Young fishwife from Boulogne, northern France. In pink coiffe, fichu, jacket, crimson skirts over striped petticoats, pantalons, shoes with gaiters, carrying a large wicker basket. Jeune matelote, Boulogne-sur-Mer. Handcoloured steel engraving by Adolphe Portier after an illustration by C. Maurice from Musée Cosmopolite, Musée de Costumes, Cosmopolitan Museum, published by ancienne maison Aubert, Paris, 1850.

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