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Courtesans

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  • A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.
  • An Indian man selling alcohol to a couple. Gouache drawing.
  • A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • A man holding a parrot accompanied by a courtesan. Gouache drawing.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: [1796/98] | Reference: 36742i
    • Pictures
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    A sepoy in the service of the East India Company, with a woman (courtesan?) on the right. Gouache, 18--.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 728136i
    Part of: Indian practitioners of crafts, trades and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
    • Books

    Prostitutes and courtesans in the ancient world / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Laura K. McClure.

    | Date: [2006], ©2006
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    English courtesans being sold at auction to British and Asian men in a port controlled by the East India Company. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, ca. 1815, after J. Gillray.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: [between 1810 and 1819?] | Reference: 571247i
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    A man holding a parrot accompanied by a courtesan. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 28709i
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