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Hogarth before AfterBefore A reluctant lady and her seducer
The Subtle Seducer and The American Financier, Richard PriceThe Subtle Seducer and The American Financier - Richard Price, British philosopher, nonconformist minister, mathematician, supporter of American independence
Calavera of Don Juan Tenorio -- a version of the legend of Don Juan. The stone statue on the right refers to the statue which comes to life and drags Don Juan to hell. Date: circa 1900s
HOGARTH BEFORE AFTERAfter The lady is in tears as her seducer hurries to get away. Date: 1736
She Was Only a Gardeners Daughter" She was only a gardeners daughter, but she knew how to handle a rake." A gaudily-depicted woman of humble origins seduces a " rake" - a womanising young man. 1928
The seducer - Amorous advances by a young RussianThe seducer - The amorous advances by a young Russian on a pretty girl with flowers in her hair. Date: circa 1902
Traditional preacher vs radicalWoodcut from a 17th century tract, " A Glasse for the Times, by which according to the Scriptures, you may clearly behold the true Ministers of Christ
A Spring P(h)antasy by Wilmot LuntDrawing on a popular theme of the 1920s, a rather sexually rampant looking faun with horns, disturbing red hair and beard and huge hairy legs ending in cloven hooves
The Uninvited Serenader by A. K. MacdonaldFantasy illustration showing a group of 18th century maidens in various states of undress distressed to be interrupted in their bathing by the figure of Pan playing his pipes across the lake
Berlioz Faust Liebig 6While her seducer goes down to Hell, Marguerite, judged blameless though pregnant, is taken up to Heaven by sympathetic angels
Muette De Portici 1LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (The dumb girl of Portici) Act 1 scene 5 - Elvira asks if Fenella (the dumb girl) knows Alfonso : indeed she does, for he is her evil seducer !