Courtesan Collection

Street Walkers, 1786. Artist: Benjamin Smith
Street Walkers, 1786. A fashionably dressed man walking from Old Bond Street into Piccadilly encountering a courtesan

Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver), 1903. Artist: Sebald Beham
Death and the Courtesan (Signed by the Wood-Engraver), 1903. From The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 1 - March to May 1903. [The Burlington Magazine, Limited, London, 1903]

Satire on conjugal fidelity, c.1540. Creator: Vogtherr, Heinrich, the Elder (1490-1556)
Satire on conjugal fidelity, c.1540. Private Collection

The Courtesan Hatsuito, 18th century. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
The Courtesan Hatsuito, 18th century

Bando Shuka as Hashimotoya Shiraito, 1852. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Bando Shuka as Hashimotoya Shiraito, 1852. Kabuki actor in the role of courtesan of the Hashimotoya Restaurant, holding up a gold coin (s)he has just taken from a paper wrapper

Yatsuhashi of Chumanjiya, 1831. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Yatsuhashi of Chumanjiya, 1831

Four Actors in the Roles of Natsume Shirosaburo, Saimenosuke, Katsuragi, and Kijin Omatsu, c1835

Courtesans in a Peony Garden, mid-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Courtesans in a Peony Garden, mid-19th century

Dancing Girls at a Court, c1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing Girls at a Court, c1850

The Story of the Courtesan Jigokudayu and Priest Ikkyu, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Story of the Courtesan Jigokudayu and Priest Ikkyu, 1886. From A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

Wanting to Meet Someone: A Courtesan of the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Wanting to Meet Someone: A Courtesan of the Kaei Period (1848-1853), 1888. From Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of Tamaya from the series Supreme Beauties of the Present Day, 1794

Aimi of Maru Ebiya, 19th century. Creator: Kikugawa Eizan
Aimi of Maru Ebiya, 19th century. Series: Tour of the New Yoshiwara

Returning Sails of Akashi: Koimurasaki of the Tamaya, between c1814 and c1817. Creator: Kikugawa Eizan
Returning Sails of Akashi: Koimurasaki of the Tamaya, between c1814 and c1817. Series: Eight Views of Genji

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House, c1830s. Creator: Ikeda Eisen
The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House, c1830s. Series: Seven Beauties of the Green Houses

Courtesans with Children, c1840. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Courtesans with Children, c1840

No. 3, Shizunoo, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans... 1860-61. Private Collection

No. 27, Tamagiku, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans... 1860-61. Private Collection

Courtesans on Procession from Ehon tokiwagusa (Eternal Flowers, A Picture Book.), 1730. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Courtesans on Procession from Ehon tokiwagusa (Eternal Flowers, A Picture Book.), 1730

Ofuji of Omiya and her Servant, 1856. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Ofuji of Omiya and her Servant, 1856. Man and Woman Playing Hanetsuki

Courtesans of One of the Green Houses: Yaokaya (?), 1776. Creators: Kitao Shigemasa, Shunsho
Courtesans of One of the Green Houses: Yaokaya (?), 1776

The Courtesan Shinahara of Tsuruya with the Kamuro Shinobu, c1800. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Courtesan Shinahara of Tsuruya with the Kamuro Shinobu, c1800

Courtesan Shinohara from the House of Tsuruya, c1804. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Courtesan Shinohara from the House of Tsuruya, c1804

Hana no Hito of Ogiya, 1809-1813. Creator: Kikugawa Eizan
Hana no Hito of Ogiya, 1809-1813

Courtesan with Kamuro and Small Boy, c1830. Creator: Ikeda Eisen
Courtesan with Kamuro and Small Boy, c1830

Courtesan, Late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Tsukioka Sessai
Courtesan, Late 18th-early 19th century

A Beauty of the Matsuba, from the series "Courtesans of the Five Festivals (Yukun gosekku)", ca 1805. Private Collection

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House Attended by Two Kamuro. Creator: Toyokuni, Utagawa (1769-1825)
The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House Attended by Two Kamuro. Private Collection

Savant Singh (Reigned 1748-1757) and Bani Thani in the Guise of Krishna... between c1750 and c1775. Creator: Unknown
Savant Singh (Reigned 1748-1757) and Bani Thani in the Guise of Krishna and Radha Cruising on Lake Gundalao (image 1 of 3), between c1750 and c1775

Courtesan painting, 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Courtesan painting, 19th century

Two Courtesans and Kamuro, 19th century. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni II
Two Courtesans and Kamuro, 19th century

Fête champêtre with Turkish Courtiers under a Tent, c.1720-c.1737. Creator: Jean Baptiste Vanmour
Fete champetre with Turkish Courtiers under a Tent, c.1720-c.1737

Venetian Courtisane, c.1660-c.1687. Creator: Gerard ter Borch I
Venetian Courtisane, c.1660-c.1687

'Madam Mary Davis, actress and Mistress to Charles II, 1815. Creator: Richard Earlom
Madam Mary Davis, actress and Mistress to Charles II, 1815. From From "Portraits of characters illustrious in British History from the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth to the end of

Madame du Barry. Creator: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Madame du Barry

Affiche pour les Folies-Bergère, "Émilienne d'Alençon". c1898. Creator: Jules Cheret
Affiche pour les Folies-Bergere, "Emilienne d'Alencon". c1898. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

'Nelly O'Brien, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Nelly O'Brien, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Saint Thaïs. Creator: Parmigianino
Saint Thais

Courtesan on veranda, 1900-1910. Creator: Ohara, Koson (1877-1945)
Courtesan on veranda, 1900-1910. Private Collection

Seiro Bijin awase. Courtesans of the great houses in Yoshiwara, 1770. Creator: Harunobu, Suzuki (1724-1770)
Seiro Bijin awase. Courtesans of the great houses in Yoshiwara, 1770. Private Collection

Toto Shin Yoshiwara yobidashi. (Toto Shin, a yobidashi of Yoshiwara), ca 1825. Private Collection

Portrait présumé de Ninon de Lenclos. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Portrait presume de Ninon de Lenclos

Officers and Courtesans in an Interior, 19th century. Creator: Constantin Guys
Officers and Courtesans in an Interior, 19th century

Portrait of Apollonie Sabatier (1822-1889), known as "the president", c1850. Creator: Gustave Ricard
Portrait of Apollonie Sabatier (1822-1889), known as "the president", c1850

The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1526. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1526

The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1530. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1530

Prodigal child among courtesans, c1530. Creator: Flemish School
Prodigal child among courtesans, c1530

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Hito-maru Disguised as the Courtesan Chiyozaki, in the... c. 1775. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Hito-maru Disguised as the Courtesan Chiyozaki, in the Play Kuruwa no Hana Katsuragi no Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third Month, 1775, Japan, c

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