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A puckally (pukhali) or water-carrier of south India, holding a bucket, with an ox. Gouache painting.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.

Water carriers in Venice fill up their buckets at a well. Coloured process print by Drouart after Rouargue brothers.

A young woman in Paris takes a jug of water from the water carrier's bucket. Colour lithograph by J.J. Chalon.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller's stand. Coloured lithograph.

A water seller carries a canister of water with glasses and a jug on a small tray. Coloured lithograph.

A water-carrier carrying his barrel of water, with glasses and a jug on a tray. Coloured lithograph.

Two people carrying water in buckets. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.

Street vendors and shops in a street in Paris. Coloured aquatint by R.B. Peake.

Transvaal, South Africa: African women carrying water in Church Street, Pretoria. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

A water seller in Naples offers a glass of water as refreshment to a woman who is carrying a large bundle under her arm. Watercolour.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

A man in Paris carrying two pails of water suspended from straps on his back along the bank of the river Seine. Etching by A. Bosse.

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A water seller in Naples offers a glass of water as refreshment to a woman who is carrying a large bundle under her arm. Watercolour.

Zululand, South Africa: three women water carriers. Photograph by Alfred M. Duggan-Cronin.

Pongos or water-carriers at the fountain at the Plaza de Cabildo, Cuzco. Wood engraving by Laly after Riou.

Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.

A man in Paris carrying two pails of water suspended from straps on his back along the bank of the river Seine. Etching by A. Bosse.