National Guardsmen drinking with female cantiniere, 19thC.

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National Guardsmen in the Corps de Garde drinking drams with the female cantiniere, or liquor seller, and playing cards. Guardsmen in uniform with bearskin hats, several drunk and asleep, smoking pipes. Handcoloured aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from "A Tour through Paris," William Sams, London, 1825.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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