A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern.

  • Iwan Bloch
Date:
1936
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 25 shows a Turk sitting on a carpet and regarding a large number of women standing in front of him in two rows. No. 28 represents a cloister. We see a monk and two nuns, with the altar and crucifix in the background. No. 29. 'Rural Sports, or Coney Hunting.' Three girls are admired by an old man sitting on a fence. Behind him stands a young man. No. 30 represents a room in a castle. A young couple lying on a couch are surprised by an armed ghost. No. 31. A young woman is being watched by an old man with a large wig through a pair of spectacles. This is an imitation of another etching entitled ' The Connoisseur \ No. 34. A pretty girl is sitting in an armchair. In the foreground there is a person sitting on a pedestal, the bust of a woman, and a dildo. No. 35. ' Fantocinni.' This is an interior. There is a man leaning against a barrel-organ, and in front of him a woman watching a Punch and Judy show. The man is holding a trumpet to the woman's posterior. No. 36. A girl is being eyed by ten men in large wigs. No. 37. A laughing girl is eyed by two men. No. 39. An old man and a girl are swinging on two swings. The old man is very ugly and wears top boots with spurs and eyeglasses. No. 40. Interior of a cloister. A nun with a dildo. An old man is just entering her cell. No. 41. A young girl being eyed by six men. There is a vaseful of dildoes. No. 43. Interior of a stable. Love scene between a hunter and a beautiful woman. No. 44 represents an elegantly furnished room with a large antique vase. Love scene between a youth and a girl. No. 45 is entitled: ' Empress of Russia Reviewing her Bodyguard.' [641]