Sujet

A vendor of oil and vinegar: a sketch near Lisbon, 1883. Creator: Eugène Froment.

Légende

A vendor of oil and vinegar: a sketch near Lisbon, 1883. 'In those cities of Southern Europe which have not yet become thoroughly Frenchified...the primitive habits of the lower orders, even among the townsfolk, are as distinctly marked as among the rustic peasantry. At Lisbon, you need not go to a grocer's shop for the household supply of oil and vinegar; it will come to your door on a laden pack-horse, led by a smart young man with a coloured shirt,...a red sash about his waist, a slouched hat, and with a cigarette in his mouth. He will spend a sweet quarter of an hour in a gallant flirtation with your pretty housemaid, and both will enjoy, in perfect innocence, this portion of their morning's work. "I have five lovers," says a Portuguese maiden, "three for the morning, two for the afternoon; to four of these I tell falsehoods; to you alone I speak the truth."...Some things, especially in Portugal, are fresh and racy, however old; and the ways and tricks of woman, in general, never become old and go out of fashion. This is the best comment, after all, upon the familiar incident of Lisbon domestic life'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A50_178

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Droits gérés

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49,0Mo (6,1Mo) / 30,3cm x 40,6cm / 3575 x 4791 (300dpi)

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