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-.

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Gessi, Francesco Giovanni, 1588-1649.

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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-.