Mabel Alvarez
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GEORGE BAXTER (1804-1867)
A GROUP OF 25 ILLUSTRATED PLAYER'S CIGARETTE CARDS DEPICTING
ENGLISH STREET VENDORS
Individually matted and framed in a single frame
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Top row, L to R:
1.  DOOR MATS WANTED?
2.  NEW POTATOES
3.  OLD CLOAKS, SUITS OR COATS
4.  FAIR LEMONS AND ORANGES
5.  SMALL COALE
6.  BUY MY FOUR ROPES OF HARD ONIONS.
7.  BUY A FINE SINGING BIRD.
8.  BUY MY FINE SINGING GLASSES.

Middle row, L to R:
1.  BUY MY DUTCH BASKETS.
2.  BRASS POTT OR AN IRON POTT TO MEND.
3.  ANY WORK FOR JOHN COOPER.
4.  BUY MY CURDS AND WHEY.
5.  COWCUMBERS TO PICKLE.
6.  RIPE ASPARAGUS
7.  BUY MY FAT CHICKENS
8.  FINE WRITING INK
9.  DIDDLE, DIDDLE, DIDDLE DUMPLENS, HO!

Bottom row, L to R:
1.  TWELVE PENCE A PECK OYSTERS!
2.  MAIDS, BUY A MOP.
3.  KNIVES, COMBS OR INKHORNES.
4.  BUY MY RIGHT YORKSHIRE CAKES. BUY MY  MUFFINS.
5.  WOOD, THREE BUNDLES A PENNY.
6.  HOT PEAS.
7.  WINDMILLS
8.  ROASTING-JACKS, TOASTING-FORKS, FILES ORSKEWERS