Seduction Collection (page 4)

St Valentine's Day in the time of the Georges (engraving)
8631208 St Valentine's Day in the time of the Georges (engraving) by Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Valentine's Day in the time of the Georges)

Can't help loving that man of mine! (colour litho)
8672529 Can't help loving that man of mine! (colour litho) by Richardson, Agnes (1854-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Can't help loving that man of mine!" Cute couple)

I'm saying it with flowers (colour litho)
8672524 I'm saying it with flowers (colour litho) by Richardson, Agnes (1854-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I'm saying it with flowers." Cute couple)

Good night, everybody - good night! (colour litho)
8672619 Good night, everybody - good night! (colour litho) by Richardson, Agnes (1854-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Good night, everybody - good night!" Cute couple in bed)

Soldiers and a maid (colour litho)
8656352 Soldiers and a maid (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soldiers and a maid. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Well! Who's to be my affinity? (colour litho)
8656207 Well! Who's to be my affinity? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Well! Who's to be my affinity? (Find the man)

Fancies! But - (colour litho)
8656666 Fancies! But - (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fancies! But - Male suitors for a woman's hand and their failings)

And would you love me just as much if I were poor, George? (colour litho)
8656591 And would you love me just as much if I were poor, George? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Oh, what wonderful things one little girlie can do! (colour litho)
8656463 Oh, what wonderful things one little girlie can do! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oh, what wonderful things one little girlie can do)

Let this little message be a loving tie twixt you and me (colour litho)
8656417 Let this little message be a loving tie twixt you and me (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Do you mean business young man or are you only fooling? (colour litho)
8656311 Do you mean business young man or are you only fooling? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Will you be mine (colour litho)
8656137 Will you be mine (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Will you be mine. Couple in the moonlight. Postcard, early 20th century)

Sweets to the sweet! (colour litho)
8656229 Sweets to the sweet! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sweets to the sweet! All that is best, that best I wish you)

Soldier embracing his lover (coloured photo)
8656226 Soldier embracing his lover (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Don't call on your best girl in the morning (colour litho)
8656213 Don't call on your best girl in the morning (colour litho) by Sarg, Tony (1880-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Don't call on your best girl in the morning)

Tommy make room for your uncle (colour litho)
8656208 Tommy make room for your uncle (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tommy make room for your uncle. Man trying to get close to a young woman)

Small man offering his heart to a tall woman (colour litho)
8656015 Small man offering his heart to a tall woman (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Small man offering his heart to a tall woman)

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Hard luck! Too late (colour litho)
8656891 Hard luck! Too late (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hard luck! Too late)

One on each finger (colour litho)
8656784 One on each finger (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: One on each finger. A woman's hands with a man's head on each finger)

The Successful Fortune Hunter, Or Captain Shelalee leading Miss Marrowfat to the temple of hymen
1000889 The Successful Fortune Hunter, Or Captain Shelalee leading Miss Marrowfat to the temple of hymen, after Thomas Rowlandson, 1802

R for Romance, 1908 (photo)
8713227 R for Romance, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

La Mestiza. 1887 (painting)
AIS5332928 La Mestiza. 1887 (painting); Victor Balaguer Museum-library, Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain; (add.info.: Vilanova i la Geltru. Victor Balaguer Museum-Library); Photo © Rotger/AIC

Love is blind (litho)
8655894 Love is blind (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Love is blind. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Marin and his fiancee: poetic postcard " Your sweet memory has my fervent thinking/will follow me not to his
JAB5035209 Marin and his fiancee: poetic postcard " Your sweet memory has my fervent thinking/will follow me not to his touching shadow." The beginning of the 20th century. Coll

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, known as Mata Hari (1876-1917) dancing. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5035202 Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, known as Mata Hari (1876-1917) dancing. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century. Coll

Hat, fashion, greeting card "Merry Christmas" from the beginning of the 20th century. Coll. Jaime Abecasis
JAB5035176 Hat, fashion, greeting card "Merry Christmas" from the beginning of the 20th century. Coll. Jaime Abecasis; (add.info.: Hat, fashion)

Attachment of Alsace Lorraine during World War I: French soldier and Alsatian woman talking. Postcard, 1914-1918
JAB5035131 Attachment of Alsace Lorraine during World War I: French soldier and Alsatian woman talking. Postcard, 1914-1918.; (add.info.: Attachment of Alsace Lorraine during World War I)

Seduction in love. postcard beginning 20th century
JAB5037258 Seduction in love. postcard beginning 20th century.; (add.info.: Seduction in love. postcard beginning 20th century.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Cover of " Le Lire rouge", Satirique en Couleurs, 1916_11_18: L'opinion de nenette - Guerre de 14 -18
ICA4845755 Cover of " Le Lire rouge", Satirique en Couleurs, 1916_11_18: L'opinion de nenette - Guerre de 14 -18, Medical, Vie du soldat

Giovanni Giacomo Casanova with one of his conquests, 19th century (engraving)
ELD4835473 Giovanni Giacomo Casanova with one of his conquests, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and writer

Valentine's Day greeting card: man and woman enlaces. 19th century chromolithography
IMB4827411 Valentine's Day greeting card: man and woman enlaces. 19th century chromolithography.; (add.info.: Valentine's Day greeting card: man and woman enlaces)

Couple in love: the man grips a heart on a trunk of abre before leaving his beloved to go to war
IMB4935762 Couple in love: the man grips a heart on a trunk of abre before leaving his beloved to go to war (First World War 1914-1918)

Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B, 1902_8_20: Amour - Illustration by H. Gerbault (1863-1930)
ICA4937789 Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B, 1902_8_20: Amour - Illustration by H. Gerbault (1863-1930); (add.info.: Cover of " L'Indiscret")

Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (1585-1642) making advances to the Queen of Anne of Austria (1601-1666)
ELD4927440 Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (1585-1642) making advances to the Queen of Anne of Austria (1601-1666)

Couple hugging. Photograph around 1915
IMB4936333 Couple hugging. Photograph around 1915.; (add.info.: Couple hugging. Photograph around 1915.); © Imagebroker

Valentine's Day (declaration of love): romantic couple inside an envelope decoree of heart. Photography around 1915
IMB4934940 Valentine's Day (declaration of love): romantic couple inside an envelope decoree of heart. Photography around 1915.; (add.info.: Valentine's Day (declaration of love)

A Maja, 1770s (oil on canvas)
CUL4935219 A Maja, 1770s (oil on canvas); 82x55 cm; (add.info.: CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814) Costumbrism Museo de Cadiz); AIC

Couple with a military of the first world war, 1914-1918 (postcard)
FGL5493285 Couple with a military of the first world war, 1914-1918 (postcard); (add.info.: Couple with military of the first world war)

Couple of smoker in love: the smoke of their cigarette draws two hearts, 1910 (postcard)
FGL5493228 Couple of smoker in love: the smoke of their cigarette draws two hearts, 1910 (postcard); Fototeca Gilardi

Trysting-time (rendezvous), refers to a story with the same title
MMM5484767 Trysting-time (rendezvous), refers to a story with the same title by Rolls, Charles (1799-1885); National Maritime Museum, London

Win the Gloves, relating to the story of the same title edited by William Henry Harrison in 1838
MMM5484720 Win the Gloves, relating to the story of the same title edited by William Henry Harrison in 1838. Engraving by Henry James Richter; R Staines, ca

The Abandoned, relating to the story of the same title, edited by William Henry Harrison
MMM5484681 The Abandoned, relating to the story of the same title, edited by William Henry Harrison; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The Abandoned)

Female civil servant: Residents of a city accusing the new post office employee, circa 1905
NWI4957995 Female civil servant: Residents of a city accusing the new post office employee, circa 1905. Reproduction of an illustration from 1905.; (add.info.: Female civil servant)

Civilization of Antiquit: Priest of Dionysus playing music for a young woman, Ancient Greece
NWI4862693 Civilization of Antiquit: Priest of Dionysus playing music for a young woman, Ancient Greece. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Civilization of Antiquit)

Theodore le maitre de piano posing les doigts de clarisse sur les touches sous les yeux de son lover Duveyrier
ELD4895656 Theodore le maitre de piano posing les doigts de clarisse sur les touches sous les yeux de son lover Duveyrier

Portrait of Marie Caroline Laparcerie known as Cora Laparcerie (1875-1951) in 1902
JAB4119063 Portrait of Marie Caroline Laparcerie known as Cora Laparcerie (1875-1951) in 1902; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Portrait of Marcelle Demougeot (1876-1931) at the Opera de Paris in 1905
JAB4119062 Portrait of Marcelle Demougeot (1876-1931) at the Opera de Paris in 1905; (add.info.: Portrait of Marcelle Demougeot (1876-1931) at the Opera de Paris in 1905); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

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"Seduction: A Timeless Art Captured in Masterpieces" From the alluring gaze of the Venus of Urbino to the playful charm of a pin-up calendar girl, it has been an eternal theme that transcends time. Artists like Titian and David Wright have skillfully depicted this captivating dance between desire and temptation throughout history. In 1538, Titian's masterpiece, the Venus of Urbino, mesmerized viewers with its sensual portrayal of a reclining woman. Her inviting pose and provocative expression invite us into her world, where seduction reigns supreme. Fast forward to 1950 when David Wright's pin-up calendar girl graced walls across the globe. With her coy smile and flirtatious demeanor, she became an icon of allure for generations to come. Even in times of war, seduction played its part. The propaganda poster "careless talk costs lives" warned against loose lips while subtly hinting at the consequences that could arise from succumbing to temptation. The biblical tale captured by Jan Brueghel depicts animals entering Noah's Ark but also symbolizes mankind's struggle with temptation. As they resist their primal instincts, we are reminded that even in our most vulnerable moments, seduction lurks nearby. Sir Gawain faced his own battle with temptation as Lady Bercilak tested his loyalty in Arthurian legend. The Temptation of Sir Gawain showcases how easily one can be swayed by desires yet also highlights the strength it takes to resist them. David Wright continued his exploration of sensuality through art with pieces like Warpaint and Topless Woman. These evocative works celebrate feminine beauty while leaving much to imagination – a delicate balance between revealing just enough without giving away everything. Reginald Higgins' Strange Incense adds an air of mystery as swirling smoke intertwines with human figures. It reminds us that sometimes seduction lies not only in physical form but also in the intangible, captivating our senses and leading us astray.