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| Keywords: Adolf-Willette pseudo-medieval chastity-belt trade-card Theophile-Bein.jpg Sketch for a humorous trade card combination advertisement and business card for one Théophile Belin whose first name is ornamentally spelled with a Greek letter Theta drawn by French caricaturist Adolphe Willette ca 1900 Probably the actual printed cards would have contained additional text otherwise it would be a visiting card there is no adress or profession marked This jocularly depicts a medieval young woman confined in a chastity belt though as a matter of historical fact the chastity belt was much more of a Renaissance phenomenon than medieval and also a highly-caricatured pseudo-medieval man with a ring of keys who has entered by climbing a ladder to the balcony outside her window The woman is drawn as quite cheerful despite wearing nothing but her voluminous hair-covering headdress and the chastity belt Scanned from an early 20th-century book edited by Eduard Fuchs probably Die Frau In Der Karikatur 1907 ~ 1900 creator Adolphe Willette PD-old-auto-1923 1926 Adolphe Willette Female chastity devices Trade cards Topless sitting women in art Satire Cartes d'adresse Visiting cards | ||||
