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Whips

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Implements, utensils, etc.

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Images from the collections

Images about Whips

12 images from works
  • Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.
  • Xanthippe rides on the back of Socrates with a whip in her hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith after HG.
  • Christ, tied to a column, being whipped by two men. Engraving after A. Durer, 1512.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, saints and martyrs (known as the 'Madonna del Rosario') Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1619-21.
  • Christ beaten and mocked before Caiaphas. Etching by J. Callot, 1630.
  • The binding and flagellation of Christ. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • Christ lies on the ground, beaten and mocked. Etching by L. Simonneau after himself.
  • The flagellation of Christ. Etching by H. Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • The dead Christ with the Virgin Mary and angels with Saint Petronius, Saint Dominic, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Florian (all patron saints of Bologna) below. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • Hyde Park, near Kensington Palace: ladies and children drinking from a spring and eating a picnic. Engraving by J. Godby, 1802, after Mary Spilsbury.
  • Sadomasochism leather gear including a mask, a dildo, handcuffs, nipple piercing chains, a collar and a whip; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by J. Mang and Trash Line Design for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.

Works from the collections

208 works

    • Books

    Love is.... Divine : latest additions / Divine.

    Divine (Firm, Earls Barton, England) | Date: [2002?]
    • Ephemera

    Tie u now....whip u later : new, open late, near Baker Street.

    | Date: [1992]
    • Ephemera

    Pleasure bound.

    | Date: [1992]
    • Ephemera

    Black mistress, loves slaves.

    | Date: [1992]
    • Ephemera

    Mayfair's new strict mistress.

    | Date: [1993]
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Related topics

Prostitutes
Prostitution
Sex
London
Sadomasochism
Sexual dominance and submission
Corporal punishment
Bondage (Sexual behavior)
Transvestism
Women, Black

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