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Sepia lithograph: men in period dress crowd around a reclining woman; a rooster stands in front and a flag hangs overhead.

An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

A crowd of men in 19th-century dress and military uniforms surrounds a reclining woman at right, while a standing figure in a coat raises a bundle overhead and a rooster stands in the foreground. The sepia lithograph shows a dense interior with a flag above and a French verse caption below.

Artist
Eugène Devéria
Date
[1831]
Medium
Caricatures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2889 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1831.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: El nacimiento del justo medio, litografía de 1831

Una multitud de hombres con trajes del siglo XIX y uniformes militares rodea a una mujer recostada a la derecha, mientras una figura de pie con abrigo levanta un bulto sobre la cabeza y un gallo aparece en primer plano. La litografía en sepia muestra un interior abarrotado con una bandera arriba y un texto en verso francés debajo.

Português: O nascimento do justo meio, litografia de 1831

Uma multidão de homens com trajes do século XIX e uniformes militares cerca uma mulher reclinada à direita, enquanto uma figura de casaco em pé ergue um embrulho acima da cabeça e um galo aparece em primeiro plano. A litografia em sépia mostra um interior lotado, com uma bandeira no alto e uma legenda em versos franceses embaixo.

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