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  • An itinerant salesman selling miniature windmills from a wicker basket before him. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Henry Dimsdale, an eccentric muffin seller who calls himself 'Mayor of Garratt'. Etching, 1800, after J.T. Smith.
  • George Wilson, a pedestrian, on a road lined with people. Etching by J.T. Smith after himself, 1815.
  • A sitting blind beggar sells 'love sonnets' to obtain money with a boy. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Two street cleaners grubbing the surface of a street with brooms and knives. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A lady waiting for the repair of her pan at a tinker's stall. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Frontispiece to "Etchings of remarkable beggars itinerant traders and other persons of notoriety in London and its environs by John Thomas Smith". Coloured etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.
  • Doctor Smith, an Australian surgeon, sitting outside a shack, reading a book. Photograph by T.J. Washbourne, ca. 1870/1888.
  • A man sticking placards on a wall that is already littered with public notices. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A blind beggar hunched over his walking stick, holding out his hat for money. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An itinerant salesman in ragged clothes selling toasting forks, files, skewers and other implements. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • The European General hospital, Bombay, India. Wood engraving by J.H. Metcalfe, 1864, after W.E. Hodgkin after T.R. Smith.
  • A blind beggar walks past two figures guided by his dog with a begging bowl. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • An itinerant salesman selling pickled cucumbers from a large plate he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Statuette of a naked boy standing on a corbel, commemorating the Great Fire of London, 1666. Etching on a mezzotint ground by J. T. Smith after himself, 1791.
  • An itinerant vendor selling pipes is surrounded by a crowd of children, dogs and passer-by. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An itinerant salesman with artificial arms selling the bootlaces that hang from the hooks of his hands. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A legless man sitting on a wooden cart, presumably begging for alms, is surrounded by two dogs. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A bearded man walking the streets with his hat under his arm deeply engrossed in reading a book. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • An itinerant salesman in top hat and ragged clothes selling sweets or pies from a basket under his arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A blind old man holding out his hat begging for alms is supported by a boy in tattered clothes. Etching by J.T.Smith, 1816.
  • An itinerant salesman selling reproductions of antique and modern sculptures from a timber board he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A man with an artificial arm selling live haddock from a basket he suspends from the hook on his left shoulder. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An old beggar with a wooden leg moves with the aid of two crutches and holds his hat in his left hand. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • An old beggar in very tattered old clothes is sitting on a staircase with his sleeping dog curled up at his feet. Etching by J.T.Smith, 1816.