Saturday, September 8, 2012

Amazing lythographies about Pyrenees

I received recently some amazing lithographies reproductions.  They depict the life of people of Pyrenees (France) in the 1880's. The pictures are full of life and color and almost every one of them have the most astonishing details. So I decided to share them with you.
Look at this one, for example. The lithography's autor is Alfred Dartiguenave

The woman is carying the heavier luggage on her head, a common costum for European women in the 1880's.She has boots, but her daughter is barefoot, poor thing. Probably the kids growing so fast, it was too expensive to buy them some boots. But still... By the way, all people in Pyrenees seems to wear spats, a very wise thing to do on a mountain  trip. (Everybody except the poor little girl, of course).
Another amazing thing: the shepherd is knitting! Well, it's understandable, having all that time it is a good thing not to waste it.

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