Milkmaid of the environs of Berne, Switzerland. In wide-brim hat, hair in braids, laced-up bodice, blouse, apron and skirt, shoes with red top, holding a rose, leaning on a wooden milk pail. Laitiere des environs de Berne. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from Sylvain Marechal’s Costumes civils actuels de tous les peuples connus, dessines d’apres nature, Current civil costumes of all known peoples, drawn from nature, Chez Pavard, Paris, 1788.

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