A woman is interrogated by an official who demands her name and status: she says she is a sensitive woman, but he requires a different kind of status, so she suggests that she is a woman of private means. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1828.

  • Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866
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[1829]
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A woman is interrogated by an official who demands her name and status: she says she is a sensitive woman, but he requires a different kind of status, so she suggests that she is a woman of private means. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1828. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced February 2024 : A woman with a basket on her arm is talking to soldiers and an old man gathered around a table. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1828.

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[Paris] : [Gihaut], [1829]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 20 x 14 cm

Lettering

Votre nom? Adélaïde Dureiu. Votre état? Femme sensible. Vous n'êtes pas ici pour plaisanter l'autorité, répondez: votre état? Eh ben, mettez: rentière. Hte. Bellangé 1828

References note

Jules Adeline, Hippolyte Bellangé et son oeuvre, Paris: A. Quantin, 1880, p. 184, no. 89
Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome deuxième, Paris 1937, p. 95, Hippolyte Bellangé no. 54 ("54. Neuvième album lithographique chez Gihaut, 1829 (12 pl. lithogr. en 1828) : … No. 3, Votre nom ?... Adélaïde Durieu... [A. 89 …")

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Wellcome Collection 32044i

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