Wealthy prostitutes who ruled the French capital from their beds pose in notorious 19th Century [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 22, 2019 | Julian Robinson

[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.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

“Tertiary syphilis may impair one’s sight.”

Or mind....

[Reily]

Its leased!

[Reily]

Anyway Lillie Langtry has them all beat!

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

[Bulwyf]

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.

[Jimmu]

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

[Nevadan]

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.

[Vaduz]

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

Some things never change lobbyists wink.

[bgill]

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.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

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.

[Jack Hammer]

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