Merchants Collection (page 5)

Djibouti, East Africa - Sellers of Animal Hides
Djibouti, East Africa (then French Somaliland) - Sellers of Animal Hides. Date: circa 1910s

Dervishes, Barber, Water Carriers, Fishmonger, Istanbul
Mevlevi Dervishes, Barber, Water Carriers, Fishmonger, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1895

Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, London
Corn Exchange, 55 Mark Lane, London - South Side. The physical exchange of corn! Date: circa 1907

Cider Merchants - Normandy, Northern France
Cider Merchants at a fair in Normandy, Northern France. Date: circa 1910

Afghanistan - Bazaar at Chaman - Pathans selling grain
Afghanistan (at this stage) - Bazaar at Chaman - Pathans selling grain. Chaman is now the capital of Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Date: circa 1910s

Egyptian Orange Sellers posing artistically for this early photographic postcard. Date: circa 1894

Spurrier in medieval times 15th Century

Republic of China (1913). Chinese merchants in the Hotel of Wagons-Lits in Beijing

Europe (15th c. ). Merchants stipulating a contract
Europe (15th c.). Merchants stipulating a contract. The notary registers the presents counting the money. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

German Merchants Weigh
German merchants weighing barrels on scales

Grand banquet, given by the citizens of Cincinnati, to the v

Merchants of eatables, Bona, Algeria. Date ca. 1899

Turkish merchants, Constantinople, Turkey
Turkish merchants at the entrance to a shop in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey. Date: early 20th century

Market on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt
Christmas postcard depicting a scene at the Market on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt, with people, a camel, and sailing boats on the water. Date: early 20th century

Roman merchants attacked by Britons
A Roman merchant, travelling through a forest with his servants and merchandise, is attacked by a band of robbers Date: A.D. 1

Sottopassaggio - Piazza dei Mercanti - Milan - Italy Date: circa 1910s

Very Large Book
Curators at the British Museum Library, London, holding up the largest book in the collection. It was presented to Charles II by the Merchants of Amsterdam in 1660 Date: 1933

Sumptuary Reform
Sumptuary reform - by the Tsars orders, wealthy merchants are stripped of their finery Date: circa 1690

Shakespeare / Merchants
Act I, Scene i Antonio & Bassanio " But if you please to shoot another arrow that self way"

Sir Rutherford Alcock 2
SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK Diplomat, Britains first emissary to Japan, who as Envoy Plenipotentiary opened up trade wuth the merchants of that nation. Date: 1809 - 1897

Georgia - Tbilisi - Gorge close to Botanic Gardens. Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

18th century harbour scene
An unidentified harbour in the 18th century showing numerous boxes and barrels offloaded onto the quay side while wealthy looking merchants and traders wearing frock coats

Arab Market in Cairo, Egypt

Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - Grain Market
Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina - The Town Market

Cairo, Egypt - The Bazaars
The Bazaars - Cairo, Egypt

Sfax, Tunisia - Souk of the Mosque
The Soul of the Mosque at Sfax, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: 1910s

Monastir, Tunisia, The Grain Market. Buildings showing distinctive French architectural influence

Les Halles - Paris - Workers in the morning. Les Halles was the traditional central market of Paris. In 1183, King Philippe II Auguste enlarged the marketplace in Paris

Les Halles - Paris - Market Traders outside the market. Les Halles was the traditional central market of Paris. In 1183, King Philippe II Auguste enlarged the marketplace in Paris

Bursa - Turkey - Turkish merchants
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey. Fourth largest city and the first Ottoman Capital

Charcoal works - Quay de Grenelle, Paris
Piles of wood at a charcoal works, Paris

Charcoal production - wood storage, France
Charcoal works at Quay de Grenelle, Paris. A horse-drawn wagon is loaded up

Arab Merchants - Old market in Cairo
Arab merchants in the Old Market, Cairo, set within a stylised border, drawing on the designs of temple architecture from the Old Kingdom Temples of Middle Egypt (Karnak?)

Aden, Yemen - Baniyan Merchants
Aden, Yemen - Indian Hindu Gujarati baniyan (merchants)

Izmir, Turkey - The Harbour
A view of the harbour at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey with boats moored up against the quay

Pottery Sellers - Tangiers, Morocco

Fruit Sellers - Tangiers, Morocco
Fruit Sellers at a Tangiers Market, Morooc

The Corn Merchant s
The Corn Merchants - two girls talk to the Corn Merchant standing behind his counter

Turkish shop in Bursa
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey

Tunisia - Fritters sellers
Arab sellers of fritters, Tunisia

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

Penny Toy Sellers in Holborn, London, 1907
Illustration showing penny toy sellers displaying their wares on the pavement in Holborn, London, December 1907. These street merchants were a long-standing tradition in London at Christmas

Saddler and Harness Maker
An advertising calendar produced for C.Jacob of Huntingdon, saddler, harness and tack merchants, displaying their products around a picture of horses in harness

Tou-K ang, Wine Divinity
TOU-K ANG patron divinity of the wine merchants

Russian Merchants Wife
A Russian merchants wife, a member of the bourgeoisie which successive governments have sought to abolish

Planets - Mercury
MERCURY (Hermes) drives his chariot drawn by two carrier pigeons over Earth where merchants are trading, importing, selling, bartering, and exchanging goods

MOON IN 1585
LUNA drives her chariot, drawn by two lady hunters, over the Earth where fishermen are at work, merchants are unloading their cargoes and the sea is busy with shipping

The Pasha & the Merchant
THE PASHA AND THE MERCHANT A Greek merchant agrees that he will pay three Turks to protect his goods, as they will do this at a cheaper rate than the pasha

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