London water carrier or tankard bearer, who supplied water from the Conduits. WIth staff and large tankard with handle. In Tudor era cap, towels on front and back, pouch on belt at waist, breeches, hose and buckle shoes. The trade became obsolete in the era of King James I. Copied from Henry Overton's trades and callings of London, published at the White Horse without Newgate. Copperplate engraving drawn 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.

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