Victorian Sex Was Bizarre And Filled With Contradictions

Part of an antique smut series circa s Paris, the rest of the series can be found in the collection at Delta of Venus Vintage Erotica. Vintage postcards like these blur the lines between painting and photography — the original photograph embellished by ink and charcoal, then later tinted by watercolors. This one is French and most likely from the s or s. A subtle eroticism, and a hybrid of faux-Greco classicism and Victorian aesthetics. More antique erotic postcards can be found in the archives at Delta of Venus Vintage Erotica.