Trades Collection (#8)

FLOWERS, PENNY A BUNCH
Flowers, penny a bunch! A woman, balancing a basket on her head, plys her trade Date: 18th century

HOT CHESTNUTS FOR SALE
A vendor of hot chestnuts; a smartly dressed woman and a chimney sweep boy are among his customers, while in the background an organ grinder and monkey also look for trade Date: circa 1920

FRENCH FISHWIFE / 1850
A French fishwife Date: 1850

MACKEREL SELLER, LONDON
A woman street trader of fresh mackerel sells door to door Date: 1795

BRIGHTON TRADERS / 1899
A costermonger selling fruit in Brighton stops to have a cup of hot tea from the barrow of a fellow trader Date: 1899

OLD CLOTHES MAN / 1870
A man selling old clothes which he carries in a bundle on his back. Date: circa 1870

BALLAD SELLER / WHEATLEY
A new love song, only hapenny a piece. A ballad-seller makes a sale. Date: 1796

FRENCH BALLAD SELLER
A French ballad seller demonstrates his work with the help of a young assistant. Date: 18th century

ICE CREAM STALL
An ice cream vendor is kept very busy with orders from the children that flock around his stall Date: circa 1900

LONDON MILKMAN / PETHERICK
A London milkman pours milk from his pails into a cup Date: circa 1870

LONDON MILK MAID / 1798
A London milkmaid cries Milk below maids! Date: 1798

CHERRIES FOR SALE
Round and sound, five pence a pound, Duke cherries: a woman weighs out a quantity of cherries from her wheelbarrow for two children, and ignores the attentions of a carter Date: 1795

STRAWBERRY SELLER
A woman balancing a large basket of fruit on her head cries Scarlet strawberries for sale Date: 1795

SELLING SWEET ORANGES
Two well-dressed ladies buy sweet China oranges from a street vendor Date: 1794

LONDON ORANGE SELLER
A London orange girl selling oranges from a basket slung over her arm Date: circa 1870

WAKEFIELD FRUIT WOMAN
The Wakefield fruit woman and her blind daughter sell a variety of fruit and vegetables from their stall; unusually the daughter has short hair Date: 19th century

ORANGE & LEMON SELLER ORANGE & LEMON SELLER
A woman sells oranges and lemons from baskets on her arm and balanced on her head Date: 18th century

MUFFIN SELLER / PETHERICK
A muffin man with a tray of muffins balanced on his head rings a handbell to let people know of the fresh muffins for sale Date: circa 1880

DRINKS VENDOR, PARIS
A vendor of fresh drinks in Paris, France Date: Early 19th century

JEW OLD CLOTHES MAN
The Jew old clothesman Date: 1842

SELLING HOT CHESTNUTS
Selling hot, roasted chestnuts in paper bags in the street. Date: 1930s

MARGATE OYSTER SELLER
A street oyster-seller at night in Margate, a popular seaside resort in Kent Date: 1879

LONDON OYSTER SELLER
A street oyster-seller offers his wares at sixpence a dozen - and observes that they are going strong ! Date: 1896

OYSTERS C16 PARIS
A Paris oyster-seller Date: circa 1570

Selling Hot Cross Buns
An old woman comes to the front door on Good Friday, selling HOT CROSS BUNS to the children of the house and a maidservant Date: circa 1880

GINGERBREAD SELLER / 1796
A seller of hot spice gingerbread, smoking hot! Date: 1796

SELLER OF NANTERRE CAKES
A French seller of Nanterre cakes Date: 1850

SELLING SUGARED WAFFLES
A woman sells sugared waffles on the streets of Paris Date: Early 19th century

GINGERBREAD / SCOTLAND
Selling gingerbread from a cloth-covered table in Scotland Date: circa 1830

LONDON FLOWER GIRLS
Flower sellers at The Angel, Islington (North London) Date: circa 1905

THE FLOWER GIRL
A flower girl with her basket of primroses and violets Date: 1900

COSTERMONGER
A costermonger leads his donkey laden with vegetables through the streets calling for people to buy his wares Date: 1869

Baked potato seller 1870
The baked potato man selling hot potatoes on a wintry day. Date: 1870

GERMAN PRETZEL SELLER
Selling pretzels, Hamburg - note the lady smoking a long clay pipe Date: circa 1830

Flower Girl 1905
Fine window-plants! Wholl buy? shouted the man with the flower-laden donkey-cart; but it was his daughter who did most of the selling

Milkmaid 1876
Milk below, at rise of morn my rounds i go, and daily cry my milk below. Date: 1876

Dolls to sell 1876
Dolls to sell, Come buy a doll my liss miss, youll find no time as good as this. Date: 1876

Street trader - greens, cabbage, ho 1876
London daily hears my cry, carrots, turnips who will buy

Street trader - second-hand clothes 1876
Old clothes, Daily streets and squares I range calling clothes to sell or change. Date: 1876

Street trader - young pedlar 1876
Threads laces bodkins here I cry, of a wandering orphan buy. Date: 1876

CHAIRS TO MEND SOHO
CHAIRS TO MEND A young lady offers to repair your furniture in Soho Square, London Date: circa 1800

FRENCH APPLE SELLER
French apple seller Date: circa 1840

FRENCH FEMALE PORTER
A Parisian porteuse de modes - a delivery girl carrying fashionable clothes to a customers house Date: circa 1840

CLOCK SELLER
A street clock-seller Date: circa 1860

SELLING MATCHES
A woman and a small boy sell matches on the London streets Date: 1804

STREET TRADES / BREAKFAST
Street breakfast Date: 1825

PRAYER BOOK SELLER
A Parisian seller of prayer books and alphabets (abecedaires) Date: 15th century

POTS AND SO ON
A Parisian chaudronnier selling cauldrons, pots and other metalware Date: 1774

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