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Black-and-white lithograph of officials in uniforms crowding a birth scene, with a rooster and a naked infant in the foreground.

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 black-and-white lithograph of a crowded interior with men in military uniforms and frock coats gathered around a central birth scene. A small naked infant stands near a rooster, a Gallic emblem, while a reclining figure in pale drapery is attended at the right; a caption reads 'Naissance du juste milieu'.

Artist
Eugène Devéria
Date
[1831]
Medium
Caricatures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2937 × 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)

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Español: Nacimiento del justo medio, litografía satírica francesa de 1831

Litografía en blanco y negro de un interior abarrotado, con hombres de uniforme militar y levitas reunidos alrededor de una escena central de parto. Un pequeño bebé desnudo está de pie junto a un gallo, emblema galo, mientras una figura reclinada con ropajes pálidos recibe atención a la derecha; una leyenda dice 'Naissance du juste milieu'.

Português: Nascimento do justo meio, litografia satírica francesa de 1831

Litografia em preto e branco de um interior lotado, com homens de uniforme militar e casacas reunidos em torno de uma cena central de parto. Um pequeno bebê nu está de pé perto de um galo, emblema gaulês, enquanto uma figura reclinada, com roupas claras, recebe atenção à direita; uma legenda diz 'Naissance du juste milieu'.

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