The Lantern lighter after Carl Vernet around 1823. Historical professions.

9/4/19
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L’Allumeur de Réverbères d’apres Carl Vernet.

The Lantern lighter. Parisian Characters. Historical professions.

City employee who lights the street lamps at nightfall.

L’Allumeur de Réverbères d’apres Carl Vernet.

Source: Musée du luminaire depuis l’époque romaine jusqu’au XIXe siècle by Henry René d’Allemagne. Paris, Chez l’auteur 1900.

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