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"Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

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"Article 231. The husband needs to protect his wife, the wife needs to obey her husband" from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

J. J. Grandville|Honoré de Balzac|Pierre François Godard

Date
ca. 1837–47
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. (26.3 × 18.4 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
59.500.592(21)
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves|French, Tours 1799–1850 Paris|French, Alençon 1797–1864 Alençon

The Met object ID 812897. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.