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  • A man is carrying a sack on his back, a basket and wooden spoons in his hand. Coloured engraving.
  • 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 P. de Colle after C.W.E. Dietrich.
  • 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.
  • A seller of red wine crying up in his wares. Colour lithograph.
  • Constantinople: a street seller of confectionery with honey. Engraving by G. Scotin, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.
  • People purchasing drinks from a cocoa vendor as others sit resting under a tree in fog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1827.
  • 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.
  • 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 man carrying a large basket filled with melons on his back he is offering one to a woman who smells it. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A Neapolitan woman has a cauldron of hot chestnuts in a basket to sell. Coloured lithograph by Cuciniello and Bianchi.
  • 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 woman is holding up her apron to catch the peas which are being poured out of a barrel by a man on a cart. Photographic reproduction after G. Vendramini after F. Wheatley.
  • A man is sitting on a plank laid across his basket, making slippers. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man is carrying a knife grinder's wheel on his back. Watercolour painting.
  • A crowd gathered around a mountebank who points to a banner illustrating various methods of execution; to the left stands a rat-catcher. Oil painting after C.W.E. Dietrich (?) after A. van Ostade (?).
  • Rue du Petit Musc, Paris: street vendors outside a liquor shop;a group of soldiers walk down the street on the left, while a boy wearing clogs sweeps the street. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.
  • Paris: a woman cooking chestnuts in a flat pan over a small brazier. Coloured aquatint with etching, 1805.
  • A young man and two smaller children in Naples stand around the stall of a man selling macaroni, eating what he gives them. Watercolour.
  • Two groups of customers buying water to drink from a large ornate stand staffed by a man and a woman. Coloured lithograph by G. Dura.
  • A travelling barber in Spain (?). Etching by C. Allard-Cambray.
  • A woman is selling fish from a large flat basket strapped to her waist and the dog is eating some scraps. Coloured lithograph. [S. Narahn?].
  • Water carriers in Venice fill up their buckets at a well. Coloured process print by Drouart after Rouargue brothers.
  • Marché des Innocents, Paris: stalls selling fruit and vegetables, and the Fontaine des Innocents. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • 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 family are buying refreshment from a drinks vendor on the street. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • 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 almost deserted street in London in the early morning: a woman serves a man and a boy with a hot drink, and a policeman rests against a bollard. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.
  • A young woman in Paris takes a jug of water from the water carrier's bucket. Colour lithograph by J.J. Chalon.
  • Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller's stand. Coloured lithograph.