Street Trade Collection

Billingsgate Market
circa 1930: Horse-drawn carts at Billingsgate Fish Market in London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Borough Market
Crowds flock to Londons Borough Market on Christmas Eve, with Southwark Cathedral in the background, circa 1850. From a drawing by G Dodgson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Porte St. Denis, Paris (black chalk and bodycolour)
6452879 Porte St. Denis, Paris (black chalk and bodycolour) by Galien-Laloue, Eugene (1854-1941); 20.3x33.2 cm; Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Parasol Vendor
July 1909: A busy sunshade vendor at Henley waiting whilst the lady punters settle into the punt during the Henley Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Quack selling drug, c.1900 (chromolithograph)
7293230 Quack selling drug, c.1900 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Medicine. Pharmacy. Quack selling drug against boldness. Chromo, France, ca 1900.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Market in Alexandria, c.1910 (print)
7292976 Market in Alexandria, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Geography. Egypt. A native market in Alexandria. Postcard, Egypt, ca 1910.); Photo: © Archives Charmet

Strassenhandler / Street Dealer (colour litho)
8666184 Strassenhandler / Street Dealer (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Strassenhandler)

Villageoise - Popular engraving - Paris, Musee Carnavalet
XEE5027164 Villageoise - Popular engraving - Paris, Musee Carnavalet; (add.info.: Villageoise - Popular engraving - Paris, Musee Carnavalet); Stefano Bianchetti

Colporter - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4981258 Colporter - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Colporter - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Quebec: Studio portrait of an Indian selling baskets, 1865
LUX4818131 Quebec: Studio portrait of an Indian selling baskets, 1865; (add.info.: Quebec: Studio portrait of an Indian selling baskets, 1865); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Old flower merchant surrounded by children at the corner of a street in London, 1880s
NWI4826784 Old flower merchant surrounded by children at the corner of a street in London, 1880s. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Young boys selling pretzels on a sidewalk in New York City (USA), circa 1890 - Colorisee engraving after a 19th century
NWI4828589 Young boys selling pretzels on a sidewalk in New York City (USA), circa 1890 - Colorisee engraving after a 19th century illustration

United States, Connecticut: Statehouse Square outdoor walk on the eve of Thanksgiving in Hartford, 1870
NWI4964737 United States, Connecticut: Statehouse Square outdoor walk on the eve of Thanksgiving in Hartford, 1870. Engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: United States)

Small metiers and gourmands on the quays of Naples overlooking the Vesuve Painting by Anton Finke (1810-1866)
JEB4882904 Small metiers and gourmands on the quays of Naples overlooking the Vesuve Painting by Anton Finke (1810-1866) 19th century Mandatory mention: Collection foundation regards de Provence

Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca
ICA4841512 Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The misunderstood inventor - Modernite, Technique, Rue alley

Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - Les petits mysteres de Paris devoiles - Musique, Paris
ICA4841119 Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - Les petits mysteres de Paris devoiles - Musique, Paris, Singer singer

Bear Montreur dancing one of these plantigrades: engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating the book " Voyage aux
PCT4262589 Bear Montreur dancing one of these plantigrades: engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating the book " Voyage aux Pyrenees" by Hippolyte Taine

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220445 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en N & B, 1831_10_27: Freed people whose happiness begins
ICA4930860 La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en N & B, 1831_10_27: Freed people whose happiness begins. - Misere - Worker - Illustration by Charles Travies de Villiers (Travies) (1804-1859)

Small metiers: check on his hitch in China. Photograph of 1905
JAB5036946 Small metiers: check on his hitch in China. Photograph of 1905.; (add.info.: Small metiers: check on his hitch in China, Photograph of 1905.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Travelling lavender saleswoman with her basket of bouquets, in front of the temple bar
FLO4667034 Travelling lavender saleswoman with her basket of bouquets, in front of the temple bar and the door designed by Christopher Wren

Little potato saleswoman with her wheelbarrow. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815)
FLO4667015 Little potato saleswoman with her wheelbarrow. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), published in Les Cris de Londres

A walking saleswoman holding a paper cone filled with strawberries and carrying a basket of fruit on her head
FLO4666970 A walking saleswoman holding a paper cone filled with strawberries and carrying a basket of fruit on her head, in front of the fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden (London)

Little girl with a hat held by a bloody, holding a basket of strawberries and accompanied by a small dog
FLO4666933 Little girl with a hat held by a bloody, holding a basket of strawberries and accompanied by a small dog. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815)

Travelling saleswoman with her egg basket. Wood engraving, published in The Cris of London
FLO4666918 Travelling saleswoman with her egg basket. Wood engraving, published in The Cris of London: with six charming children and nearly 40 illustrations, by Andrew Tuer, Field and Tuer

Italy, Southern Italy: In a city a travelling musician and his mechanical piano, 1890
LUX4813644 Italy, Southern Italy: In a city a travelling musician and his mechanical piano, 1890; (add.info.: Italy, Southern Italy: In a city a travelling musician and his mechanical piano)

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205690 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Letter J Cup Player. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211489 Letter J Cup Player. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers". A work in which a child, while having fun, can learn about the most useful Arts to the Society

Letters I Printer; J Gardener; J Cup Player; L Eyewear. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et
DUV4211478 Letters I Printer; J Gardener; J Cup Player; L Eyewear. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"

Photography of a water carrier in studio, 1860
LUX4711150 Photography of a water carrier in studio, 1860; (add.info.: Photography of a water carrier in studio, 1860); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market, 1850
3331122 Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jewish street traders in Petticoat Lane Market. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Egypt, Cairo: street scene, attraction, scounters around a storyteller, 1899
LUX4786503 Egypt, Cairo: street scene, attraction, scounters around a storyteller, 1899; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: street scene, attraction, scounters around a storyteller)

Boulevard de Magenta, a worker sweeps the gutter, Paris, 1895 (b/w photo)
LUX4782769 Boulevard de Magenta, a worker sweeps the gutter, Paris, 1895 (b/w photo); (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Boulevard de Magenta

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): a man gets his shoes polished by a shoeshine in front of a newsstand - A tramway
LUX4759854 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): a man gets his shoes polished by a shoeshine in front of a newsstand - A tramway with horses, door of Ivry-Les Halles

Algeria, Oraanie, Mascara: the broker of fried peppers, 1900
LUX4767450 Algeria, Oraanie, Mascara: the broker of fried peppers, 1900; (add.info.: Algeria, Oraanie, Mascara: the broker of fried peppers, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Group of Algerian Kabyles - musicians (flute and drum), animal watchman (monkey) - child, dog
PCT4295306 Group of Algerian Kabyles - musicians (flute and drum), animal watchman (monkey) - child, dog, sheep's head - mountains of Kabylie (Atlas)

Sales of legumes in Tien Tsin (Tianjin or Tientsin), CHINA
JAB4121177 Sales of legumes in Tien Tsin (Tianjin or Tientsin), CHINA.; (add.info.: Sales of legumes in Tien Tsin (Tianjin or Tientsin), CHINA.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Indochina: Studio photo of a traveling merchant, 1923 - Len Ken
LUX4756277 Indochina: Studio photo of a traveling merchant, 1923 - Len Ken; (add.info.: Indochina: Studio photo of a traveling merchant, 1923 - Len Ken); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Letter K: These good conscripts seem to dance polka; they all go like great K, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214912 Letter K: These good conscripts seem to dance polka; they all go like great K, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving)
DUV4205638 Illustration for "Abecedaire des arts et metiers pour teaching a lire", 1866 (engraving); 21x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter J Organ Player)

"Street life in London": street doctors, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570750 "Street life in London": street doctors, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low, Marston)

Algiers, Algeria, Photography showing two barefoot children playing shoeshine, 1860
LUX4729623 Algiers, Algeria, Photography showing two barefoot children playing shoeshine, 1860; (add.info.: Algiers, Algeria, Photography showing two barefoot children playing shoeshine)

Saint Jean de Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64): A gypsy and his Pyrenees bear on the beach, 1904
LUX4728894 Saint Jean de Luz, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (64): A gypsy and his Pyrenees bear on the beach, 1904; (add.info.: Saint Jean de Luz)

Little girl filling, carrying on the shoulder a pierced chair, with a basket in her arm
FLO4666977 Little girl filling, carrying on the shoulder a pierced chair, with a basket in her arm. Engraving, in the way of Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815)

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"Exploring the Vibrant World of Street Trade: From Billingsgate Market to Borough Market" Step into the bustling streets and immerse yourself in the captivating world of street trade. From historical masterpieces like "Porte St. Denis, Paris" by black chalk and bodycolour to "Parasol Vendor, " these artworks depict the vibrant tapestry of street vendors across different eras. Take a journey back in time with "The Crane on the Antwerp quay by the frozen Scheldt, 1622. " This oil painting transports us to a frosty scene where merchants brave freezing temperatures to conduct their business along the riverbank. Similarly, "The Dam in Amsterdam with the new Town Hall under Construction, 1652-89" showcases an evolving cityscape as traders adapt amidst urban development. "The Quack, c. 1619-25" captures a charismatic charlatan peddling his wares through exaggerated gestures and promises of miraculous remedies. Meanwhile, "A Fish Stall By A Harbour" invites us into a coastal setting where fishermen proudly display their catch for eager customers. Venturing beyond visual artistry, we encounter intriguing works such as "The Rat Stinker, " an etching that sheds light on unconventional trades that existed even centuries ago. Additionally, political illustrations like "Political casserole: casserole concert" from early 20th century France demonstrate how they are become intertwined with social movements and expressions of dissent. As we delve deeper into this fascinating realm, we discover Joachim Beuckelaer's masterpiece - "Market square. " Painted on canvas with meticulous detail and precision, it encapsulates all aspects of market life - from lively transactions to animated conversations between buyers and sellers. Street trade has always been more than just commerce; it is an embodiment of culture, resilience, and human connection. These glimpses into history remind us that markets are not merely places for transactions, but also vibrant hubs where communities converge and stories unfold.