Wash-House Boat At Bas-Meudon, c1874. At the center of this painting is a lavoir, or wash-house boat, where France’s working classes could wash laundry. The vessel is positioned on a stretch of the River Seine in Meudon, a town famous as the site of one of Louis XIV’s palaces.

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Size: 5674px × 4586px
Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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