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Sexual Arousal

Arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Sexual Arousal

13 images from works
  • Two naked men taking penis toys out of a dishwasher; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.
  • A lady buys some black garters to cheer up her sick husband. Wood engraving, c. 1900.
  • A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.
  • A male dwarf sexually aroused by a sleeping female dwarf. Coloured etching by M. Engelbrecht, after 1715.
  • List of sexual practices and risk of HIV infection; ninth of sixteen advertisement posters by the American Red Cross promoting education about AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • An old gallant is hosed down by two interfering young men; thus preventing any over-heating of the old lecher's heart. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Bach.
  • Rules for safe, potentially unsafe and unsafe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • A man wearing a devil's horned mask and a condom prepares to have anal sex with another man dressed up as an angel with wings who lies down on draped materials; with the message: "Put a condom on and dive into pleasure without playing with fire"; an advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1 December 1992 by ARIS (Association of gays and lesbians in Lyon). Lithograph by Félix [?].

Works from the collections

26 works

    • Archives and manuscripts

    "Sex. Indoors at last"

    Meredith, David Thomas, active approximately 1975-1989. | Date: 23 December 1975 | Reference: 3010610i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.

    Claude-Marie Dubufe | Date: 1st May, 1830 | Reference: 563686i
    • Books

    How to achieve sexual ecstasy / by Stephan Gregory.

    Gregory, Stephan | Date: 1969
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Two naked men taking penis toys out of a dishwasher; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 667734i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Rules for safe, potentially unsafe and unsafe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1980 and 1989] | Reference: 669568i
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Related topics

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Safe Sex
Sexual Behavior
Sex (Psychology)
Sexuality
HIV Infections
Gay men
Oral sex
Masturbation
Condoms

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