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A shoemaker who has exchanged looks with a young woman customer lies on the floor holding his head as a woman (his wife?) attacks him with a spoon. Coloured lithograph.

A shoemaker measures up the feet of a young woman who is sitting on a chair holding a shoe in her hand; they exchange looks as they are watched by a displeased woman (his wife?) who is holding a spoon. Coloured lithograph.

A woman in a black costume, wearing a small hat and long black gloves, smiles at the viewer while standing behind a screen. Chromolithograph, 1892, after Jan van Beers.

A market in Rome: a young woman selling onions and hot chestnuts is admired by a man smoking a pipe. Photograph by Lucas & Groom, 1866, after A.F. Patten, 1857.

A young man chucks a young woman on the cheek. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

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A market in Rome: a young woman selling onions and hot chestnuts is admired by a man smoking a pipe. Photograph by Lucas & Groom, 1866, after A.F. Patten, 1857.

A young man chucks a young woman on the cheek. Engraving by G. Cattini after G.B. Piazzetta.

A woman in a black costume, wearing a small hat and long black gloves, smiles at the viewer while standing behind a screen. Chromolithograph, 1892, after Jan van Beers.

A shoemaker measures up the feet of a young woman who is sitting on a chair holding a shoe in her hand; they exchange looks as they are watched by a displeased woman (his wife?) who is holding a spoon. Coloured lithograph.

A shoemaker who has exchanged looks with a young woman customer lies on the floor holding his head as a woman (his wife?) attacks him with a spoon. Coloured lithograph.