3-039-002 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Washerwomen of the banlieue at the Quai de la Conference, Paris, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. 'One of the sketches by M. Jules Pelcoq, sent from inside the besieged city by the balloon post, shows the scene at the Quai de la Conference, near the Champs Elysées, where a number of washerwomen were employed to clean the clothing of the soldiers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.