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. . ). Date: early 18th century. Medium: engraving.
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