M0011220: A man showing his wife a newborn baby: illustration inspired by the work Guillaume le franc-parleur by Étienne Jouy

Date:: January 1950

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/99/66

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011145-M0011254WT/D/1/20/1/99
        M0011220: A man showing his wife a newborn baby: illustration inspired by the work Guillaume le franc-parleur by Étienne JouyWT/D/1/20/1/99/66

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2021: A man showing a wet-nurse her new charge, surrounded by orna

Description

Engraving by A. Coupe after A. Desenne, 1814, of a man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby. The caption, "Le Bureau des Nourrices" refers to municipal office in Paris, founded in 1769, for wet-nurses. Related images: V0015103

Publication/Creation

January 1950

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 17707i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.