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Title
Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise
Type
Still Image
Monograph
Subject
Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Alphabets (Writing systems)--France--1760-1770 (LCTGM)
France--History--18th century (LCSH)
Satires (Visual works)--French--1760-1770 (GMGPC)
Engravings--French--1760-1770 (GMGPC)
Genre Form
graphic
Language
French (fre)
Classification
LCC: PC 5 - 1768, no. 1 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
still image (sti)
Note
related note: Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).
Summary
Satirical print mocking the young mistress of King Louis XV, Jeanne du Barry. Likely printed in the first year of their relationship as part of a campaign lampooning "la belle Bourbonnoise" in pamphlets, songs, plays, and operas. (Source: Jeanne du Barry: Alfabetdame ontmaskered, by Diedrik van der Wal, 2023) The print shows a nude female figure forming the letters of the alphabet. Considered the earliest known example of an exclusively female nude alphabet.
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