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(French, 1811–1847)
Attention, Mr. Jobard votre chien est en arrêt... (Look out, Mr. Jobard, your dog is pointing...),
first half 19th century
Lithograph
General Acquisitions Fund, 1951.80.5
The adjective jobard describes a person who is naïve or gullible; a jobard is a dupe or a sucker. Poor Mr. Jobard doesn’t know the first thing about hunting, except that it’s what all the fashionable people are doing.
—Attention, Mr. Jobard votre chien est en arrêt...
(Mr. Jobard) —Tout beau ! ... tout beau !! ... tout beau !!! azor.
—Look out, Mr. Jobard, your dog is pointing...
(Mr. Jobard) Easy does it! … easy does it! ... easy does it!!! ‘atta boy.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Attention, Mr. Jobard...
Benjamin Roubaud (French, 1811–1847) Attention, Mr. Jobard votre chien est en arrêt... (Look out, Mr. Jobard, your dog is pointing...), first half 19th century Lithograph General Acquisitions Fund, 1951.80.5
The adjective jobard describes a person who is naïve or gullible; a jobard is a dupe or a sucker. Poor Mr. Jobard doesn’t know the first thing about hunting, except that it’s what all the fashionable people are doing.
—Attention, Mr. Jobard votre chien est en arrêt... (Mr. Jobard) —Tout beau ! ... tout beau !! ... tout beau !!! azor.
—Look out, Mr. Jobard, your dog is pointing... (Mr. Jobard) Easy does it! … easy does it! ... easy does it!!! ‘atta boy.