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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