Paris saleswoman of cream. Marchande de crème 1774.

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Merchant of Cream 1774. According to Poisson.

Paris saleswoman of cream in 1774.

Marchande de crème 1774. D’après Poisson.

Source: Paris à travers les siècles. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutèce jusqu’à nos jours, par Nicolas Jules Henri Gourdon de Genouillac. Published 1879.

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