498146 Mademoiselle Nicolle teaching her class of\' Idiot Children\' at La Salpetri癡re Hospital, Paris(engraving) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: \'La Classe des Petites Idiotes ? la Salpetri癡re; Mlle Nicolle (d.1895) was described in the Goncourt Journals as a \'saint la簿que\' (\'lay saint); she had engineered her entry into the Salpetri癡re Hospital to be able to look after her demented mother and after her mother\'s death, she remained at the hospital and started looking after and teaching children who suffered from mental illness and autism; her devotion was recognised by the Acad矇mie Fran癟aise , who awarded her a Prix Montyon of 1,000 francs and later by the French Government who named her a Chevalier of the L矇gion d\'Honneur\';); French, out of copyright.