Mrs. Lachapelle, head midwife of the Maternity..., Auguste Toussaint Lecler, 1833

Portrait of french midwife marie-louise lachapelle, half-lenth, glancing to right, wearing feathered hat and a gown with a ruff; illustration from delacoux's "biographie des sages-femmes célèbres, anciennes, modernes et contemporaines" (paris: trinquart, 1833-34). 1833 lithograph. Date: 1833. Dimensions: Height: 155 mm (image area); Width: 120 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Marie Louise Lachapelle. Collection: British Museum. Mme Lachapelle sage-femme en chef de la Maternité... (BM 1896,0511.255)