraving by Franco Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • A travelling gypsy family enjoying a rest and a meal of soup, bread and wine. Engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An itinerant operator extracting a tooth. Oil painting after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • A gypsy family resting after a long journey. Engraving by Franco Pedro after Franco Maggiotto.
  • Couples entertain one another and refreshments are served by a boy. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • A boy is shovelling bread into the baker's oven as one picks up sheaves of wheat and another holds up a tray. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • A woman is looking at the pot the man has given to her to examine, he takes others from his basket hoping she might buy. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • A man is walking with a stick and has a drum strapped to his back, two dogs in fancy dress are with him and a boy who is carrying a hoop and two swords. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious patient. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • Two men are having a dispute over a card game, one man has raised his tankard and the table has been broken, one man flees from the room and another attempts to ease the situation. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • A young man plays a violin in front of a Punch and Judy stand with the puppeteer nearby. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • A boy plays a tune as a man dances and encourages a bear on a rope to dance as well, another chained bear is close by with a monkey on its back. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious patient. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
  • A boy drinks milk from the flask that a young woman has given him from her panier. Engraving by Giovanni Volpato after Francesco Maggiotto.
  • An alchemist working with his assistants at a crucible. Etching by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An alchemist working with his assistants at a crucible. Etching by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling a medicine to a man whose son has a poorly arm. Engraving by P. da Colle after N. Cavalli after F. Maggiotto.