How to keep warm

2nd December 2023

To Sweden today, and the stylish robust linocuts to accompany a classic collection of erotic Scandinavian folk tales, created by the uniquely talented artist Svenolov Ehrén. See them all now by clicking here.

Ooh la la!

1st December 2023

Another talented and original French graphic novel illustrator for you today – Emmanuel Murzeau and his versions of Les Aphrodites and L’Académie des Dames. A knowledge of French helps, but is not essential to appreciate his art! See his work now by clicking here.

By the book

25th November 2023

Ex Libris or bookplates are a very popular miniature form of erotic art, with an international following of connoisseur collectors. Today’s new artist, the Belgian Hedwig Pauwels, is a master of the form, and you can see a selection of his work now by clicking here.

Transgressive fantasies

21st November 2023

‘Bernardo Muñoz is truly a great artist, and Déviances is probably the best erotic comic of the last twenty years.’ So writes fellow comic writer Hernàn Migoya, and we agree! See Déviances now by clicking here, and be impressed.

Up yours

20th November 2023

After much work collecting, collating and improving the images, we bring you today the most complete known collection of 1940s klismaphilia, the erotic use of the enema. A niche kink, but a fascinating one! See the whole Hintern Hoch portfolio now by clicking here.

Sweet innocence

17th November 2023

Pierre Louÿs’ short prose narratives and André Dignimont’s sensitive drawings of young women are the perfect partnership for the 1925 limited edition collection Quatorze Images (Fourteen Pictures). You can see all the illustrations now by clicking here.

Erotika

16th November 2023

A 1940s amuse-bouche for you today, an anonymous portfolio of well-executed sexual fantasies, probably by a Czech artist. All the usual encounters, plus a daring threesome – see them all now by clicking here.

Come up and see my etchings …

15th November 2023

Not the most explicitly erotic images by today’s standards, but in the late 18th century Charles Eisen was the leading French engraver illustrating libertine texts. See the complete plates for Boccaccio’s Decameron and La Fontaine’s stories now by clicking here.

Right royal goings on

14th November 2023

What was it about Spain’s plump Queen Isabella II, her husband Francisco de Paula and her confessor Antonio Maria Claret that was so attractive to 1860s political satirist Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer? Find out and see all his explicit watercolours now by clicking here.

Roman justice?

13th November 2023

It’s a great pleasure to bring you all a new portfolio by Raoul Serres, aka Schem. It’s his illustrations for a 1949 edition of La porte de l’âne (The Donkey Gate), the story of the fate of Antonia, an (understandably) unfaithful Roman woman. See them all now by clicking here.