Alfred Naquet. Coloured lithograph by A. Gill, 1873.

  • Gill, André, 1840-1885.
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1873
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7352i
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Alfred Naquet. Coloured lithograph by A. Gill, 1873. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Naquet separates two hearts with a pair of scissors labelled "Divorce", and stamps on a torch marked "Hymen" (marriage). As a member of parliament, Naquet successfully promoted a law in favour of the legalisation of divorce in France in 1884

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1873

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1 print

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2122.1

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Wellcome Collection 7352i

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