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A dog is standing in the background next to a basket with fish offal

1 print : etching ; platemark 18.8 x 11.3 cm

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.

A version of this print is included within a chapter on the sitter in J. Kay, 'A series of original portraits...', Edinburgh, 1838, Vol. 2, ch.135

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.1 x 8.5 cm

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819.

1 print : etching ; platemark 19 x 11.3 cm

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

1 print : etching ; platemark 19 x 11.2 cm

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.8 x 17 cm

Miss Whitehead, an eccentric, known as the 'Bank Nun'. Coloured lithograph by G.L. Lee.

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The psychology of attention / by Th. Ribot.

1 drawing : pencil and pen and ink and yellow wash

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Drawing.

The woman sells stones from the baskets on her donkey while one of her children leads the donkey and two infants sit on the baskets

1 print : etching ; platemark 18.8 x 11.8 cm

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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.

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819.

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

Miss Whitehead, an eccentric, known as the 'Bank Nun'. Coloured lithograph by G.L. Lee.

The psychology of attention / by Th. Ribot.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Drawing.

An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving after T. Grin.

Smoking ears and screaming teeth : a celebration of self-experimenters / Trevor Norton.

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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.

John Brown, walking. Etching by J. Kay, 1819.

An itinerant salesman selling hot peas from the pot he carries under his right arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815.

Miss Whitehead, an eccentric, known as the 'Bank Nun'. Coloured lithograph by G.L. Lee.

The psychology of attention / by Th. Ribot.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Drawing.

An itinerant poor saleswoman selling hearthstones. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Old Boots, an eccentric shoe shiner. Engraving after T. Grin.

Smoking ears and screaming teeth : a celebration of self-experimenters / Trevor Norton.

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