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The life of Mother Gaudichon and her dog, / Will serve you for pleasure immediately / La mère Gaudichon et son chien Zozo, / Vous seront rire gentil coco
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with 16 depictions from the life of Miss Gaudichon and her dog. The dog can perform various tricks, including standing on its head, smoking a pipe, playing the flute, spinning, and being dressed with shoes, trousers, jacket, and vest. Below each image a two-line verse in Dutch and French. Numbered at the top center: n 69.
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Credit lineHet leven van moeder Gaudichon en haer hond, / Zal u dienen tot vermaek terstond / La mère Gaudichon et son chien Zozo, / Vous seront rire gentil coco. 1856 - 1900. Glenisson & Zonen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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The life of Mother Gaudichon and her dog, / Will serve you for pleasure immediately / La mère Gaudichon et son chien Zozo, / Vous seront rire gentil coco
The life of Mother Gaudichon and her dog, / Will serve you for pleasure immediately / La mère Gaudichon et son chien Zozo, / Vous seront rire gentil coco
Teach children, from this print, to always behave well, / And follow no evil ones, but stay on the path of virtue. / Then you will please every man at all times, / Then time will fly by in inner joy
Come Now, Dear Girls, You Flowers of Virtue, / I Hope This Print Has Delighted You a Little / If This Is So, I Join with Van Alphen in Crying, / First Give as a Reward a Kiss or Two
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Appropriate rustic play may amuse you, O youth / But follow no prank of Till Eulenspiegel; / Remain related to virtue and duty: -- then you will taste joy, / Then this true pleasure rises -- that soul-joy constantly to the top