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"The Spoiled Child" by M. Piot, from a photograph by the Berlin Photographic Company, 1876. Creator: Unknown. "The Spoiled Child" by M. Piot, from a photograph by the Berlin Photographic Company, 1876. Creator: Unknown
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"The Spoiled Child" by M. Piot, from a photograph by the Berlin Photographic Company, 1876. Creator: Unknown. "The Spoiled Child" by M. Piot, from a photograph by the Berlin Photographic Company, 1876. Creator: Unknown
"The Spoiled Child" by M. Piot, from a photograph by the Berlin Photographic Company, 1876. It is a thousand pities that ever any little child should be spoiled, but especially the lovely infant whom M. Piot has depicted, with those dark eyes of the deepest feeling, those full lips and soft, round cheeks, inviting the kiss which she is too naughty to deserve or to receive. This wilful little woman must not be allowed to have her own way, or she will grow up a perfect torment and terror...fit only to be made a heroine of modern romance in the hands of some contemporary literary patroness of female moral monstrosities...It is frightful to think of her between sixteen and twenty-six years of age, if she be indulged in such fits of passion at three or four; and we hope that her governess or nursemaid will have been duly authorised to chasten this vehemence of disposition before it is too late'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876
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The Spoiled Child
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by M. Piot, captured in a photograph by the Berlin Photographic Company in 1876, presents an image of a young girl on the brink of defiance and rebellion. The photograph, taken over a century ago, has been described in the Illustrated London News as depicting a "lovely infant" with "dark eyes of the deepest feeling, full lips, and soft, round cheeks," inviting the kiss that she is too naughty to deserve or receive. The accompanying text in the Illustrated London News laments the potential consequences of spoiling such a child, warning of the dire consequences that may follow if her "wilful little woman" disposition is not curbed. The author paints a vivid picture of the girl growing up to be a "perfect torment and terror," a moral monstrosity that would make for a sensational heroine in contemporary literature. The thought of her between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six, if her "fits of passion" at three or four are not addressed, is described as "frightful." The text implores the girl's governess or nursemaid to take action and chasten her "vehemence of disposition" before it is too late. The photograph, with its poignant caption, serves as a reminder of the importance of discipline and the potential consequences of indulging a child's every whim. The image of "The Spoiled Child" by M. Piot, captured by the Berlin Photographic Company in 1876, remains a powerful commentary on the importance of raising children with love, but also with boundaries and discipline.
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