XEE4166518: Superstition: “” blood drinkers at the abattoir de la Villette in Paris””. Sick Parisians come to drink the blood of a freshly slaughtered beef, and hope to find a cure for their problems. A butcher collects the blood of the bete in a glass. Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°904 of 8 August 1874., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4166696: Feast of Saint Ambrose, Saint Gervais and Saint Protais in the Church of San Marco in Milan, 14 May 1874: under a large canopy there is a hunt in which the relics of the three patron saints of Milan are preserved. Engraving in “” Le Monde Illustré”” n°896 of 13 June 1874., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images