Female shrimper on the English coast

Female shrimper on the English coast, 1800s. She carries a net on a pole, a basket tied to her waist, and sends the catch to Billingsgate Market. Shrimp seller, Marchande de chevrettes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries L'Angleterre ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Anglais, England: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the English, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1821. Jean-Baptiste Eyries - (1767-1846) was a - French - geographer, author and translator

England Or Costumes Ethnography Fishwife Folk Costume J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries Langleterre Ou Costumes Librairie De Gide Fils Manners And Mores Of The English Moeurs Et Usages Des Anglais Traditional Costume William Alexander

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