Midwives

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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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