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Artist

Name:
Daumier, Honoré
Dates:
1808-1879
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Humor
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Plon, A.
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Némésis médicale, vol. 2
Author:
Fabre, François
Publisher:
Paris: La Némésis Médicale, 1840
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Description:

View of the facade of a building. Through an open window, a woman holding a jar containing a fetus can be seen while on the wall is a sign that says: “Mme Mitonneau, Midwife. We bleed, vaccinate and take in lodgers.”

The caption reads in the original French: Les sages-femmes.

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