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Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
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Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Les jets d'eau. Cessés jeunes Beautés d'opposer un rideau/ A cette invention gentille,/ Pour eteindre le feu qui dans vos yeux petille/ Il faudrait bien d'autres jets d'eau. Fragonard del. Auvray sc.

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