I know little about prints, but a lot about the Quai Voltaire.

Who is the lady?
I presume it is a portrait ?" "It is a portrait, but I cannot identify the original.

To an expert of that period it should not be impossible, however." Septimus Marvin was all awake now, with flushed cheeks and eyes brightened by enthusiasm.
"Do you know why?
Because her hair is dressed in a peculiar way--poufs de sentiment, these curls are called.

They were only worn for a brief period.

In those days the writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau had a certain vogue among the idle classes.