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  • A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child in a bleak rural setting. Engraving.
  • A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.
  • Two people watching over the cradle of a sleeping baby at night. Aquatint after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1644.
  • A country woman suggesting to a lady of means that she encourage the local doctor even though all his previous patients have died. Wood engraving by A.S. Boyd, 1896.
  • An apothecary riding a horse that is out of control and knocking over everything in its way. Etching by W.E.G.
  • A travelling tooth-drawer in a carriage extracting a tooth from a patient in front of a village audience. Lithograph.
  • A woman breast feeding her baby, with a dog sitting next to them in a rural setting. Etching by C. Lewis, 1848, after Sir E. Landseer, 1837.
  • A man observing his wife breast feed their child. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares on stage as part of a performance to a small audience. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).
  • A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769.
  • An apothecary riding a horse that is out of control and knocking over everything in its way. Etching by W.E.G.
  • Men and women smoking and drinking outside a country tavern. Etching by J. Taylor (?), c. 1800, after G. Tilborgh.
  • A physician feeling the forehead of a child in Dalarna, Sweden. Heliogravure after F. Rops.
  • Harvest time in a hop-garden in Kent. Wood-engraving, c. 1857 (?).
  • A tooth-drawer in his practice extracting a tooth from a seated patient who is surrounded by friends and family holding candles. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. van Honthorst.
  • The pursuits of a man retired to the country. Etching by R. Seymour, 1829.