Okay, they're not cancan images, but is anyone complaining about such perfect royal flashes? These "Fannies" must have made the opposition flub a shot or 13. I wonder how.
See the full-sized originals at:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa8ef1759e7513e183cbb6cd66687afe/tumblr_n3x9cl1daU1qfbon7o1_1280.jpg
http://www.museedelaboule.com/gravures/fanny7.jpg
The artists are not identified.
Apparently kissing Fanny is a long standing French tradition in the game of boules (or petanque) when the defeated team loses 13-0:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrasser_Fanny
(includes an amusing postcard with a real-life Belle Epoque "Fanny")
http://www.museedelaboule.com/fanny.htm
http://www.marvellous-provence.com/activities-and-sports/petanque/in-praise-of-fanny
Other "Fannies" (avec and sans culottes):
http://olderoticart.tumblr.com/post/82576706882
http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/150/217/282_001.jpg
http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/001/013/831/603_001.jpg?v=1
http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/098/336/932_001.jpg?v=1
http://cheznectarine.c.h.pic.centerblog.net/o/d346a202.jpg
http://www.petanque.org/postcards/pictures/large/13-0_Fanny.jpg
http://www.petanque.org/postcards/card/806.html
http://www.petanque.org/postcards/card/1250.html
http://www.museedelaboule.com/gravures/fanny8.jpg
http://www.ferslevkreds57.dk/Photochrom_50316_Fanny.jpg
http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/093/887/239_001.jpg
http://club.quomodo.com/petanque-club-de-cernay/uploads/images/12/100908_110341.jpg
http://club.quomodo.com/petanque-club-de-cernay/uploads/images/12/100908_110341.jpg
http://rlv.zcache.com/petanque_fanny_badge_pins-rf688b04dc4b54d369392e4cadf405a6c_x7j1a_8byvr_512.jpg?bg=0xffffff
http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,185272423,var,PETANQUE--FANNY-indique-le-score-a-laide-des-curseurs-sur-les-cotes--2-scans,language,E.html
http://cheznectarine.centerblog.net/voir-photo?u=http://cheznectarine.c.h.pic.centerblog.net/o/5a9be460.jpg
http://cheznectarine.centerblog.net/voir-photo?u=http://cheznectarine.c.h.pic.centerblog.net/o/e1acc705.jpg
Other examples of symbolic Fannies abound.
