An image of an illustration of a "tête-à-tête" conversation in the mid-1800s.

A digital image of the illustration "The Tete-A-Tete," created in 1839 and published in issue 49 of The Odd Fellow on December 7, 1839. "Tête-à-tête" means face-to-face in French, a commonly used phrase to describe a private conversation, typically between a man and woman. A.S. Lyons refers to several tête-à-tête conversations throughout his diaries.

Anonymous Satirist for Issue 49 of the London periodical, The Odd Fellow.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online

Nineteenth Century Collections Online, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6sW5x9

7 December 1839

Jennifer Simon

Reproduced from Nineteenth Century Collections Online with permission from Gale.

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