This series of 12 lithographs (1843) depicting intimate couples in various countries has been given several titles overtime, such as Autour du monde (Around the World) and Types de différents pays (People in Different Countries). The set has been attributed to the French painter Achille Devéria (1800-1857) because of its characteristic style.
Lesbian Theme
Devéria clearly had a fascination with Italy (or at least what would eventually become Italy in the 1860s) by including Venice (Fig.11) and Naples (Fig.4). Striking is the plate depicting a lesbian rendezvous with the masturbating harem leader behind the curtain which Devéria saved for the Muslim scene in Fig.6.
Fig.1. ‘Scottish‘
Fig.2. ‘Swiss‘
Fig.3. ‘Indian‘
Fig.4. ‘Neapolitan‘
Fig.5. ‘Spanish‘
Fig.6. ‘Muslims (Sérail – Palais du sultan, dans l’ancien Empire ottoman)‘
Fig.7. ‘Polish‘
Fig.8. ‘French (16th century)‘
Fig.9. ‘Chinese‘
Fig.10. ‘Persian‘
Fig.11. ‘Venetian (’Pour des soupirs’ (for the sighs), the subtitle of the Venetian scene, refers to the Bridge of Sighs)‘
Fig.12. ‘Greeks – The Souliotes‘ (They were from an Eastern Orthodox community of the area of Souli)
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Source: honesterotica.com
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