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The Execution of Louisa Mabree the French Midwife.

The Execution of Louisa Mabree the French Midwife.

[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5'').
A scene showing a woman being suspended over a fire in a cage filled with cats. There was a superstition in Europe of the potential that midwives could perform witchcraft, especially as childbirth was mostly supervised by women until the professionalisation of the medical profession.
[Ref: 49589]  £120.00


 

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