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A travelling peddler with a tray of goods crying up his wares while on the road. Woodcut by J. Amman.

A Jewish pedlar with a box of watches and jewelry offers them for sale to a young woman. Coloured engraving, 1827.

Autolycus, a seller of trinkets, reciting a list of his wares to women and a shepherd who watch and point to them. Engraving by Lumb Stocks after C.R. Leslie.

A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.

A man is selling horns from his basket, as emblems of cuckoldry: husbands reply that they will not buy any because they already have plenty. Engraving by Frs. Hubert after Le Nain (?).

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A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.

Autolycus, a seller of trinkets, reciting a list of his wares to women and a shepherd who watch and point to them. Engraving by Lumb Stocks after C.R. Leslie.

A travelling peddler with a tray of goods crying up his wares while on the road. Woodcut by J. Amman.

A man is selling horns from his basket, as emblems of cuckoldry: husbands reply that they will not buy any because they already have plenty. Engraving by Frs. Hubert after Le Nain (?).

A Jewish pedlar with a box of watches and jewelry offers them for sale to a young woman. Coloured engraving, 1827.