1876 Wood Engraving Occupations 18th Century Paris Bootlaces Ink Hurdy XGGA9 NY2 Queens Dock

Queens Dock

Gold and Silver Plate promoting Knives

This is an original 1905 black and white halftone print of Cap Roux

This is an original 1913 color print ad for The Ault & Wiborg Company

This is an original 1920 World War I sepia rotogravure of a demolition bomb

1876 Wood Engraving Occupations 18th Century Paris Bootlaces Ink Hurdy XGGA9 NY2 Queens DockThis is an original 1876 black and white wood engraving of several different occupations one could find in Paris, France, during the 18th century. A milkmaid perches her milk precariously on her head, whilst a hurdy gurdy player turns the music making knob on his instrument. A bootlace vendor carries his strings on a stick with the reverence of his national flag and an ink seller tempts potential customers with a cry of "Good ink!"CONDITION This 135+