Dancers on stilts in the Champs Elysees. A family of street entertainers, the country folks of Landes, perform while mother bangs a drum and father directs on horseback. Copied from an illustration by Victor Auver in A Tour through Paris. Handcoloured heliotype lithograph by Fortier-Marotte from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.

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Size: 6655px × 4867px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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