Mrs. Lamarche, sworn midwife, born in 1638, died in 1706, Auguste Toussaint Lecler, 1833

Portrait of french midwife marguerite lamarche, half-lenth directed to front, with black headdress, white collar, and gown with striped bodice; illustration from delacoux's "biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines" (paris: trinquart, 1833-34). 1833 lithograph. Date: 1833. Dimensions: Height: 150 mm (image area); Width: 140 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Marguerite Lamarche. Collection: British Museum. Mme Lamarche, maîtresse sage-femme jurée, née en 1638 morte en 1706 (BM 1896,0511.256)