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Concept

Sodomy

Images

  • A devil buggering a man. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A devil buggering a man. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Four cherubs shout out to God requests to punish the four worst sins of mankind: murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and failure to pay due wages. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.
  • A man with open jeans feels his naked torso next to a negative version of the same image, advertising safe sex to prevent HIV and AIDS by the AIDS Action Council, Australia. Colour lithograph, 1994.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Mr Foote's other leg / by Ian Kelly.

    Kelly, Ian, 1966- | Date: 2012
    • Books

    Sodomy in early modern Europe / edited by Tom Betteridge.

    | Date: [2002], ©2002
    • Pictures

    Sexual activities between two homosexual men, promoting safe sex. Lithograph after Sepp Engelmaier (Sepp of Vienna), ca. 2000.

    Engelmaier, Sepp. | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 679341i
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    The wrath of God is aroused against murderers, sodomites, oppressors and swindlers. Engraving attributed to T. Galle, 1601.

    | Date: [1601] | Reference: 31958i
    • Pictures

    A Graeco-Roman cameo depicting sexual intercourse between a man and a boy. Colour process print, 1921.

    | Date: [1921] | Reference: 27806i
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