The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic hero at the Richmond Theatre. Print shows a smiling man, platonic love, on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, The Maid of Drury and The Maid of the Oaks. Caption beneath the title reads: The more you whip a spaniel the fonder he grows.. Date 1787 April 20th. The way to keep him, or the female flagellants attacking the platonic hero at the Richmond Theatre. Print shows a smiling man, platonic love, on one knee as three women beat him with whips made of bulrushes(?); on the wall in the background are two portraits, The Maid of Drury and The Maid of the Oaks. Caption beneath the title reads: The more you whip a spaniel the fonder he grows.. Date 1787 April 20th.