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Homosexuality Collection

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The Boxer. Portrait of Boris Snezhkovsky, 1933

The Boxer. Portrait of Boris Snezhkovsky, 1933. Private Collection

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, 1880s. Creator: Unknown

Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, 1880s. Creator: Unknown
Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, 1880s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Le Sommeil, 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet

Le Sommeil, 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Le Sommeil, 1866. From the collection of the Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Major-General Hector A. Macdonald, C. B. 1900. Creator: Heath

Major-General Hector A. Macdonald, C. B. 1900. Creator: Heath
Major-General Hector A. Macdonald, C.B. 1900. Hector MacDonald (1853- 1903) also known as Fighting Mac, served as as subaltern in the First Boer War

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Adolescent, 12, Wearing Earrings and a Suit, 1850s. Creator: Unknown

Adolescent, 12, Wearing Earrings and a Suit, 1850s. Creator: Unknown
Adolescent, 12, Wearing Earrings and a Suit, 1850s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). French can-can dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, at the famous Paris nightclub. On the left is sister, with her lover on the right

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The anglers, c.1744. Creator: Nicolaas Verkolje

The anglers, c.1744. Creator: Nicolaas Verkolje
The anglers, c.1744. Alternative title: Genre Scene with Elegant Young Couple in a Landscape

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two women in Italian costume, 1851. Creator: Moritz Calisch

Two women in Italian costume, 1851. Creator: Moritz Calisch
Two women in Italian costume, 1851

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Mr. George Copeland, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Mr. George Copeland, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. George Copeland, portrait photograph, 1919 Mar. 4. American classical pianist who was open about being gay throughout his life

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Miss Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan, portrait photograph, 1927. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Miss Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan, portrait photograph, 1927. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan, portrait photograph, 1927. Address: Famous Players, Culver City, California. Film director Arzner with her partner, choreographer and screenwriter Marion Morgan

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: OLYMPIA, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

OLYMPIA, 1899. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
OLYMPIA, 1899. Photograph shows sailors aboard the [U.S.S.] OLYMPIA waltzing at tiffin time

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Le sommeil, 1866. Creator: Gustave Courbet

Le sommeil, 1866. Creator: Gustave Courbet
Le sommeil, 1866

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The Marine Bath House, 1907

The Marine Bath House, 1907. Found in the collection of Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Nude Boy (Boris Snezhkovsky), 1937. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)

Nude Boy (Boris Snezhkovsky), 1937. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Nude Boy (Boris Snezhkovsky), 1937. Found in the collection of State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Young Men in Straw Hats, One Seated in the Others Lap, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown

Two Young Men in Straw Hats, One Seated in the Others Lap, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown
Two Young Men in Straw Hats, One Seated in the Others Lap, 1870s-80s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Samurai and Wakashu (Bushi to wakashu), early 18th century. Creator: Miyagawa Issho

Samurai and Wakashu (Bushi to wakashu), early 18th century. Creator: Miyagawa Issho
Samurai and Wakashu (Bushi to wakashu), early 18th century

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Miss Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Miss Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miss Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Half-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing diamond printed dress with large sleeves, feathered hat

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Fitz-Greene Halleck, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Fitz-Greene Halleck, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Fitz-Greene Halleck, between 1855 and 1865. [Poet and satirist. Since the late twentieth century his poetry has been studied for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society]

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Black Coffee, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley

Black Coffee, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Black Coffee, 1895. A rare depiction of same-sex relationships; two women at a cafe table, one has her hand in the others lap

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: In the Heather, 1896. Creator: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

In the Heather, 1896. Creator: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
In the Heather, 1896

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Photographic postcard of Mr. Robinson, 1918-1930. Creator: Unknown

Photographic postcard of Mr. Robinson, 1918-1930. Creator: Unknown
Photographic postcard of a man identified as Mr. Robinson. Robinson is pictured holding a hat and leaning on a small column

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Sappho (Sapho), 1871. Creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Sappho (Sapho), 1871. Creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Sappho (Sapho), 1871

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Seated Clowness (La Clownesse assise), 1896. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Seated Clowness (La Clownesse assise), 1896. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Seated Clowness (La Clownesse assise), 1896

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Scene with Misericordia and Veritas in a Circle at Center, 1580-1600

Scene with Misericordia and Veritas in a Circle at Center, 1580-1600

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Jupiter and Callisto, 1537-40. Creator: Pierre Milan

Jupiter and Callisto, 1537-40. Creator: Pierre Milan
Jupiter and Callisto, 1537-40

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Young Men Seated with Their Arms Around Each Other, 1860s. Creator: Unknown

Two Young Men Seated with Their Arms Around Each Other, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Two Young Men Seated with Their Arms Around Each Other, 1860s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Men Seated on a Bench, One with His Hand on the Leg of the Other, 1870s-80s

Two Men Seated on a Bench, One with His Hand on the Leg of the Other, 1870s-80s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Young Man in a Striped Jacket, Sitting on the Lap of Another Man in Front of Painted

Young Man in a Striped Jacket, Sitting on the Lap of Another Man in Front of Painted Outdoor Backdrop, 1860s-80s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Seated Young Men Holding Hands, 1880s. Creator: Unknown

Two Seated Young Men Holding Hands, 1880s. Creator: Unknown
Two Seated Young Men Holding Hands, 1880s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Seated Young Men Holding Ivory-topped Walking Sticks, 1850s. Creator: Unknown

Two Seated Young Men Holding Ivory-topped Walking Sticks, 1850s. Creator: Unknown
Two Seated Young Men Holding Ivory-topped Walking Sticks, 1850s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Men Embracing, One Seated in the Others Lap, 1880s-90s. Creator: Unknown

Two Men Embracing, One Seated in the Others Lap, 1880s-90s. Creator: Unknown
Two Men Embracing, One Seated in the Others Lap, 1880s-90s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Men Seated, One in the Others Lap, with Their Hands in Suggestive Positions, 1880s

Two Men Seated, One in the Others Lap, with Their Hands in Suggestive Positions, 1880s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown

Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, 1870s-80s. Creator: Unknown
Two Young Men, One Embracing the Other, 1870s-80s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Two Young Men Crossing Their Walking Sticks, 1880s. Creator: Unknown

Two Young Men Crossing Their Walking Sticks, 1880s. Creator: Unknown
Two Young Men Crossing Their Walking Sticks, 1880s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Christabel, 1866. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron

Christabel, 1866. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Christabel, 1866. Coleridges unfinished poem " Christabel" (1816) tells the story of a young woman debased by sorcery

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The Man Milliner and the Sailors, March 4, 1802. March 4, 1802

The Man Milliner and the Sailors, March 4, 1802. March 4, 1802
The Man Milliner and the Sailors, March 4, 1802

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Sappho, fresh from the Herculaneum

Sappho, fresh from the Herculaneum

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The rest, 1933

The rest, 1933. Private Collection

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Au Hanneton, c. 1898, (1946). Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Au Hanneton, c. 1898, (1946). Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Au Hanneton, c.1898, (1946). At the Hanneton ; a woman sitting alone at a table at Le Hanneton, one of several women-owned Parisian cafUs that catered for an almost exclusively female

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Portrait of Oscar Wilde, 1895. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Portrait of Oscar Wilde, 1895. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of Oscar Wilde, 1895. Wilde (1854-1900) was an exponent of art for arts sake. His best known novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Edward Marshs living-room, c1934

Edward Marshs living-room, c1934. The living room of Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953) at 5 Raymond Buildings Grays Inn. Marsh was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), American actor, c1940s

Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), American actor, c1940s

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The Interior of a French Barracks, 1787, (1929). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

The Interior of a French Barracks, 1787, (1929). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Interior of a French Barracks, 1787, (1929). Satire showing French soldiers preening in mirrors, having pedicures and pampering their wigs. Illustration from the Apollo Volume X, no 55, July 1929

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: L aveu Difficile, 1786 (1931). Artist: Jean-Francois Janinet

L aveu Difficile, 1786 (1931). Artist: Jean-Francois Janinet
L aveu Difficile, 1786 (1931). From Apollo magazine, volume XIII, no 76, April 1931

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: L Indiscretion, 1786 (1931). Artist: Jean-Francois Janinet

L Indiscretion, 1786 (1931). Artist: Jean-Francois Janinet
L Indiscretion, 1786 (1931). From Apollo magazine, volume XIII, no 76, April 1931

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: L Indiscretion, 18th or 19th century (1905). Artist: Jean-Francois Janinet

L Indiscretion, 18th or 19th century (1905). Artist: Jean-Francois Janinet
L Indiscretion, 1905. From The Connoisseur magazine (March 1905)

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: Wine Cup with Pentathletes, 505-500 BC. Artist: Carpenter Painter (active 515-500 B. C. )

Wine Cup with Pentathletes, 505-500 BC. Artist: Carpenter Painter (active 515-500 B. C. )
Wine Cup with Pentathletes, 505-500 BC. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Background imageHomosexuality Collection: The Men?s Bath, c. 1496. Artist: Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)

The Men?s Bath, c. 1496. Artist: Durer, Albrecht (1471-1528)
The Men?s Bath, c. 1496. From a private collection



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