Sujet

Illustration titled 'Bobonne, Bobonne! tu me ferais un monstre comme ca, ne le regarde pas tant'

Légende

Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) Bobonne, Bobonne! tu me ferais un monstre comme ca, ne le regarde pas tant. The husband is attempting to lead his pregnant wife away from the cage of the great apes at the zoo. He is afraid that by looking at the ape in her condition, she might give birth to a deformed baby. The longstanding belief that the vividly stimulated imagination of pregnant women could lead to 'monstrous' births persisted in popular culture well into the nineteenth century

Date

19e siècle

Crédit

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Notre référence

ARP18A29_309

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,6Mo (1,4Mo) / 22,2cm x 30,0cm / 2627 x 3543 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Colour Honoré Daumier Bobonne, Bobonne! tu me ferais un monstre comme ca, ne le regard French husband pregnant wife ape apes zoo deformed deformity baby 19th Century Illustration