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Buttocks

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  • Fisting and dildos : arse facts 3, damage control / GMFA.
  • A man's bottom with an aneurism on the buttock and scrotum. Coloured stipple etching by J. Grant after J. Bell, ca. 1815.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • A back view of the muscles of the thigh, intact but slightly separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • A Frenchman receiving an enema from a Hungarian apothecary by order of a Dutch doctor. Etching, 1742.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.

    | Reference: 3096i
    • Pictures
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    A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.

    Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569. | Date: c. 1610 | Reference: 17505i
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    A back view of the muscles of the thigh, intact but slightly separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28074i
    • Books

    Post-butt : the power of the image / Melani De Luca.

    De Luca, Melani | Date: [2019]
    • Books

    Reading from behind : a cultural analysis of the anus / Jonathan A. Allan.

    Allan, Jonathan A., 1983- | Date: [2016]
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