lgbt history in the 19th century

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(Ellen Tremaye alias Edward) de Lacy Evans, c, 1879 by N. White, (5931919437)

(Ellen Tremaye alias Edward) de Lacy Evans, c, 1879 by N. White, (5931...

"The woman of Bendigo always dressed as man" in pen on reverse General Note The image is probably a fake cut-and-paste portrait produced after de lacy Evans was discovered to be a woman in September 1879, after... More

Beardsley, Aubrey - Bathyllus' swan dance (1906)

Beardsley, Aubrey - Bathyllus' swan dance (1906)

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Beardsley, Aubrey 1872-1898 - Bathyllus taking the pose (1896)

Beardsley, Aubrey 1872-1898 - Bathyllus taking the pose (1896)

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Hiroshige-shunga3

Hiroshige-shunga3

Shunga at Fukuroi-juku (袋井宿). Fukuroi-juku was the twenty-seventh of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. Español: Shunga en Fukuroi-juku (袋井宿). Fukuroi-juku fue la vigésima séptima de las cincuenta y tre... More

Plüschow, Wilhelm von (1852-1930) - n. 7691 - Abbraccio di due ragazzi nudi - Beautés siciliennes, p. 81 - Cm 17,5x23

Plüschow, Wilhelm von (1852-1930) - n. 7691 - Abbraccio di due ragazzi...

Italiano: Wilhelm von Plüschow (1852-1930). Abbraccio di due ragazzi nudi. Numero di catalogo: 7691. Cm 17,5x23. Il ragazzo sulla sinistra, che sta provocando il suo compagno, è Pasquale Stracuzzi, uno dei mod... More

Hylas by H.W. Bissen, 1846 - Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - Copenhagen - DSC09524

Hylas by H.W. Bissen, 1846 - Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - Copenhagen - DSC...

Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798–1868), Hylas (1846). Exhibit in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Dantes Plads 7, Copenhagen, Denmark. The museum permitted photography without restriction. This artwork is now in the pub... More

Goya, El maricón de la tía Gila (Prado)

Goya, El maricón de la tía Gila (Prado)

Español: Goya: "El maricón de la tía Gila". Álbum C, 38 (1808-1814). Aguada, Pincel, Tinta de hollín sobre papel verjurado, 206 x 142 mm. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) - Spanish paint... More

Hylas and the Water Nymphs - Thorvaldsens Museum - DSC08619

Hylas and the Water Nymphs - Thorvaldsens Museum - DSC08619

Sculpture in Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. Sculptor: Bertel Thorvaldsen (c. 1770-1844). Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction. This artwork is now in the public domain because ... More

Tremayne

Tremayne

"The woman of Bendigo always dressed as man" in pen on reverse General Note The image is probably a fake cut-and-paste portrait produced after de lacy Evans was discovered to be a woman in September 1879, after... More

Der Raub Des Hylas - Carl Ferdinand Sohn (1830)

Der Raub Des Hylas - Carl Ferdinand Sohn (1830)

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Griepenkerl, Aphrodite Urania - Public domain portrait painting

Griepenkerl, Aphrodite Urania - Public domain portrait painting

Ceiling painting above the grand staircase of the Oldenburg Augusteum Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Griepenkerl, Venus Urania - Public domain scan of painting

Griepenkerl, Venus Urania - Public domain scan of painting

Ceiling painting above the grand staircase in the Oldenburg Augusteum Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hylas and a Nymph - French School

Hylas and a Nymph - French School

Although entitled Hylas and a Nymph-the singular encounter of one male and one female point that it probably shows the mythological story of the nymph Salmacis seducing the youth Hermaphroditus

Young Hylas with the Water Nymphs by William Etty

Young Hylas with the Water Nymphs by William Etty

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Vienna Buffet c.1900

Vienna Buffet c.1900

Vienna Buffet c.1900m, Court St., Los Angeles

Peterson 302

Peterson 302

Fig. 302. - Two imbeciles, one epileptic and one of unknown origin (both homosexual perverts).

Percy Jocelyn Bishop of Clogher by Cruikshank

Percy Jocelyn Bishop of Clogher by Cruikshank

The Bishop of Clogher arrested in 1822 for homosexual act with a soldier; caricature by Cruikshank

Edith Lees and Havelock Ellis (31909059920)
Hijra Indian entertainers (c. 1865)

Hijra Indian entertainers (c. 1865)

Hijra Indian entertainers

Letter of King Karl I. of Württemberg to Charles Woodcock

Letter of King Karl I. of Württemberg to Charles Woodcock

Letter of King Karl I. of Württemberg to Charles Woodcock

Rolfedisegno1891, Italy

Rolfedisegno1891, Italy

Frederick Rolfe (1860-1913): male nude, 1891. Italiano: Frederick Rolfe (1860-1913): nudo maschile, 1891.

Shunga lesbiennes - A painting of two women in a room

Shunga lesbiennes - A painting of two women in a room

Dansk: Lesbiske har sex med en harikata (dildo) English: Lesbians having sex by using a harikata (dildo) Español: Lesbianas teniendo relaciones por medio de un harikata (dildo)

Unidentified Artist Untold Stories in Japanese Mythology

Unidentified Artist Untold Stories in Japanese Mythology

Fukurokuju and Hotei from the album, Untold Stories in Japanese Mythology, late 19th century, ink and color on silk, unidentified artist, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 2008.0645

Uranismus(1896) - A black and white image of a diagram
Flandrin, Hippolyte (1805-1864) - Polytès, fils de Priam, observant ecc. (1833-4) - ErosAccademia p. 51

Flandrin, Hippolyte (1805-1864) - Polytès, fils de Priam, observant ec...

Public domain image of drawing or print depicting the male nude figure, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Utamaro shunga homoerotic - Drawing. Public domain image.

Utamaro shunga homoerotic - Drawing. Public domain image.

Monje budista tiene relaciones con un paje del templo (chigo). Public domain photograph of Japanese art, 18th-century Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eliza Edwards, "Extraordinary Investigation", 1833 (cropped)

Eliza Edwards, "Extraordinary Investigation", 1833 (cropped)

An extraordinary investigation, 1833 On Monday 28 January 1833 the Sussex Advertiser featured an article about 24-year old actor Eliza Edwards who was found dead. Edwards is taken to St Guys Hospital for an a... More

Eliza Edwards, "Extraordinary Investigation", 1833

Eliza Edwards, "Extraordinary Investigation", 1833

An extraordinary investigation, 1833 On Monday 28 January 1833 the Sussex Advertiser featured an article about 24-year old actor Eliza Edwards who was found dead. Edwards is taken to St Guys Hospital for an au... More

Gedeón (27 de octubre de 1898) - El gran cisma del partido gobernante

Gedeón (27 de octubre de 1898) - El gran cisma del partido gobernante

Español: Portada de la revista Gedeón del 27/10/1898. Los ministros y parlamentarios del partido liberal con barba y frac se pelean, mientras dos mariquitas, vestidos en ropa de mujer, miran y dicen: «-¡Ay, hi... More

193T - Danseuse Arabe . ND Phot

193T - Danseuse Arabe . ND Phot

Ottoman köçek dancer "Danseuse Arabe", postcard photograph.

Femminiello - An old photo of a woman in a dress

Femminiello - An old photo of a woman in a dress

Portrait of Dina Alma de Paradeda, a transvestite, who committed suicide. Taken in Naples. A scanned image from Usi e costumi dei camorristi (1897); Gambella, Naples. Reprint: Edizioni del Delfino, Naples, 197... More

Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen - 1899

Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen - 1899

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Kitagawa Utamaro 1753 – 1806 Male Couple c 1802 size half-size oban horizontal yoko-e 16-3 x 36-2 cms woodblock color print

Kitagawa Utamaro 1753 – 1806 Male Couple c 1802 size half-size oban ho...

Public domain photograph of 17th, 18th, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lining up to use a boy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lining up to use a boy - Drawing. Public domain image.

an Ottoman miniature from the book Sawaqub al-Manaquib depicting a young male being used by a group of men for anal sex. A description and print of this image can be found in "Homosexualities" (2002), Stephen ... More

Mieli Aldo - L'amore omosessuale

Mieli Aldo - L'amore omosessuale

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Permission-de-travestissement 1862

Permission-de-travestissement 1862

Français : Permission de travestissement accordée par le préfet de police à Adèle Sidonie Louis le 28 octobre 1862

Pietro Fabiani, Inversioni sessuali, Partenoepa, Napoli 1900

Pietro Fabiani, Inversioni sessuali, Partenoepa, Napoli 1900

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Bertel Thorvaldsen - Hylas and the Water Nymphs, - Google Art Project

Bertel Thorvaldsen - Hylas and the Water Nymphs, - Google Art Project

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bertel Thorvaldsen - Hylas and the Water Nymphs - Google Art Project

Bertel Thorvaldsen - Hylas and the Water Nymphs - Google Art Project

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Lady Strachan and Lady Warwick making love in a park

Lady Strachan and Lady Warwick making love in a park

Lady Strachan and Lady Warwick making love in a park, while their husbands look on with disapproval. Coloured etching, ca. 1820. Notes from previously-uploaded monochrome image File:Love-a-la-Mode-Lady-Hamilt... More

Police raid on a drag ball in Hulme

Police raid on a drag ball in Hulme

drawing depicting a police raid on a drag ball in en:Hulme (en:Manchester), in 1880, taken from en:The Illustrated Police News.

The Illustrated Police News - Police raid on a drag ball in Hulme

The Illustrated Police News - Police raid on a drag ball in Hulme

drawing depicting a police raid on a drag ball in en:Hulme (en:Manchester), in 1880, taken from en:The Illustrated Police News.

Francis Leon in costume

Francis Leon in costume

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a 19th-century costume, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dina Alma de Paradeda

Dina Alma de Paradeda

Portrait of Dina Alma de Paradeda, a transvestite, who committed suicide. Taken in Naples. A scanned image from Usi e costumi dei camorristi (1897); Gambella, Naples. Reprint: Edizioni del Delfino, Naples, 197... More

Sheldon Museum. Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, Middlebury Vermont

Sheldon Museum. Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, Middlebury Vermont

Sheldon Museum. Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, Middlebury Vermont

Bowery Queen 1

Bowery Queen 1

Androgyne in the Bowery, in New York City. Likely at the Paresis Hall, a gathering place for gay men and androgynes. The androgynes were considered gay men who attempted to live and dress as women, and who con... More

Bowery Queen 2

Bowery Queen 2

Androgyne in the Bowery, in New York City. Likely at the Paresis Hall, a gathering place for gay men and androgynes. The androgynes were considered gay men who attempted to live and dress as women, and who con... More