Watch Yourself or You’ll Be a Product for Sale
Title
Watch Yourself or You’ll Be a Product for Sale
Description
The women in this image appear to be tempted to a life of prostitution. The female figure in the left foreground gestures toward the door but remains modestly attired. Once inside, the women are there for the pleasure of men and wear revealing or little clothing. The contrast in this moralistic image also reveals how differently contemporaries could depict "real" women from allegorical ones. The engraving reflected a vision of life during the Thermidorian reaction and the Directory (1795–99).
Creator
None Identified
Source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Date
1800-1804
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/54/|<span>Michel Hennin. <em>Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France</em>. Tome 138, Pièces 12141-12215, période : 1795-1796</span>
Format
JPEG
Language
French
Identifier
54
Original Format
Engraving
Physical Dimensions
20.5 x 30 cm
Title (French)
Garde à vous N.o 1 ou le Sérail en Boutique
Citation
None Identified, “Watch Yourself or You’ll Be a Product for Sale,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 23, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/54.