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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.

A young Jewish boy listens to the wise words of his aged uncle. Wood engraving by C.E. Forberg after Ludwig Knaus.

The clothes exchange (Rag Fair), Houndsditch, London. Drawing by A.S. Boyd.

The former Monmouth Street in London: women and children playing and men sitting and standing while smoking pipes, with items for sale hanging outside shops. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

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The clothes exchange (Rag Fair), Houndsditch, London. Drawing by A.S. Boyd.

The former Monmouth Street in London: women and children playing and men sitting and standing while smoking pipes, with items for sale hanging outside shops. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

A young Jewish boy listens to the wise words of his aged uncle. Wood engraving by C.E. Forberg after Ludwig Knaus.

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.