Street Trade seller - toys
William Liston from Glasgow, served under the Duke of York in Holland, where on the 6th of October 1799, he lost his right arm and left leg and his place in the army. With still a wife and four children to support, he went from one town to another selling toy figure - young lambs. With white cotton wool for fleeces spangled with Dutch gilt, red paint for cheeks and black spots for eyes, horns of twisted shipping tin
Picture No
10212043
Media ID
47410229
Size
4288px x 5347px
(2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Every-Day Book and Table Book', Hone's Works', volume III, page 27
Date
1825
