Gouvernement des femmes, Gustave Janet, 1848

Satirical print on women's rights: a group of women gathered outdoors, seated and standing, a few on a platform, and in the centre one woman addresses the others, her right arm raised and holding a rolled up sheet of paper in the other; costume includes bonnets, hats, cravats, and shawls hand-coloured lithograph. Date: 1848. Dimensions: Height: 241 mm (ruled border); ; Width: 191 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Gouvernement des femmes (BM 1861,1012.834)