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

B. S. · 1750

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: 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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