1-158-763 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Butter seller, 1826. Market woman carrying her butter, with a white cloth to cover it, on a rush tray slung round her waist. She carries a balance to weigh her butter, and she cries out Fine butter! Fine creamy butter!. In the background a water carrier is filling buckets at a street conduit. From Arts, Metiers et Cris de Paris (Arts, Crafts and Cries of Paris), (Paris, 1826).