1 print : colour line block ; image and border 34 x 28.5 cm

Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician examining a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block after A. Gill, 1872.

1 print : colour line block ; image and border 35.5 x 29.8 cm

Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician holding up a baby boy just delivered of a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1872.

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Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician examining a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block after A. Gill, 1872.

Adolphe Thiers as an obstetrician holding up a baby boy just delivered of a pregnant woman representing France. Colour line block by Lefman after A. Gill, 1872.