Hand-colored 1848 lithograph of a market stall with a seated vendor, baskets of eggs, hanging meat, and three women in period dress.

Market Scene, hand-colored lithograph, 1848

A hand-colored lithograph of a market stall: a seated Black vendor gestures beside baskets of eggs and poultry, with cuts of meat hanging on the left. Two women in 19th-century dress, one in a blue jacket and pink skirt, speak nearby while a third carries a basket.

Artist: Bucholzer
Date: 1848
Medium: hand-colored (image production method/technique) ink (overall material) paper (overall material)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 2880 × 2081 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1848).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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