A maid is trying to kill a bee that is flying around her mistress; advertising Phosphatine Falières infant food. Colour process print by Devambez after M. Leloir.

  • Leloir, Maurice, 1853-1940.
Date:
1900-1999
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570958i
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A maid is trying to kill a bee that is flying around her mistress; advertising Phosphatine Falières infant food. Colour process print by Devambez after M. Leloir. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A fable in verse by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794), "La coquette et l'abeille", the text of which is printed on the verso. The bee apologizes for landing on the coquette's lip, mistaking it for a rose: the coquette (Chloe) forgives it. The image includes a rococo picture frame entwined with roses, foliage, and a bee

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[France] : Édité par La Phosphatine Falières

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1 print : photorelief, printed in colours ; image and text 15.5 x 11 cm

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La coquette et l'abeille. Phosphatine Falières aliment des enfants. Maurice Leloir ; Devambez grav. Paris ... Bears number: Pl. 2

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Wellcome Collection 570958i

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