Le lever

Antoine Louis Romanet after Sigmund Freudenberger

National Gallery of Art

This print shows three women in an opulently decorated room. In the center, a woman is reclining on a canopy bed, looking towards us with a slight smile, one hand raised to her face. She wears a dress with a low neckline, ornate sleeves, and a frilly bodice. On the left, a second woman kneels beside the bed, holding the other hand of the central woman. She is lifting a shoe up towards the woman on the bed, and there is another shoe on the ground next to her. The third woman is on the right, lifting the bed canopy. Both of these women wear bonnets and dresses. The room contains elegant furniture, including a chair and a small table, with patterned wallpaper and an ornate clock on the wall. Below the print are several lines of text.