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Portraits from our past. . . . prostitutes around the world
Prostitutes circa late 1890’s early 1900’s from
the Timothy Gordon Collection©
Josie Earp, wife of
Sheriff Wyatt Earp
Famous whores of the old westabove, Calamity Jane
courtesy of the Timothy Gordon Collection©
Greek pottery and gold ware often included scenes
portraying prostitution in some way.
Above is a prostitute with her customer.
The world over, it seems we were always posing for pictures or
paintings- when did we have time to service our clients?
Above: prostitutes and their madam
from a brothel in Casablanca
Below: painting of Algerian prostitutes by
Eugene Delacroix 1798-1863
Below left : Ethiopian prostitutes wait for customers to arrive
Below right: prostitutes and patron from a 19th century Rouen bordello
ISWFACE- International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education
Fille De Joie Erotica Festival March 2005