Pedlars Collection

The Old Fountain in Minories parish, London. A Tudor-era timber-frame inn built in 1490 Demolished in 1793. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of

FRENCH PUBLIC CRIER
A French public crier makes an announcement : a mother shows her child the broadside, but passing street pedlars only laugh... Date: 17th century

LONDON STREET PEDLARS
Inquisitive passers by gather round to inspect the goods offered by a London street pedlar. He has an assortment of wares including cigarettes and tools. Date: 1920s

TINKER IN A CARAVAN
A French retameur lives in a caravan. A retameur re- silvers objects. The local children pay him a visit and watch him work. Date: circa 1920

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
A young child in London sells an assortment of goods from her cart. She displays a notice which reads notis this establisment under entirly new management [sic]. Date: 1896

THE VILLAGE TINKER 1870
The village tinker walks along the road looking for business with his young apprentice who is in charge of their donkey. Date: 1870

LONDON CHEAPJACK / 1870
A London cheapjack sells some tableware. Date: circa 1870

Itinerant street Merchants in Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1902

Shopping on board a cruise liner
" Bond Street" aboard a liner: Shopping on the high seas. Womans chief diversion still available at sea: Customers at an R.M.S.P

Person carrying traditional baskets in Hanoi, Vietnam

Pedlars Pack Rest
This strange bench in Piccadilly, London was used by pedlars to lay their heavy packs on it and take a rest when wearied after trudging through the City streets. Date: 27 December 1932

Tinker Mends Pot 1894
A travelling tinker mends a pot in the street. Date: 1894

Pedlar in Countryside
A pedlar, with his goods in a haversack on his back, walks through the countryside with a stick and his dog. Date: 1886

Pedlar Sells his Wares
A pedlar (or chapman) shows his wares to the inhabitants of a country village. Date: 17th century

Pedlar Sells Cloth / 1880
The women of a country village take an interest in the fabrics of a passing pedlar. Date: circa 1880

Travelling Pedlar
A travelling pedlar tempts villagers with his wagon-load of merchandise Date: 1908

Rachel, Actress
RACHEL (born Elisa Felix) Swiss-born actress, daughter of Jewish-Alsatian pedlars, the supreme classical actress of the French stage and star of the Comedie Francaise. Date: 1821 - 1858

Turkish Pedlar
A modern Turkish pedlar, with a basket of goods over each arm. Date: early 1930s

Street Pedlar 1930S
Passers-by look dubious, as a street pedlar tries to sell his wares from a suitcase

Mobile Ironmonger
A mobile ironmonger from Hirst Martock, Somerset, his lorry piled high with pots and pans, bath tubs, baking trays, lino etc

Hag Flogs Spoons / 1773
A grotesque hag flogs wooden spoons in the street

Autolycus (Winters Tale)
A pedlar carries his wares on a tray around his neck. He shows an interested group of girls what he has to offer. (Autolycus, in Shakespeares The Winters Tale )

Tinker Returns Pot / 1867
A tinker returns a mended pot to a grateful maid

Pedlar with Wares 1886
The Pedlar: People gather round to see what he has for sale

Work for the Tinker?
Any work for the tinker? He works in a London street with the fires burning on his cart, waiting for people to bring him things to mend. A woman obliges

16th Century Pedlar
An early pedlar

Street Pedlar C16
FINE KNACKS FOR LADIES A street pedlar of Elizabethan times - illustrating a song by John Dowland

Door to Door Salesman
The Tallyman displays his wares in a country cottage

Jemmy Lovell / Pedlar / 1823
Jemmy Lovell, an eccentric tinker who is expert at mending kettles

Pedlar Selling Cloth
A travelling salesmen shows a young woman a bolt of patterned cloth. He has a yard stick ready to measure her order. A women in the background embroiders

Victorian Tinker / 1867
A Victorian tinker checking his handiwork

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