Perette, 14th century sworn belly-keeper, Auguste Toussaint Lecler, 1833

Portrait of french midwife perrette (or perette) bust-lenth, directed to left and glancing to front, wearing a hood; illustration from delacoux's "biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines" (paris: trinquart, 1833-34). 1833 lithograph. Date: 1833. Dimensions: Height: 128 mm (image area); Width: 115 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Perrette. Collection: British Museum. Perette, ventrière jurée du 14e siècle (BM 1896,0511.258)