Itinerant bird seed seller, London, Regency era

George Smith, a rheumatic brush-seller who switched to selling birdseed. In top hat and great coat, trews and shoes, with a basket of weeds and seeds. Songbirds were popular pets at the time. Chickweed and Groundsel. Copperplate engraving drawn from life and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839

1839 Capitalism Destitute Francis Douce George Smith Great Coat John Bowyer Nichols John Thomas Smith Lower Classes Rheumatic Seeds Songbirds The Cries Of London Top Hat Tradesmen Trews Vagabondiana 2 Weeds Working Class Working Poor

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