Merchants Collection (page 5)

The Robber Barons (engraving)
2788224 The Robber Barons (engraving) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Robber Barons. Illustration for The History of the Hun by Arthur Moreland)

The Greengrocer (fresco)
BAL63046 The Greengrocer (fresco) by Italian School, (15th century); Castello di Issogne, Val d Aosta, Italy

Fruit and Vegetable Market (fresco) (see also 63046)
XIR159337 Fruit and Vegetable Market (fresco) (see also 63046) by Italian School, (15th century); Castello di Issogne, Val d Aosta, Italy; (add.info.: fruit and vegetable walking; )

Nobles Plundering Travelling Merchants, 1882 (litho)
446519 Nobles Plundering Travelling Merchants, 1882 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: illustration from A Pictorial History of the Worlds Great Nations)

Foreign merchant house, 1865. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa
Foreign merchant house, 1865

A Prosperous American Merchant Building in Yokohama (Yokohama asanban shokan hanei no zu), 1871

Sales Room at a Foreign Merchant Shop in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shokan uriba no zu), 1861

Merchants of Yokohama: French Woman on Horseback (Yokohama shokan)
Merchants of Yokohama: French Woman on Horseback (Yokohama shokan, Furansujin umanori no zu), 1861

Market Day, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Market Day, c1780-1825. It is interesting to note Rowlandsons love of drawing animals, especially horses and dogs. They give life and naturalness to his market and tavern scenes

Detail of the Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens
1191876 Detail of the Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink, colour, gold & gold leaf on paper) (see also 1152500) by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) (attr)

Detail of the Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens
1191873 Detail of the Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink, colour, gold & gold leaf on paper) (see also 1152500) by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) (attr)

Christ Driving the Money Lenders from the Temple (oil on canvas)
CH242592 Christ Driving the Money Lenders from the Temple (oil on canvas) by Nome, Francois de (Monsu Desiderio) (1593-1644); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

A Camel and her Calf, Safavid Iran, 1650-1700 (ink & opaque pigments heightened with gold
3957944 A Camel and her Calf, Safavid Iran, 1650-1700 (ink & opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper) by Iranian School (17th century); 20.5x32.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The camel)

The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, headquarters of German merchants in Venice, 1616 (engraving)
3646768 The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, headquarters of German merchants in Venice, 1616 (engraving) by Custos, Raphael (1590-1651); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fondaco dei Tedeschi)

Les Marchands de fruits et de volailles, a Cuba (engraving)
3644930 Les Marchands de fruits et de volailles, a Cuba (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Marchands de fruits et de volailles, a Cuba)

Three Orientals Conversing, c. 1645 (pen and brown ink on paper)
3704033 Three Orientals Conversing, c.1645 (pen and brown ink on paper) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 17.2x15.2 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dutch, out of copyright

The Hanseatic League ruling on traders accused of breaking the rules, 16th Century (engraving)
3647388 The Hanseatic League ruling on traders accused of breaking the rules, 16th Century (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Venetian merchants Niccolo and Maffeo Polo leaving Constantinople for the east, 1259 (engraving)
3647283 Venetian merchants Niccolo and Maffeo Polo leaving Constantinople for the east, 1259 (engraving) by German School

The Polos fleet passing through the East Indian archipelago (litho)
3622502 The Polos fleet passing through the East Indian archipelago (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The origin of the East India Company, the Great Mogul receiving Sir J Mildenhall Queen Elizabeths Ambassador
3643336 The origin of the East India Company, the Great Mogul receiving Sir J Mildenhall Queen Elizabeths Ambassador, 1599 (colour litho) by English School

Wagons of the Hanseatic League, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620668 Wagons of the Hanseatic League, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wagons of the Hanseatic League)

Nabobs, pub. 1811 (coloured engraving)
3526874 Nabobs, pub.1811 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Loading Goods on to a Ship, from the manuscript Justiniano Institutiones Feodorum et
FGL5472557 Loading Goods on to a Ship, from the manuscript Justiniano Institutiones Feodorum et Alia, c.1300 (vellum) by Bolognese School, (14th century); Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin

John Charles Bell (1816-1897), 1867 (oil on panel)
6199650 John Charles Bell (1816-1897), 1867 (oil on panel) by Chalmers, George-Paul (1833-78); 34.3x29.2 cm; The McManus, Dundee

The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1520 (oil on wood)
5984009 The Adoration of the Magi, c.1520 (oil on wood) by David, Gerard (c.1460-1523) (studio of); 69.2 x 72.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Carpet merchants in the souk of Khan el-Khalili, Cairo, Egypt (litho)
5997215 Carpet merchants in the souk of Khan el-Khalili, Cairo, Egypt (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carpet merchants in the souk of Khan el-Khalili)

Life at Cairo (engraving)
1059122 Life at Cairo (engraving) by Waller, Samuel Edmund (1850-1903) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Life at Cairo)

The Maldive Islands (engraving)
1055090 The Maldive Islands (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Maldive Islands)

The Higglers (pastel & w / c on paper)
1213916 The Higglers (pastel & w/c on paper) by Morland, George (1763-1804); 49.6x36.7 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

Sketches in Western Africa (engraving)
1044344 Sketches in Western Africa (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in Western Africa)

Ms Fr 2810 f. 69, Tax raised by Genghis Khan on salt, sugar and spices in the city of Quinsay
1750976 Ms Fr 2810 f.69, Tax raised by Genghis Khan on salt, sugar and spices in the city of Quinsay, from Livre des Merveilles du Monde, c.1410-12 (tempera on vellum) by French School

Venetian mirrors (chromolitho)
961390 Venetian mirrors (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Venetian mirrors. Au bon marche, trade card for Parisian department store)

Rotisserie (chromolitho)
961351 Rotisserie (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rotisserie. A rotisserie shop in the Middle Ages)

Hatters, John Adams, trade card (engraving)
984115 Hatters, John Adams, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hatters, John Adams, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Grocers, Tinkler, trade card (engraving)
984107 Grocers, Tinkler, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grocers, Tinkler, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, Taylor and Perry, trade card (engraving)
984103 Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, Taylor and Perry, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, Taylor and Perry)

Glovers, Simon, trade card (engraving)
984097 Glovers, Simon, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glovers, Simon, trade card.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Gem and Seal Modeller, James Tassie, trade card (engraving)
984095 Gem and Seal Modeller, James Tassie, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gem and Seal Modeller, James Tassie, trade card)

Silk Dyer, John Walker, trade card (engraving)
984080 Silk Dyer, John Walker, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silk Dyer, John Walker, trade card)

Dressmakers, Matthias Otto Junior, trade card (engraving)
984079 Dressmakers, Matthias Otto Junior, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dressmakers, Matthias Otto Junior, trade card. Date, c 1760)

Colourmen, Nathan Drake, trade card (engraving)
984072 Colourmen, Nathan Drake, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colourmen, Nathan Drake, trade card)

Chimney Sweeps, Thomas Pritchard, trade card (engraving)
984065 Chimney Sweeps, Thomas Pritchard, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chimney Sweeps, Thomas Pritchard)

Bun Baker, Richard Hand, trade card (engraving)
984055 Bun Baker, Richard Hand, trade card (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bun Baker, Richard Hand, trade card)

Brewer, Dorchester Beer, trade card (engraving)
984053 Brewer, Dorchester Beer, trade card (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brewer, Dorchester Beer)

Boot and Shoemakers, Francis Beckingham, trade card (engraving)
984048 Boot and Shoemakers, Francis Beckingham, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boot and Shoemakers, Francis Beckingham)

Acroamatic Belt, ticket for three applications (engraving)
984038 Acroamatic Belt, ticket for three applications (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Acroamatic Belt)

Woolen draper, Richard Fawson, trade card (engraving)
984030 Woolen draper, Richard Fawson, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woolen draper, Richard Fawson, trade card)

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"Tracing the Footsteps of Merchants: From Poland to London and Beyond" they have long played a pivotal role in shaping economies and cultures across the globe. In Greater Poland, specifically in Poznan's Old Town, Market Square has been a bustling hub for centuries, witnessing countless transactions and exchanges. The vibrant Haymarket in Sheffield, 1937, epitomized the spirit of commerce as merchants showcased their wares amidst an atmosphere of excitement. Across England, marketplaces like Market Place in Romford and Old Towngate in Holmfirth served as meeting points for traders from all walks of life. These historic locations were not only centers of trade but also cultural melting pots where ideas were exchanged alongside goods. The influence extended beyond physical markets; they often shaped public opinion through art and media. Artists like Hogarth captured the essence of merchant life with their masterful brushstrokes while newspapers such as The Times chronicled their triumphs and challenges. Looking further back into history, we find that merchants formed powerful alliances like the Hanseatic League which spanned vast territories around 1400 AD. Their extensive network facilitated trade routes that connected distant lands and fostered economic growth. In London's Billingsgate Fish Market - standing amid the catch - one can almost smell the salty air mingling with whispers of negotiations between fishmongers and customers alike. Meanwhile, decorations for Singapore's Coronation highlighted how even on grand occasions, merchants played a crucial role by providing luxurious goods fit for royalty. From T & W Farmiloe Limited on Rochester Row to Berry Bros and Rudd Wine Merchants in London's United Kingdom – these iconic establishments stand as testaments to generations of dedicated merchants who have catered to diverse tastes throughout history. Finally, let us not forget artists like Boris Michaylovich Kustodiev whose evocative painting portrays a merchant donning a fur coat against a backdrop reminiscent of the 1920s.