Ça ne te regarde pas, de quoi te mêles-tu? est-ce que son homme - n'est pas là pour la battre?...
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Ça ne te regarde pas, de quoi te mêles-tu? est-ce que son homme - n'est pas là pour la battre?...

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · June 10, 1840

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

At the door of a public ball, a longshoreman almost facing front, places himself in front of another longshoreman in order to prevent him from chastising a young lady, seen from the back in the background at left and costumed in the same way. This one turns around and "thumbs her nose." She is followed by a third longshoreman who reprimands her. Above the heads of these two, a lamp on which one reads: "Bal."

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