On a stage, an actress pierces two sausages which she holds in front of her breast. On the left a statue of the muse of song and dance, Melpomene, and above it a statue of Voltaire with a rod in his hand. In front of the stage a laughing audience offering the actress laurel wreaths. Fourth print from a series of eight with the aim of providing the contrasts of the then real life with the civilized world (beau-monde), Laughing audience at a scene on stage Reward, De Waereld in de XIX Eeuw (series title)., print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, (mentioned on object), Jacob Smies, publisher: Christiaan

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