Eighteenth century Russian erotic art

Collection Data

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1840 - 1849 (Questionable)
Place: Russia
Publisher: unpublished
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve 01-1316
Topics
Erotic art -- Russia
Nobility -- Russia
Favorites, Royal -- Russia
Russia -- Kings and rulers
Genres
Drawings
Notes
Content: Five original pornographic water-colors depicting Peter the Great and Ekaterina I; Anna Ivanovna and Biron; Catherine the Great and Potemkin; Elizaveta Petrovna and Razumovskii; Pavel I and Mariia Feodorovna. Four works accompanied by bowdy verse in the 18th century Russian cursive, containing brief characteristics of each person (except Paul I).
Content: For more information on this collection, see a study by Ernest Zitser, "A Full-Frontal History of the Romanov Dynasty: Pictorial "Political Pornography" in Pre-Reform Russia," The Russian Review 70 (2011): 557-583.
Physical Description
Extent: [5] pieces ; 18 x 29 cm.
Watercolors
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14991475
RLIN/OCLC: 46416991
Barcode: 33433051594608
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe8d29b0-c616-012f-441a-58d385a7bc34
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