Parisian costumes of the 18th century.
Water carrier. Merchant of melons. Ragpicker. Merchant of sweets.
Porteur d’eau. Marchant de melons. Chiffonnière. Marchande de Plaisirs. Costumes de Paris.

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