The Embroiderer. An example of the errors, nature sometimes makes in labeling the sexes. Just as one sees the would-be women who wear pants, some kind of a moustache, who play a cornet or the bass-viol, or who compose humanitarian novels, in the same way one finds men who play the harp, hemstitch neckerchiefs, do embroidering with their hands, and, who in a case of emergency know how to do a little cooking, plate 2 from Monomanes, 1840, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 215 × 197 mm (image), 332 × 247 mm (sheet)
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The Embroiderer. An example of the errors, nature sometimes makes in labeling the sexes. Just as one sees the would-be women who wear pants, some kind of a moustache, who play a cornet or the bass-viol, or who compose humanitarian novels, in the same way one finds men who play the harp, hemstitch neckerchiefs, do embroidering with their hands, and, who in a case of emergency know how to do a little cooking, plate 2 from Monomanes, 1840, Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808-1879, France, Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, 215 × 197 mm (image), 332 × 247 mm (sheet)

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Chicago, The Art Institute

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215 Embroiderer. example errors nature sometimes makes labeling sexes. sees would-be women wear pants kind moustache play cornet bass-viol compose humanitarian novels way finds men harp hemstitch neckerchiefs do embroidering hands case emergency know do little cooking plate 2 Monomanes 1840 Honoré Victorin Daumier French 1808-1879 France Lithograph black ivory wove paper 215

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