Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician examining a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block after A. Gill, 1872.

  • Gill, André, 1840-1885
Date:
28 juillet 1872
Reference:
657722i
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Previous title, replaced March 2024 : A physician examining a pregnant woman. Colour line block after A. Gill, 1872.

Description

The baby represents the money demanded by Germany from France as reparation for the Franco-Prussian war. The delivery is shown in the following week's issue dated 4 August 1872: see Wellcome Library catalogue no. 657723i

Publication/Creation

Paris (Bureaux 16, rue du Croissant, 16??) : [L'Eclipse], 28 juillet 1872.

Physical description

1 print : colour line block ; image and border 34 x 28.5 cm

Lettering

Situation intéréssante, par Gill. Tout va bien - la délivrance est proche. And. Gill. L'Eclipse ...

References note

The picture of health: images of medicine and pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection; commentaries by William H. Helfand; essays by Patricia Eckert Boyer, Judith Wechsler, and Maurice Rickards, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1991, pp. 86-87

Reference

Wellcome Collection 657722i

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