Hans Buling, an itinerant medicine vendor, dressed in theatrical costume while selling his wares, assisted by another costumed person and a monkey. Engraving by I.R. Cruikshank after a Delft plate by B.S., 1750.

  • S., B., active 1750.
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1750
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20586i
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1750

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1 print : etching and aquatint ; platemark 25.4 x 24.1 cm

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Hans Buling, a mountebank of great notoriety who frequently exhibited in Covent Garden. From a Delft plate on the back of which are the initials B.S. 1750. ; I.R. Cruikshank fecit.

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Wellcome Collection 20586i

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