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  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage to an audience while his assistant draws a tooth from a man. Etching by Diebiey, 1767.

    • Diebiey, active 1767.
    Date
    1767
    Reference
    20721i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage with the aid of an assistant who is extracting a tooth from a man from the audience. Process print.

    Reference
    21011i
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  • Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.

    • Morehen, Horace.
    Date
    15 March 1884
    Reference
    17971i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a carriage to a crowd of people on the Pont-Neuf, Paris. Wood engraving by G. de Saint-Aubin.

    • Saint-Aubin, Gabriel Jacques de, 1724-1780.
    Reference
    20594i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor, draped with live snakes, sells his wares from a stage to an enthusiastic audience. Line engraving by D. Ghisi after G. Romano.

    • Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
    Reference
    20449i
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  • Entertainment in sign language for the deaf and dumb at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    24162i
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  • A itinerant medicine vendor demonstrating a deceptive illusion to an audience, he is pretending to burn a man's back and then use ointment to clear up the burns, in order to sell his wares. Etching.

    Reference
    20671i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage at a bustling fair. Engraving by J. Moyreau, 1743, after P. Wouwerman.

    • Wouwerman, Philips, 1619?-1668.
    Date
    1743
    Reference
    20496i
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  • A devil (in human guise) deceiving and tricking an itinerant medicine vendor who proclaims to cure all ailments. Line engraving by S. Nicholls.

    • Nicholls, Sutton, active 1680-1740.
    Reference
    20542i
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  • An itinerant medicine salesman performing his sales pitch on stage to a small group of people. Coloured etching.

    Reference
    20600i
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  • A street entertainer holding his performing poodle on a leash. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

    • Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.
    Date
    4 June 1816
    Reference
    44034i
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  • Doctor Bossy, a medicine vendor, selling his wares to a crowd of sick and lame people at Covent Garden, London. Pencil drawing after A. van Assen.

    • Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817.
    Reference
    20574i
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  • 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.

    • Helmbreker, Dirk, 1633-1696.
    Reference
    20514i
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  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    24163i
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  • Characters from the play 'The chosen people' (The Jews, Evrei), at the Avenue Theatre. Pen drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1925.

    • Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930.
    Date
    1905
    Reference
    21915i
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  • Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.

    • Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817.
    Date
    1 April 1792
    Reference
    20577i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor on stage promoting his wares with the aid of a guitarist to an amused audience. Colour soft-ground etching by W.W. Ryland, 1773, after F. Albani, 164-.

    • Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.
    Date
    1773
    Reference
    20452i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage with the aid of three musicians to an audience in the ruins of a temple. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1773.

    • Boissieu, Jean-Jacques de, 1736-1810.
    Date
    1773
    Reference
    20786i
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  • An anatomie in four quarters / Clod Ensemble.

    • Clod Ensemble (Theater group)
    Date
    [2011]
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  • A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.

    • Bertaux, Jacques, 1745-1818.
    Date
    [1777]
    Reference
    20598i
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  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares as part of a performance on stage, at a gigantic travelling country fair known as the Fiera dell' Impruneta. Etching by J. Callot.

    • Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.
    Reference
    20443i
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  • A man in the costume of a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Coloured etching by A.G.

    • G. A.
    Reference
    20528i
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  • Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor performing on stage to a crowd at Tower Hill in an attempt to sell his wares. Etching.

    Reference
    20576i
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  • Two circus elephants performing to a crowd by drinking and eating from a table. Coloured lithograph.

    Reference
    39838i
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  • St. Gregory's Catholic College presents A matter of life and death and life : Friday 15th July 2011, The Forum, Bath / [sponsored by] Wellcome Trust.

    • St. Gregory's Catholic College (Bath, England)
    Date
    [2011]
    • Books
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