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An old fish seller is selling fish on the doorstep to a woman in front of her house, while another woman is examining the fish; a shoemender looks on. Engraving by J.F. Beauvarlet after M. Carré.

A country pedlar selling medicines from a basket. Etching by T. Kitchin after D. Teniers the younger.

A market selling drugs and materia medica. Etching by J. Phillips, 18--.

A travelling drug seller. Etching by D. Deuchar after J. van der Vliet.

A man weighing sweet meats to sell to women in a bazaar. Gouache, 18--.

An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.

Delhi: selling rice in a bazaar. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

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 country pedlar and his wife walking the countryside and selling liqueurs. Etching by P.E. Moitte after D. Teniers II.

Market traders selling vegetables, and a man cooking in a long-handled pan on a brazier; beyond, an ancient wall and a rotunda. Etching by J. Pelletier after J.B.M. Pierre.

A man sells a woman an artificial leg at national health service prices. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

An episode in 'The recruiting officer' by George Farquhar: Captain Plume offers to buy chickens from Rose's poultry basket. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier after G. Farquhar.

A travelling drug seller. Etching by J. van der Vliet.

A retailer of spices weighing out goods for a lady customer. Coloured etching.

A cowering monkey with some weighing scales selling drugs to two cats. Lithograph.

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Selling

Images from the collections

Images about Selling

Works from the collections

An episode in 'The recruiting officer' by George Farquhar: Captain Plume offers to buy chickens from Rose's poultry basket. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier after G. Farquhar.

A travelling drug seller. Etching by J. van der Vliet.

A retailer of spices weighing out goods for a lady customer. Coloured etching.

Delhi: selling rice in a bazaar. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

A cowering monkey with some weighing scales selling drugs to two cats. Lithograph.

Selling

Images from the collections

Images about Selling

Works from the collections

An episode in 'The recruiting officer' by George Farquhar: Captain Plume offers to buy chickens from Rose's poultry basket. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier after G. Farquhar.

A travelling drug seller. Etching by J. van der Vliet.

A retailer of spices weighing out goods for a lady customer. Coloured etching.

Delhi: selling rice in a bazaar. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

A cowering monkey with some weighing scales selling drugs to two cats. Lithograph.

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