A woman sits surrounded by her luggage, which is in some disarray. She holds a book titled “Paris” which gives an indication as to her designation. Perhaps she has reading about the attractions of Paris. A note made by Mancini in a copy of the 1908 catalogue of the Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, records that this painting was executed in Paris in 1877. http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/143614913002/the-customs-1877-antonio-mancini