No vender of any article in the world makes a greater display than the Limonadiere of Paris.
Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.
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Flower girl of Paris with huge wooden shoes, 1821.
This way of carrying loads is common in France. A wooden frame is secured to the shoulders, and rests upon the whole surface of the back to the hips.
Coshois at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime. Sketches Illustrative 1821.
THE entry into France by Dieppe is particularly striking, it resembles very much an old English town.
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French pilot in large petticoats, boots, gay colored caps and earrings.
The packets from Brighton to Dieppe, when in sight of the harbour, are taken possession of by French pilots
A Pilgrim going to Loretto. Shrine of the Holy House.
The shrines of Loreto and St. James of Gallicia cannot, like that of St. Thomas of Becket at Canterbury in former times, show the stones worn away by the devout kisses of the modern far-wandering penitent.
A female of Vercelli with peculiar head-dress. Italy Piedmont 1821.
A female of Vercelli, Piedmontese. This one of the most peculiar head-dresses belonging to the lower orders in Italy.
Donna di Torino. Woman of Turin. Italian popular costume of 1821.
AT Turin the dress of the females is very remarkable. The elaborate and various forms of their caps are singular and picturesque.
Fishermen at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Département Pas-de-Calais.
The peasantry, the fishermen, the postillions, all classes below the bourgeoisie, are now, as they were formerly, dressed in heavy, cumbrous woolen cloth.
Bavarian folk dress from Aichach.
Girl in Bavarian folk dress from Aichach near Munich. Traditional South German costume. Original Dirndl design c. 1820. Blätter für Kostümkunde. Historische und Volkstrachten. (Sheets for costume. Historical and folk costumes.)… Read More
An old woman tells sleepy stories. Mont Cenis. Nursing 1821.
Nursing at Mont Cenis. Infancy is ever the same in all countries. A child puts on the spectacles of age, an old woman tells sleepy stories.
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