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The market place of Les Halles in Paris. Coloured aquatint by J. Merigot after J. Bryant.

A woman trader at the Halles market in Paris defends her conduct in conversation with an official as another woman looks on in amusement. Lithograph by N. Charlet, 1825.

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The market place of Les Halles in Paris. Coloured aquatint by J. Merigot after J. Bryant.

A woman trader at the Halles market in Paris defends her conduct in conversation with an official as another woman looks on in amusement. Lithograph by N. Charlet, 1825.