Illicit Collection

Illicit / Cuckold 1840
The hunter and his horns

Illicit Whisky Still
An illicit still in Donegal (Ireland)

Arming the Ulster Volunteer Force: Gun-running scenes at Lar
The scene at Larne(20 miles from Belfast), where over 200 tons of guns and ammunitions were unloaded from the disguised steamer Mountjoy by the Ulster Volunteer Force

Wife Catches Husband 19C
Realisation: the wife finds her erring husband dining with two strange women

Mescaline hallucinogenic drug molecule
Mescaline hallucinogenic drug, molecular model. Mescaline is a hallucinogenic drug, produced from the dried tops (buttons) of the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii)

Illicit Activity
Ritvik takkar

Bedroom Scene, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) pub
3025984 Bedroom Scene, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) pub. 1934 (pochoir print) by Barbier

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Civilised and Uncivilised--An Illicit... 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Civilised and Uncivilised--An Illicit Diamond Buyer and his victims, 1890

You will marry me won t you Charlie? (colour litho)
3641741 You will marry me won t you Charlie? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: You will marry me won t you Charlie)

Filippo Lippi and the nun Buti (colour litho)
2797954 Filippo Lippi and the nun Buti (colour litho) by Castagnola, Gabriele (1828-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Filippo Lippi and the nun Buti)

The Lesson Well Learned, 1919 (pochoir print)
781120 The Lesson Well Learned, 1919 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Lecon bien apprise Illustration from La Guirlande)

An Accident in Santander, Divers Looking for the Bodies of the Victims, illustration from Le Petit Journal
XIR217564 An Accident in Santander, Divers Looking for the Bodies of the Victims, illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th November 1893 (coloured engraving) by French School

The Kiss on the Ladder, 1919-21 (pochoir print)
781131 The Kiss on the Ladder, 1919-21 (pochoir print) by Brunelleschi, Umberto (1879-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le baiser sur l echelle Illustration from La Guirlande)

A Couple in Candlelight, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
STC237084 A Couple in Candlelight, illustration from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos (1741-1803) published 1920s (pochoir print) by Barbier

An Idyll (oil on canvas)
OVR374251 An Idyll (oil on canvas) by Heyerdahl, Hans Olaf (1857-1913); 100x80 cm; Drammens Museum, Norway; (add.info.: En Idyll; ); Photo © O. Vaering

Front cover of The Mistress by Jules Renard, 1896 (litho)
472887 Front cover of The Mistress by Jules Renard, 1896 (litho) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 187x125 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Maitresse by Jules Renard (1864-1910) H

The Quiet Husband, print made by John June, c. 1768 (hand-coloured engraving)
695542 The Quiet Husband, print made by John June, c.1768 (hand-coloured engraving) by Collet, John (c.1725-80) (after); The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London, UK; eGeffrye Museum; English

Eloise and Abelard (chromolitho)
971726 Eloise and Abelard (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eloise and Abelard)

Canoe-dling
A spot of Canoe-dling! Date: 1906

Children and Nannies in the Park, from the Tableau de Paris series
CHT173562 Children and Nannies in the Park, from the Tableau de Paris series, engraved by C. Motte, 1827 (colour litho) by Delarue, Fortune (b.1794) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

A Narrow Escape, (oil on panel)
658408 A Narrow Escape, (oil on panel) by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); 45.7x28.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Narrow Escape. Maurice Leloir (1853-1940). Oil on panel

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Seventh night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at
5857398 Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Seventh night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the seventh night, c.1560 (opaque w/c, ink and gold on paper) by Mughal School

A £150 snapshot (colour litho)
3641739 A £ 150 snapshot (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A £ 150 snapshot. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

2 in the Shade by Marchant Smith
Illustration showing a couple on a boat hidden behind a parasol, except a reflection in the river reveals they are enjoying a romantic kiss. 1923

The Intercepted Love Letter, c. 1855-60 (oil on canvas)
AKV406792 The Intercepted Love Letter, c.1855-60 (oil on canvas) by Spitzweg, Carl (1808-85); 54.2x32.3 cm; Private Collection; eAckermann Kunstverlag; German, out of copyright

Check Mate, 1835 (hand-coloured engraving)
2562189 Check Mate, 1835 (hand-coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Romeo and Juliet Kissing Passionately on a Balcony, 1926 (colour litho)
2630016 Romeo and Juliet Kissing Passionately on a Balcony, 1926 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eGraphicaArtis; American, out of copyright

A conspiracy, c. 1905 (pen, brush & ink on paper)
863212 A conspiracy, c.1905 (pen, brush & ink on paper) by Strang, William (1859-1921); Private Collection; Abbott and Holder, London, UK; Scottish, out of copyright

Tirolese Smugglers, 1831 (oil on canvas)
XKH145523 Tirolese Smugglers, 1831 (oil on canvas) by Gensler, Jacob (1808-45); 89x69 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

An Eighteenth-Century Rendezvous, c1744, (1942). Creator: Joseph Highmore
An Eighteenth-Century Rendezvous, c1744, (1942). Illustration to " Pamela" by Samuel Richardson. Published in " Life Among the English", by Rose Macaulay. [Collins, London, 1942]

Helping Herself, 1859 (oil on panel)
WLT207168 Helping Herself, 1859 (oil on panel) by Frere, Pierre Edouard (1819-86); 27x21 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; French, out of copyright

Paolo and Francesca, 1819. Artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Paolo and Francesca, 1819. Found in the collection of the Musee Turpin de Crisse, Angers

Couple exchange a love note behind the back of a cuckold
Cuckold Love - A man and a married woman exchange a love note behind the back of a fool (the womans husband, signified by the horns of a fool)

Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair
Telegram excuse sent by an older man to his wife to disguise the affair he is having with his young Secretary. Date: 1909

The Secret Guest At The College, After The Painting By Thomas Rowlandson. The Students Raise A Girl By A Rope To Their Rooms

Effects of ecstasy on brain function. Computer artwork representing the effects of MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine), or ecstasy, on the nerves (centre) and synapses (nerve junctions)

Sir Agravain, knight of the Round Table who joined with Sir Mordred to tell King Arthur of Lancelot and Guineveres illicit love, killed by Lancelot, top right

A Certain Personage in the Character of a Fool as he perform d it at Whitchurch & elsewhere
XJF909331 A Certain Personage in the Character of a Fool as he perform d it at Whitchurch & elsewhere, 1770 (etching) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

The Private Conversation, 1904 (oil on canvas)
XIR63428 The Private Conversation, 1904 (oil on canvas) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); 69x49 cm; J. Kugel Collection, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

The Elopement, 1792 (w / c with pen & ink over graphite on paper)
XYC283583 The Elopement, 1792 (w/c with pen & ink over graphite on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 27.3x20.3 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English

The Music Master, from Scenes at Bath (w / c & pen and ink on paper)
XYC234024 The Music Master, from Scenes at Bath (w/c & pen and ink on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 12.1x18.7 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English

Illicit Diamond Buying at the Cape, South Africa, 1883: Trapped

Smuggling in the Highlands: the Capture of an Illicit Whisky Still, Uk, 1883

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