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A puckally (pukhali) or water-carrier of south India, holding a bucket, with an ox. Gouache painting.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.

Water carriers in Venice fill up their buckets at a well. Coloured process print by Drouart after Rouargue brothers.

A young woman in Paris takes a jug of water from the water carrier's bucket. Colour lithograph by J.J. Chalon.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller's stand. Coloured lithograph.

A water seller carries a canister of water with glasses and a jug on a small tray. Coloured lithograph.

A water-carrier carrying his barrel of water, with glasses and a jug on a tray. Coloured lithograph.

Two people carrying water in buckets. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

Street vendors and shops in a street in Paris. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.

Transvaal, South Africa: African women carrying water in Church Street, Pretoria. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

A water seller carries his water canister and a tray with carafes and glasses. Lithograph.

A man in Paris carrying two pails of water suspended from straps on his back along the bank of the river Seine. Etching by A. Bosse.

A water seller in Naples offers a glass of water as refreshment to a woman who is carrying a large bundle under her arm. Watercolour.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

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Water carriers (Persons)

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Images referencing Water carriers (Persons)

Works from the collections

A water seller in Naples offers a glass of water as refreshment to a woman who is carrying a large bundle under her arm. Watercolour.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.

A man in Paris carrying two pails of water suspended from straps on his back along the bank of the river Seine. Etching by A. Bosse.

Water carriers (Persons)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Water carriers (Persons)

Works from the collections

A water seller in Naples offers a glass of water as refreshment to a woman who is carrying a large bundle under her arm. Watercolour.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.

A man in Paris carrying two pails of water suspended from straps on his back along the bank of the river Seine. Etching by A. Bosse.

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