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Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Creator: Edouard de Beaumont
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Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Creator: Edouard de Beaumont
Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure, c1860. Beaumont reveals the antagonism among women of different social classes and generations. The harping old hag shrieks at the young woman, while her words are directed to unseen male patrons. She exposes the demure and properly dressed woman as a "demi-mondaine, " hawking her to passersby. The repetition of details makes clear that the jealous crone is a herald of the inevitable fall from grace that awaits the "jolie femme." The knot in the old woman's kerchief mimics the feather that adorns her counterpart's cap. The hag's open collar echoes the other's shawl. The graceful slope of the young woman's shoulders and delicate position of the hands at the waist will eventually give way to the hunched back and defiant gesture of her elder. Beaumont's visual dialogue between the two figures and the crude caption beneath tell a grim story in which the beholder is morally implicated
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Edouard de Beaumont's painting "Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure," created in 1860, captures a tense and poignant moment between two women, each representing different generations and social classes. The old hag, with a contorted face and wild, disheveled hair, shouts derisively at the young, demurely dressed woman. Her words, though not directly addressed to the viewer, seem to be intended for unseen male patrons. The old woman exposes the young woman as a "demi-mondaine," a woman living off the proceeds of her relationships with men, hawking herself to passersby. The repetition of details in the painting, such as the knot in the old woman's kerchief mirroring the feather in the young woman's cap, and the open collar of the old woman's dress echoing the young woman's shawl, underscores the inevitable fall from grace that awaits the "jolie femme." The young woman's graceful shoulders and delicate hands at the waist will eventually give way to the hunched back and defiant gesture of her elder. Beaumont's visual dialogue between the two figures and the crude caption beneath the painting adds to the grim story. The caption, which is not mentioned in the company's description, reads "Here is the Pleasure, Sirs, Here is the Pleasure," implying that the beholder is morally implicated in the transaction taking place between the two women. The painting offers a stark commentary on the antagonism between women, the passage of time, and the societal expectations placed upon women of different classes.
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