A young woman stands at a counter in Paris making packages of hardware goods. Coloured lithograph by Ch. Philipon, 1828.

London (86 Fleet street, London) : Charles Tilt ([Paris] (rue des Sts. Pères, No.10) : Imp. Lith. de M.elle Formentin)

1 print : lithograph, with waterolour ; image 22 x 20.5 cm

La complaisante quincaillière. (Paris) No. 27 Ch. Philipon.

Bibliographie de la France, 26 juillet 1828, no. 569 ("L'engageante mercière. Paris n. 24, par Philipon. -- L'agréable parfumeuse. N. 25. -- La complaisante quincaillère. N. 27. …")--Image of France database no. 18660

Wellcome Collection 29756i

In a series called Têtes de femmes in the catalogue of the Musee Carnavalet, where the series is described as "une suite sur les commerçantes et ouvrières de Paris". It is not clear whether Philipon or the publisher/printer gave the series of a name