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Wealthy prostitutes who ruled the French capital from their beds pose in notorious 19th Century [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 22, 2019 | Julian Robinson

Posted on 01/22/2019 6:55:38 AM PST by C19fan

From a courtesan famed for her wealth to a mistress of a future King of England, these are the women who ruled Paris from their bed.

Photos show prostitutes who featured in 'The Pretty Women of Paris' - the nineteenth century directory for the French capital's best courtesans and brothels.

Published in 1883 and limited to 169 copies, the notorious guide listed the names of the city's most famous scarlet women - along with their addresses, qualities and faults.

The handbook - which was aimed at visiting English gentlemen in Paris - meticulously described the sexual specialities and background of every prostitute.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: prostitution; victorian
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To: RedMonqey

“Tertiary syphilis may impair one’s sight.”

Or mind....


21 posted on 01/22/2019 7:31:28 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: BenLurkin

Its leased!


22 posted on 01/22/2019 7:40:15 AM PST by Reily
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To: RedMonqey

Anyway Lillie Langtry has them all beat!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillie_Langtry


23 posted on 01/22/2019 7:41:02 AM PST by Reily
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To: jonrick46

Can you imagine? If those are the ones you had to pay for, how bad were the ones men were marrying? Heh.

I better go run, duck and cover now.


24 posted on 01/22/2019 7:51:13 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: C19fan

Hmmm....sounds like a movie pitch to me.


25 posted on 01/22/2019 8:20:12 AM PST by Jimmu
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To: C19fan
Very interesting. Really obvious how standards of beauty have changed through the years. I was surprised how heavy nearly all the women were. Of course, they had real breasts, not fake ones pumped with silicone - or whatever it is they do today. Also, there was a definite degree of propriety shown in most of the photos. If I hadn’t known that these women were prostitutes I wouldn’t have figured it out in most cases.
26 posted on 01/22/2019 8:47:59 AM PST by Nevadan
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To: C19fan

Wealthy prostitutes who ruled the Congress and Senate from their beds.

Some things never change lobbyists wink.


27 posted on 01/22/2019 9:09:09 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Bulwyf

Look at what Mr. Pelosi married. There’s a reason obamy likes the boys over what he married. Is it any wonder BJ Clinton is a philanderer.


28 posted on 01/22/2019 9:28:02 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.S)
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To: C19fan

The real history of prostitution in the UK is a story that amazes people today. Read all about in the work entitled City of Sin: London and Its Vices by Catharine Arnold.


29 posted on 01/22/2019 9:37:36 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat ("What goes unsaid eventually goes unthought." VDARE)
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To: C19fan

These ‘wealthy’ women must have inherited, because, with those faces, they sure didn’t earn it.


30 posted on 01/22/2019 12:12:36 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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