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| Keywords: French-advice-to-lover.gif An undated early 18th-century engraving containing advice from a married Frenchwoman to her potential lovers on the proper spaniel-like behavior to adopt The poem reads Ce Chien qui m'obeit doit servir de modéle A tout galant qui voudra m'en conter Il est discret complaisant et fidéle Amants pour être aymés tachez de l'jmiter The small writing says Jnventé et peint par Jac Courtin et Gravé par J B de Poilly Je vend a Paris chez les freres de Poilly rue St Jacques a la belle Jmage - Note that j is sometimes used where modern French would use i and the e-grave letter è is not used according to modern norms early other date century 18 engraving scan other versions PD-old-100 Jean-Baptiste de Poilly Jacques François Courtin 18th-century fashion 18th-century engraved portraits of women at half length Advice Drawings of dogs Décolleté in art Feathered headdresses Female headgear in art Females with dogs in art Gender-role reversals or women in power Sitting women in art | ||||
