Erotic photography of the 19th century

Gilbert Tate London, England Portrait of an actress c. Mauresque Five Nude Women. Unknown photographer Woman sitting on a man to engage in coitus Gelatin silver print. Like this: Like Loading All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License ; all unstructured text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply.

Vast amounts of this new pornography, both magazines and films, were smuggled into other parts of Europe, where it was sold "under the counter" or sometimes shown in "members only" cinema clubs. Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Psychology Press. Nudity and the revival of classical subjects were associated from very early on in history of the print, and many prints of subjects from mythological subjects were clearly in part an excuse for erotic material; the engravings of Giovanni Battista Palumba in particular.