Hand-colored engraving of a woman leaning on a tree beside a man in a blue coat bent forward on grass, with French verse printed below.

Hand-colored engraving, Le Boudoir champêtre, c.1825

A hand-colored engraving shows a woman in a lace-collared dress leaning against a tree trunk while a man in a blue coat, his breeches lowered, bends forward on the grass beside her. Above a block of verse, the caption reads 'Le Boudoir champêtre' within an outdoor setting of bare branches and foliage.

Artist: Unknown
Date: [1825?]
Medium
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 3420 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1835.
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

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