The charcoal burners call these legs "fumerons"!, Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1827
Plate no 6, in a tavern, a laughing grenadier grasps the thin leg of an old working man in both hands and apparently exclaims "coalmen call these legs sticks of charcoal"; a bowling pin is depicted on the tavern wall. 1827
lithograph. Date: 1827. Dimensions: Height: 191 mm (image); Height: 358 mm (sheet); Width: 144 mm; Width: 275 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Les charbonniers appellent ces jambes là des fumerons! (BM 1875,0612.132)