Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A group of soldiers disappear down the street, a boy sweeps and talks to a woman with a basket, a man carries a top hat and boots, another man carries a pannier on his back filled with potatoes. Coloured etching by R.B. Peake.
A group of soldiers disappear down the street, a boy sweeps and talks to a woman with a basket, a man carries a top hat and boots, another man carries a pannier on his back filled with potatoes. Coloured etching by R.B. Peake.
Wellcome Collection

A group of soldiers disappear down the street, a boy sweeps and talks to a woman with a basket, a man carries a top hat and boots, another man carries a pannier on his back filled with potatoes. Coloured etching by R.B. Peake.

R.B. Peake

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Street characters. Etched by R.B. Peake.

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