London dustman collecting ashes, 1800s. He holds a bell and a basket, and the dust waggon can be seen behind. The ashes are used in the production of bricks. Refuse collector in London, Boueur de Londres. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries’ L'Angleterre ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Anglais, England: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the English, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1821. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.

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