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Hubertine: Hubertine Auclert (1848–1914), the most prominent French suffragist of the period, founder of La Citoyenne newspaper and leader of the Société pour le droit des femmes. Marie attended several of her meetings. ↩
Citoyenne: "Citizen" (feminine) — the republican and feminist form of address, consciously echoing the language of the French Revolution. ↩
The women's demonstration on the 14th: 14 July 1881 (Bastille Day). Auclert's group organised a public demonstration demanding women's suffrage and civil rights. ↩
La Citoyenne: the feminist newspaper founded by Hubertine Auclert in 1881, demanding full civil and political rights for women. ↩
L'Évènement: a mainstream Republican newspaper of the period. The pun "l'Ève-nement" ("the Eve-ent") transforms the title into a gendered jibe. ↩
In petto: Latin, "in the breast" — to oneself, privately. ↩
The Morgue: slang among artists for the poorly-lit exterior gallery of the Salon at the Palais de l'Industrie, where works were hung high on the wall in unfavourable conditions, effectively the graveyard for unnoticed submissions. ↩
The new school: a loose reference to the Naturalist and Impressionist-adjacent circle of younger painters, who formed an alternative support network to the academic establishment. ↩
Ingres (1780–1867): Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the supreme master of academic draughtsmanship in French painting. His name is synonymous with supreme command of line. ↩