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Background imageItinerant Collection: Traveller at a Cottage Door, 1649. Creator: Isaac van Ostade

Traveller at a Cottage Door, 1649. Creator: Isaac van Ostade
Traveller at a Cottage Door, 1649. A traveller or possibly an itinerant worker to judge from his clothes and the objects he carries (a satchel and sheepskin rucksack)

Background imageItinerant Collection: The strolling musicians, c.1635. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

The strolling musicians, c.1635. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The strolling musicians, c.1635. A sympathetic inquiry into the lives of impoverished people, including beggars. Two musicians, one playing a hurdy gurdy, and the other the bagpipes

Background imageItinerant Collection: Russian Peddler, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Russian Peddler, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Peddler, between c1915 and c1920. Shows an itinerant, door-to-door knife grinder

Background imageItinerant Collection: 'Autolycus', by C.R. Leslie, from the National Collection in the South Kensington Museum, 1865

"Autolycus", by C.R. Leslie, from the National Collection in the South Kensington Museum, 1865. Engraving of a painting, scene...from "The Winter's Tale, " act iv

Background imageItinerant Collection: Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, 1864. Engraving of a sketch...by Mr. C. Wirgman, our special artist...of wandering musicians

Background imageItinerant Collection: Der Thespiskarren (Schauspieler auf Reisen), mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator

Der Thespiskarren (Schauspieler auf Reisen), mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator
Der Thespiskarren (Schauspieler auf Reisen), mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Actors on the road with their Thespian wagon

Background imageItinerant Collection: A strolling minstrel at Madras playing the tingadee, 1876. Creator: Unknown

A strolling minstrel at Madras playing the tingadee, 1876. Creator: Unknown
A strolling minstrel at Madras playing the tingadee, 1876. Indian musician...of the Dher caste...playing on an instrument called the tingadee, which is composed of three gourds

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Savoyard, 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller

The Savoyard, 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
The Savoyard, 19th century

Background imageItinerant Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Pretre Indous, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Costumes de Différents Pays, Pretre Indous, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Pretre Indous, c1797

Background imageItinerant Collection: Itinerant Priest, 19th century. Creator: Unknown

Itinerant Priest, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Itinerant Priest, 19th century

Background imageItinerant Collection: Scheveningen fish seller, 1775. Creator: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue

Scheveningen fish seller, 1775. Creator: Paulus Constantijn la Fargue
Scheveningen fish seller, 1775

Background imageItinerant Collection: Kermis Fair singer, 1900-1999. Creator: Unknown

Kermis Fair singer, 1900-1999. Creator: Unknown
Kermis Fair singer, 1900-1999. A showman points to nine prints on a stage. A woman is playing the harp. On the right a boy with balloons

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Raree-show ('t Fraay Curieus), 1718. Creator: Willem van Mieris

The Raree-show ('t Fraay Curieus), 1718. Creator: Willem van Mieris
The Raree-show ('t Fraay Curieus), 1718. In 17th and 18th century Europe, raree shows (also known as peep shows or peep boxes) were a popular form of entertainment provided by wandering showmen

Background imageItinerant Collection: The print seller, 1784. Creator: Jacobus Perkois

The print seller, 1784. Creator: Jacobus Perkois
The print seller, 1784

Background imageItinerant Collection: Man with a viewing box, and a seller of songs, 1868-1928. Creator: Henry Reynolds Steer

Man with a viewing box, and a seller of songs, 1868-1928. Creator: Henry Reynolds Steer
Man with a viewing box, and a seller of songs, 1868-1928. A blind man with an early version of a magic lantern is accompanied by a young woman selling sheet music

Background imageItinerant Collection: Roma woman reading a gentleman's hand (Moses?), 1674. Creator: Gesina ter Borch

Roma woman reading a gentleman's hand (Moses?), 1674. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Roma woman reading a gentleman's palm (Moses?), 1674. A Roma woman reads the palm of a gentleman (probably Moses ter Borch, the artist's brother), as his page watches

Background imageItinerant Collection: Country Kermis, 1680-1704. Creator: Cornelis Dusart

Country Kermis, 1680-1704. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
Country Kermis, 1680-1704. Feast day of St Martin: woman playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing the flute. Note child on hobby-horse

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Quacksalver, 1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

The Quacksalver, 1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quacksalver, 1648

Background imageItinerant Collection: Street scene in Copenhagen, young woman buying lace from a Jewish trader, 1798-1802

Street scene in Copenhagen, young woman buying lace from a Jewish trader, 1798-1802. Creator: Unknown
Street scene in Copenhagen, young woman buying lace from a Jewish trader, 1798-1802

Background imageItinerant Collection: Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Creator: Johannes Lingelbach

Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Creator: Johannes Lingelbach
Italian Marketplace with a Quack Dentist, 1651. Other Title(s): Marketplace in an Italian Town, with an Itinerant Toothpuller

Background imageItinerant Collection: Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques (les musiciens), 1888. Creator: Fernand Pelez

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques (les musiciens), 1888. Creator: Fernand Pelez
Grimaces et misere - Les Saltimbanques (les musiciens), 1888

Background imageItinerant Collection: Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques, 1888. Creator: Fernand Pelez

Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques, 1888. Creator: Fernand Pelez
Grimaces et misere - Les Saltimbanques, 1888

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki... c

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki... c. 1776. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776, Japan, c. 1776

Background imageItinerant Collection: Pea pickers in California, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Pea pickers in California, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers in California. "Mam, I've picked peas from Calipatria to Ukiah. This life is simplicity boiled down." California

Background imageItinerant Collection: Sixth Street and Avenue C, New York City - Background photo for Hightstown project, 1936

Sixth Street and Avenue C, New York City - Background photo for Hightstown project, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Background photo for Hightstown project. Sixth Street and Avenue C, New York City, where the Solomon family do their shopping. In the street and displayed on newspaper

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff... Napa Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms

Background imageItinerant Collection: Flatbreads vendor, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Flatbreads vendor, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Flatbreads vendor, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early

Background imageItinerant Collection: A caricature figure representing a street musician(?) with a mouse (lizard?) on his... ca

A caricature figure representing a street musician(?) with a mouse (lizard?) on his... ca. 1640-60. Creator: Anon
A caricature figure representing a street musician(?) with a mouse (lizard?) on his nose and a bird on his head, ca. 1640-60

Background imageItinerant Collection: A caricature figure representing a poor itinerant artist loaded with various implem... ca

A caricature figure representing a poor itinerant artist loaded with various implem... ca. 1640-60. Creator: Anon
A caricature figure representing a poor itinerant artist loaded with various implements relating to his trade, ca. 1640-60

Background imageItinerant Collection: FSA emergency migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA emergency migratory labor camp, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Calipatria, Imperial Valley. In FSA (Farm Security Administration) emergency migratory labor camp. Left Oklahoma December 11, 1937 with husband and two children and son-in-law

Background imageItinerant Collection: Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, CA

Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath... Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, CA
Bindle stiffs in town three weeks before opening of Klamath Basin potato harvest. California, Siskiyou County, Tule Lake

Background imageItinerant Collection: Hobo wakes up early in the morning from his bed alongside a corral, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939

Hobo wakes up early in the morning from his bed alongside a corral, Imperial Valley, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hobo wakes up early in the morning from his bed alongside a corral. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageItinerant Collection: Single itinerant men on way to railroad yard, near Toppenish, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939

Single itinerant men on way to railroad yard, near Toppenish, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Yakima Valley, near Toppenish. Single itinerant men on way to railroad yard

Background imageItinerant Collection: Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Merced (vicinity), California. Migratory cotton picker on highway near Merced, California. He and his family from Independence, Kansas, have been looking for work chopping cotton

Background imageItinerant Collection: Farmer from Independence, Kansas, on the road at cotton chipping time, U. S. 99, California, 1939

Farmer from Independence, Kansas, on the road at cotton chipping time, U. S. 99, California, 1939
Between Tulare and Fresno on U.S. 99. Farmer from Independence, Kansas, on the road at cotton chipping time. He and his family have been in California for six months

Background imageItinerant Collection: Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California, 1939

Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory cotton picker from Kansas on highway near Merced, California

Background imageItinerant Collection: Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939

Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant, Calipatria, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Car on siding across tracks from pea packing plant. Twenty-five year old itinerant, originally from Oregon. " On the road eight years, all over the country, every state in the union

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Fan Peddler, 1765. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu

The Fan Peddler, 1765. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
The Fan Peddler, 1765. Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu

Background imageItinerant Collection: A Woman Peddler of Needles and Thread, c. 1730. Creator: Hanekawa Chincho

A Woman Peddler of Needles and Thread, c. 1730. Creator: Hanekawa Chincho
A Woman Peddler of Needles and Thread, c. 1730

Background imageItinerant Collection: Itinerant female musician, from the triptych 'Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)'

Itinerant female musician, from the triptych "Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"
Itinerant female musician, from the triptych " Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)", Japan, c. 1830

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I, right sheet of 'Flower Vendor Triptych

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I, right sheet of "Flower Vendor Triptych
The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I, right sheet of " Flower Vendor Triptych (Hanauri sanpukutsui)", c. 1743

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a peddler of toys, Japan, c. 1782 / 90

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a peddler of toys, Japan, c. 1782 / 90
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a peddler of toys, Japan, c. 1782/90

Background imageItinerant Collection: A Peddler of Colored Cloth (fukusa), c. 1724. Creator: Torii Kiyotomo

A Peddler of Colored Cloth (fukusa), c. 1724. Creator: Torii Kiyotomo
A Peddler of Colored Cloth (fukusa), c. 1724

Background imageItinerant Collection: Two Itinerant Musicians, c. 1765 / 70. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu

Two Itinerant Musicians, c. 1765 / 70. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Two Itinerant Musicians, c. 1765/70

Background imageItinerant Collection: A Fan Peddler Passing Beneath a Balcony, c. 1786. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga

A Fan Peddler Passing Beneath a Balcony, c. 1786. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga
A Fan Peddler Passing Beneath a Balcony, c. 1786

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Knickknack Peddler, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 16th century. Creator: Unknown

The Knickknack Peddler, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 16th century. Creator: Unknown
The Knickknack Peddler, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 16th century

Background imageItinerant Collection: The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The fair near the village church, c1780-1825. The absolute balance, arrangement, and rightness of the masses in shadow and light in relation to the line, with alternating weight and delicacy

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Village Fair, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

The Village Fair, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Village Fair, c1780-1825. " Buy a song, one penny..." - one of the street cries in England during Rowlandsons time

Background imageItinerant Collection: Flower Girl in Holland, 1887. Creator: George Hitchcock

Flower Girl in Holland, 1887. Creator: George Hitchcock
Flower Girl in Holland, 1887. Young Dutch woman selling flowers door-to-door, with a wooden yoke around her neck suspending large bundles of brightly colored spring flowers

Background imageItinerant Collection: Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens

Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens
Sheet 1 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859

Background imageItinerant Collection: Sheet 3 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens

Sheet 3 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens
Sheet 3 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, 1632. Creator: Jan Georg van Vliet

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, 1632. Creator: Jan Georg van Vliet
The Hurdy-Gurdy Player, 1632

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Peddler, 1632. Creator: Jan Georg van Vliet

The Peddler, 1632. Creator: Jan Georg van Vliet
The Peddler, 1632

Background imageItinerant Collection: Figurine Seller with Two Girls, 1770. Creator: Salomon Gessner

Figurine Seller with Two Girls, 1770. Creator: Salomon Gessner
Figurine Seller with Two Girls, 1770

Background imageItinerant Collection: Wandering Saltimbanques, 1847 / 1850. Creator: Honore Daumier

Wandering Saltimbanques, 1847 / 1850. Creator: Honore Daumier
Wandering Saltimbanques, 1847/1850

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Pedlar, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar

The Pedlar, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Pedlar, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Background imageItinerant Collection: A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door, 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door, 1787. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Travelling Knife-grinder at a Cottage Door, 1787

Background imageItinerant Collection: Recruits Going to Join the Regiment, ca. 1715-16. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau

Recruits Going to Join the Regiment, ca. 1715-16. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Recruits Going to Join the Regiment, ca. 1715-16

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Quacksalver (copy). n. d. Creator: Unknown

The Quacksalver (copy). n. d. Creator: Unknown
The Quacksalver (copy).n.d

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Quack, 1610-85

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown

The Quack, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown
The Quack, 1610-85

Background imageItinerant Collection: Traveling Musicians, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

Traveling Musicians, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Traveling Musicians, 1610-85

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Knifegrinder, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

The Knifegrinder, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The Knifegrinder, 1610-85

Background imageItinerant Collection: Violinist and Little Organgrinder, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

Violinist and Little Organgrinder, 1610-85. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Violinist and Little Organgrinder, 1610-85

Background imageItinerant Collection: Eyeglass Merchant, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown

Eyeglass Merchant, 1610-85. Creator: Unknown
Eyeglass Merchant, 1610-85

Background imageItinerant Collection: Brandy or Cure Seller, mid to late 17th century. Creator: Abraham Bosse

Brandy or Cure Seller, mid to late 17th century. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Brandy or Cure Seller, mid to late 17th century

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Ratcatcher, mid to late 17th century. Creator: Abraham Bosse

The Ratcatcher, mid to late 17th century. Creator: Abraham Bosse
The Ratcatcher, mid to late 17th century

Background imageItinerant Collection: Pifferaris, 1864. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque

Pifferaris, 1864. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
Pifferaris, 1864

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Tinker and Swinging, August 15, 1800. August 15, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

The Tinker and Swinging, August 15, 1800. August 15, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Tinker and Swinging, August 15, 1800

Background imageItinerant Collection: Beauty and the Beast, 18th-19th century. Creator: Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson

Beauty and the Beast, 18th-19th century. Creator: Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson
Beauty and the Beast, 18th-19th century

Background imageItinerant Collection: Migrants, 1780-1827. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Migrants, 1780-1827. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Migrants, 1780-1827

Background imageItinerant Collection: Too Many for a Jew, September 20, 1785. September 20, 1785. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson

Too Many for a Jew, September 20, 1785. September 20, 1785. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Too Many for a Jew, September 20, 1785

Background imageItinerant Collection: Itinerant Actors. Creator: Kengetsudo

Itinerant Actors. Creator: Kengetsudo
Itinerant Actors. Edo period (1615-1868). (Japanese, active 18th century)

Background imageItinerant Collection: The Bakers Cart, 1656. Creator: Jean Michelin

The Bakers Cart, 1656. Creator: Jean Michelin
The Bakers Cart, 1656

Background imageItinerant Collection: Village near Mount Fuji, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers

Village near Mount Fuji, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Village near Mount Fuji, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1898. Women gather round an itinerant merchant. Dorf in den Bergen bei Miyanoshita, Fujiyama

Background imageItinerant Collection: A Mountebank of Old London, (1928). Creator: Unknown

A Mountebank of Old London, (1928). Creator: Unknown
A Mountebank of Old London, (1928). Portrait of Dutchman Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine salesman, with his monkey. After The Infallible Mountebank, or Quack Doctor

Background imageItinerant Collection: One of the Best-Established Trades: A Customer and the Cats-Meat Man, c1935. Creator

One of the Best-Established Trades: A Customer and the Cats-Meat Man, c1935. Creator
One of the Best-Established Trades: A Customer and the Cats-Meat Man, c1935. Itinerant street-sellers of pet food were known as cats meat men



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