A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.

A spectacles vendor showing his wares to an old woman on her doorstep. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade.

1 print : etching ; platemark 10.5 x 9.1 cm

1 print : oleograph, printed in colours ; sheet 49.8 x 39.1 cm

Vendors of spectacles and their customers in the street, ca. 1600. Colour oleograph after W.F. Soare.

1 print : etching, with sepia ; platemark 13.3 x 18.7 cm

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A spectacles vendor showing his wares to an old woman on her doorstep. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade.

Vendors of spectacles and their customers in the street, ca. 1600. Colour oleograph after W.F. Soare.

A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.