Hurdy-gurdy man. The Halfpenny Showman. Regency era.

6/4/16
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Hurdy-gurdy, Organ, grinder, Halfpenny, Showman,
The Halfpenny Showman.

Hurdy-gurdy. Organ grinder.

Regency, Georgian fashion era.

The Halfpenny Showman. 

Source: The Costume of Great Britain, by W. H. Pyne, 1808.

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