Louise Bourgeois Born in Paris in 1580, Auguste Toussaint Lecler, 1833

Portrait of french midwife louise bourgeois, half-length, slightly turned to left and looking to front, wearing headdress, gown with open collar, cross around her neck; illustration from delacoux's "biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines" (paris: trinquart, 1833-34). 1833 lithograph. Date: 1833. Dimensions: Height: 125 mm (image area); Width: 120 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Louise Bourgeois, dite Boursier. Collection: British Museum. Louise Bourgeois Née à Paris en 1580 (BM 1896,0511.249)