The booths on the Pont-Neuf, 1844

This scene depicts a mother and son on the Pont Neuf, Paris's oldest bridge, where street vendors set up on the sidewalks. The child depicted in this plate is wearing long pants and a beret. The woman is waering a dress with a wide, bell skirt and a fur overcoat with a muff. Abstract sources: Boucher, François. 20,000 Years of Fashion. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1967.