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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(s):
- Fabre, François
- Publisher:
- Paris: La Némésis Médicale, 1840
- Open Library:
- View record.
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.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, Némésis médicale, satire
