Client Collection

The Lawyer's Office, 1628. Creator: Pieter de Bloot
The Lawyer's Office, 1628

Arrest of prostitutes in a Parisian hotel, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Arrest of prostitutes in a Parisian hotel, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1895

Modern aspects of Paris: the Palais de Justice, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Modern aspects of Paris: the Palais de Justice, 1870. '...the Salle des Pas-Perdus has...become transformed into a kind of lounging-place for members of the legal profession

Geisha Ofusa of Amanoya Threatened with Arrest for Indecent Exposure on a Hot Evening, c1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 702

Brothel, 1562. Creator: Joachim Beuckelaer
Brothel, 1562. Animated scenes of carousing in village inns and brothels were enjoyed by 16th-century collectors of paintings in the Netherlands as amusing evidence of the instincts of peasants

Consulting His Lawyer, 1872. Creator: Benjamin Vautier
Consulting His Lawyer, 1872. A country lawyer in outmoded costume is seated beside a cluttered desk perusing some documents

The Geisha Umekichi Imploring Nakajima Seibi to Leave Her and Return to His Studies, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Geisha Umekichi Imploring Nakajima Seibi to Leave Her and Return to His Studies, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 463

Entrez donc, monsieur...ne vous gênez pas... 1847. Creator: Honore Daumier
Entrez donc, monsieur...ne vous genez pas... 1847. Hesitant client arrives at an artist's studio where a nude female model is posing: Enter monsieur, don't worry...'

The Procuress, after 1623. Creator: Unknown
The Procuress, after 1623

A Barbershop, 1673. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
A Barbershop, 1673

Party in a Brothel, c.1540. Creator: Workshop of the Brunswijkse Monogrammist
Party in a Brothel, c.1540. Men and women drinking and embracing each other. A woman uses a waffle iron to cook waffles at the fireplace on the right

The Six Immortals of Poetry, Abbreviated, c. 1795. Creator: Chokosai Eisho
The Six Immortals of Poetry, Abbreviated, c. 1795. Three of the most beautiful courtesans in the Yoshiwara pleasure district are depicted, each with a male guest

Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin tewaza)
Hairdresser, from the series " Twelve Types of Womens Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", Japan, c. 1798/99

Courtesan Burning Mosquitoes as Her Guest Arrives, c. 1772 / 73. Creator: Shiba Kokan
Courtesan Burning Mosquitoes as Her Guest Arrives, c. 1772/73

Solicitor and Client, 1870 / 91. Creator: Charles Samuel Keene
Solicitor and Client, 1870/91

Interior scene of a party with geisha and clients, 1735-1814

Botheration, Dec. 17, 1793. Creator: Samuel Alken
Botheration, Dec. 17, 1793

Botheration, December 21, 1785. Creator: Samuel Alken
Botheration, December 21, 1785

Conseil Juridique, 1919. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
Conseil Juridique, 1919. Scene in court. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

Design for a shop-bill, 1799. Artist: M Merigot
Design for a shop-bill, 1799. The interior of an artists studio or work-shop. A youthful male figure is holding a painting showing a bearded figure

Predatory lawyers, 1770. A gullible citizen between two lawyers; the one on the left knowingly lays his finger to his nose while the other smiles reassuringly at his client in a satire on legal

The finishing touches of a dressmaker, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Les Deux Baisers, 1786, (1902). Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
Les Deux Baisers, 1786. From The Connoisseur Vol. IV [Otto Limited, London, 1902.]

The Lawyer Speaking with the Prevenu, 1925. Artist: Jean Louis Forain
The Lawyer Speaking with the Prevenu, 1925. An etching from Modern Masters of Etching, by JL Forain, (The Studio, London, 1925)

Prostitution, 17th century. Italian engraving showing a prostitute grooming herself (left) while a pimp (right) takes a purse of money from another woman who is entertaining a client

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