Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller after N. Lafrensen the younger.
A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller after N. Lafrensen the younger.
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A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller after N. Lafrensen the younger.

Niklas Lafrensen

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Le contretemps. Gravé d'aprés le dessin original de même grandeur. Peint à la gouache par Lavreince. Gravé par Dequevauviller.

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