Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Enfer et damnation! .... sifflée ! ... siflée !... Siiiiflée ! [Hell and damnation!... hissed!... hissed!... Hissssed! ...], 1844 Lithograph Gift of Frederick B. Artz, 1937.33
This bluestocking is livid because an audience has just hissed during a performance of her play. The female author is often depicted as mannish and ugly. Her intellectual output is just as deformed as her physique.