Itinerant seller of paper lanterns, China, 18th century

Itinerant seller of paper lanterns, China, 18th century. He holds lanterns painted with Chinese characters and a large straw basket of stock on his back. Vendor of lanterns. Marchand des lanternes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, - China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries - (1767-1846) was a - French - geographer, author and translator

 china 1822 18th Century French -  geographer Itinerant Seller J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries La Chine Lanterns Librairie De Gide Fils Manners And Mores Of The Chinese Moeurs Et Usages Des Chinois Pigtail Translator William Alexander

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